Game #19
Aston Villa
Saturday, 29 December 1883
Won
3rd Round
WLWWW
FA Cup 3rd Round
Attendance: 7,000
Wednesbury Old Athletic
The Oval, Wednesbury
Villa record their biggest FA Cup win to date as they come out on top in an 11 goal thriller at the Oval with Archie Hunter scoring Villa’s second ever hat-trick in League or Cup football two games after hitting the first.
Wednesbury Old Athletic
4-7
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Archie Hunter, scored Villa's second ever hat-trick, two games after scoring the first, Saturday, 29 December 1883.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 29 December 1883
5’ Goal, 0-1, Wednesbury Old Athletic, Holden G
Goal, 0-2, Wednesbury Old Athletic, Bayliss
Goal, 1-2, Archie Hunter
Goal, 2-2, Arthur Brown
Goal, 2-3, Wednesbury Old Athletic, Bayliss
HT Wednesbury Old Athletic 3-2 Aston Villa
Goal, 3-3, Archie Hunter
Goal, 3-4, Wednesbury Old Athletic, Tonks
Goal, 4-4, Archie Hunter
Goal, 5-4, Howard Vaughton
Goal, 6-4, Own Goal, Kent
Goal, 7-4, Olly Whateley
FT Wednesbury Old Athletic 4-7 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa record their biggest FA Cup win for the third game in a row as Archie Hunter hit his and Villa's second hat-trick in three games as they qualify for the fourth round of the FA Cup for the fourth season in succession.
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Billy Clarke made his final appearance for Villa.
Aston Villa
Wednesbury Old Athletic
FIXTURE HISTORY
Wednesbury Old Athletic
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FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1883-84 |
Matchday | #3 |
Manager Game | #19 |
Saturday, 29 December 1883
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Management Committee
FT Score | 7-4 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WLWWW |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Wednesbury Old Athletic
TEAM NEWS
Billy Clarke returns in goal for Archibald vale whilst Robert Price also returns with Joe Simmonds making way.
TEAM STATS
[Exact birth dates not recorded]
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.40 |
Oldest Player |
M Eli Davis | 28.10 |
Youngest Player |
F Olly Whateley | 22.41 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Management Committee
Aston Villa
GK Billy Clarke |
FB Tom Riddell |
WH Fred Dawson |
D Charles Apperley |
D Robert Price |
M Eli Davis |
F Olly Whateley |
F Howard Vaughton |
F Archie Hunter |
F Wally Roberts |
F Arthur Brown |
Wednesbury Old Athletic
Kent, Nicholls. Morley, Tonks D, Byrne, Flaherty, Holden (g), Patrick, Bayliss (g) (g), Tonks T (g), Roberts.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
Billy Clarke
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
*Sheffield Independent*
Monday, 31 December 1883
ASTON VILLA, v. WEDNESBURY OLD ATHLETIC.
These teams played a very fast match on the Oval, Wood green, Wednesbury, on Saturday. The ground was heavy, but there was no wind. Within five minutes of the kick off G. Holden scored for the Athletics, at this was presently supplemented by another from the toe of Bayliss.
Matters looked rosy for the Athletics, but they failed to maintain their advantage, as Archie Hunter and Brown both added goals, making the game equal.
Just before half-time Bayliss scored again for the home team, making the score three to two.
Immediately on resuming a finely combined rush of the Villa forwards ended with Hunter scoring, again making matters equal, an equality which was spoilt by T. Tonks, who added another for the Athletics, making the game four to three.
From this point the Athletics appeared beaten, and Hunter had little difficulty in adding a fourth goal for the Villa.
Vaughton added a fifth for the Birmingham men, a sixth was muffed by the Athletic goal-keeper, and Whateley scored a seventh.
The Villa thus won by seven goals to four.