Game #2052
Aston Villa
5-3-13, 13 PTS

Saturday, 11 December 1948
22nd
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
GK Joe Rutherford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Con Martin | ๐ฎ๐ช |
CB Frank Moss | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB George Cummings | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
LB Dicky Dorsett | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Harry Parkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Eddie Lowe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Les Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Billy Goffin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Trevor Ford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
F Miller Craddock | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ข |
Alex Massie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 1946-1950

Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Last Trophy: 1919โ20
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 1 |
F Albert J Brown | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Team News
Harry Parkes, Billy Goffin and Miller Craddock (debut) replace Amos Moss, Jock Mulraney and George Edwards.
Team Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances
๐ข F Miller Craddock | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #414 | Free transfer from Hereford
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa lose their fourth successive game as they get away lightly with a 0-6 defeat at a muddy Ayresome with Joe Rutherford the sole reason the score wasn't significantly worse.
Villa fall to the bottom of the table now three points behind Everton in 18th who are level with the victors Middlesbrough.
Villa have now conceded twelve goals in four games since their first clean sheet of the season against Preston.
Forward Miller Craddock makes his Villa debut aged 22 after moving from Hereford United in September 1948.
Starting XI

Lost
0-6
๐ฅ 11 Dec 1948, Villa 0-6 Boro, Ayresome
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
๐ข | 1' Debut, Miller Craddock
๐ฅ
| 28โ Goal, 0-1, (Middlesbrough), Fenton
๐ฅ
| 34โ Goal, 0-2, (Middlesbrough), Fenton
๐ | HT Middlesbrough 2-0 Aston Villa
๐ฅ
| 49โ Goal, 0-3, (Middlesbrough), Walker
๐ฅ
| 72โ Goal, 0-4, (Middlesbrough), Dicks
๐ฅ
| 80โ Goal, 0-5, (Middlesbrough), Walker
๐ฅ
| 89โ Goal, 0-6, (Middlesbrough), Fenton
๐ | FT Middlesbrough 6-0 Aston Villa
Season | 1948-49 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #115 |
Saturday, 11 December 1948
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Alex Massie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: W. H. Nixon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Manchester, 1938-1949
HT Score: ๐ฅ 0-2
FT Result: ๐ฅ Lost
FT Score: ๐ฅ 0-6
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
Officials
Referee: W. H. Nixon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Manchester, 1938-1949
Match Stats
Not recorded
Alex Massie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 1946-1950
๐ 115 | ๐ฉ | 47 ๐จ 22 ๐ฅ 46 | 1.42
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
What they Said
Division One
Middlesbrough
6-4-11, 16 PTS
Ayresome Park
Attendance: 21,184
Ugolini, Blenkinsopp, Withaker, Robinson, Hardwick, Dicks (g), Fenton (g) (g) (g), Walker (g) (g), Spuhler, McCrae, Gordon.
Manager: David Jack.
David Jack | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: โ
FA Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: โ
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
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