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Game #21

Aston Villa

Monday, 3 November 1884

Aston Villa

4-1

Wednesbury Town

FA Cup

Wednesbury Town

Wellington Road, Perry Barr

Attendance: 4,000

Won

1st Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Assist(s) | Fred Dawson | 2-0 | 3-0 | Howard Vaughton | 4-0 |

MATCH SUMMARY

A debut goal from Albert Brown helps Villa progress to the second round of the FA Cup.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 3 November 1884

🟢 | 1' Debut, Albert Brown
⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Arthur Brown
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Arthur Brown, Assist by Fred Dawson
🥅 | Goal, 2-1, (Wednesbury Town), G. Wood
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Wednesbury Town
⚽ | Goal, 3-0, Albert Brown, Assist by Fred Dawson
⚽ | Goal, 4-0, Archie Hunter, Assist by Howard Vaughton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town

ON THIS DAY

Back Alf Harvey made his debut as a Goalkeeper whilst forward Albert Brown made his FA Cup debut for Villa as Villa win at Wellington Road in the first round.

Aston Villa

FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Wednesbury Town

FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Wednesbury Town

Previous 5 vs. Wednesbury Town: None

PREVIOUS MATCH

None

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

None

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1884-85 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #21 |
Monday, 3 November 1884

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Management Committee 1879-86

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 21 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 | 3 🟥 4 | 2.14

Villa Career Form:

Champions

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Villa hand FA Cup debuts to Alf Harvey (as a goalkeeper) & Albert Brown.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age:
| 25.15 |

Oldest Player:
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 28.95 |

Youngest Player:
W Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.84 |

MANAGER

Management Committee 1879-86

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Aston Villa

GK Alf Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Joe Simmonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
B Robert Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
IR Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Unknown

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Wednesbury Town

GK Tetstell,
B W. Whitehouse
B R. Whitehouse
HB Evetts
HB Waldron
HB J. Shinton
RW Danks
RW Jones
LW H. Wood H,
LW G. Wood | ⚽ |
CF A. Woodcock

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

SQUAD STATS

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Wednesbury XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 W Albert Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

"In the second section of the game, the Villa had matters nearly all their own way."

MATCH REPORT

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

*Sporting Life*
Tuesday, 4 November 1884

ASTON VILLA v. WEDNESBURY TOWN. These teams, drawn together in the first round of the Cup, met at Perry Barr, Birmingham, to decide the tie yesterday. There were fully 4,000 spectators present, and much enthusiasm was manifested during the game, a large number of the Wednesbury team’s partisans being present. Although playing uphill in the first half, the Villa at once commenced aggressive tactics. Woodcock at length relieved the pressure, but Archie Hunter getting possession enabled the Villa to again assume the offensive. After repeated onslaughts on the town citadel, the Villa obtained a corner, from which a goal was scored. An appeal for foul proved unsuccessful. Almost immediately afterwards Arthur Brown added a second for the Villa, which was followed by one for the visitors, put through by G. Wood. Nothing further was done up to half-time. In the second section of the game, the Villa had matters nearly all their own way, and scored a couple of additional goals, one from Albert Brown, and the other from Archie Hunter. Towards the end of the match the Wednesbury Town worked hard, but were unable to score, and the game ended in a win for the Villa four goals to one goal.

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