Aston Villa
Monday, 3 November 1884
1884-85
1st Round
Won
4-1
Wednesbury Town
FA Cup
Wellington Road, Perry Barr
Attendance: 4,000
🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road
Scorer(s) | Arthur Brown | 1-0 | 2-0 | Albert Brown | 3-0 Archie Hunter | 4-0 |
Assist(s) | Fred Dawson | 2-0 | 3-0 | Howard Vaughton | 4-0 |
Fixture List
🟩 3 Nov 1884, Villa 4-1 Wednesbury Town, Wellington Road
FA Cup
🟩 6 Dec 1884, Villa 2-0 Walsall Town, The Chuckery
FA Cup
🟨 3 Jan 1885, Villa 0-0 Albion, Wellington Road
FA Cup
🟥 10 Jan 1885, Villa 0-3 Albion, Four Acres
FA Cup
On This Day
Monday, 3 November 1884
Villa face Wednesbury Town for the first time in competitive football, Town become the 10th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
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.
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Management Committee 1879-86
🕒 21 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 | 3 🟥 4 | 2.14
Villa Career Form:
Champions
Game #21
Match Record
Season | 1884-85 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #21 |
Monday, 3 November 1884
Game Record
Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Head to Head
Previous 5 vs. Wednesbury Town: None
Total 🕒 1 | 🟩 W1 (100% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 4 | 🥅 1 | GD 3
Trophy Cabinet
Aston Villa
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Wednesbury Town
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Squad News
Debut Appearances
🟢 W Albert Brown | 🏴 |
Final Appearances
Match Timeline
🟢 | 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
Officials
Referee: Unknown
Officials
Referee Profile
VAR Profile (Post 2021)
Officials
Villa Bookings
None
Villa Sendings Off
None
Opposition Bookings
None
Opposition Sendings Off
None
Match Stats
Not recorded
Line Up & Subs
Aston Villa
Management Committee 1879-86
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Wednesbury Town
Management Committee
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
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Team News
Aston Villa
Not recorded
Villa hand FA Cup debuts to Alf Harvey (as a goalkeeper) & Albert Brown.
Wednesbury Town
Not Recorded
Matchday Squads
Aston Villa
Wednesbury Town
Match Media
What they Said
"In the second section of the game, the Villa had matters nearly all their own way."
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.
Match Highlights
Team Selection
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1884-85
First Team Squad
D GK Alf Harvey | 🏴 | #24 |
Defender, Goalkeeper
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M Arthur Brown | 🏴 | #16 |
Midfielder
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F Albert A Brown | 🏴 | #32 |
Forward
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F Howard Vaughton | 🏴 | #14 |
Forward
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D Joe Simmonds | 🏴 | #26 |
Defender
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M Fred Dawson | 🏴 | #17 |
Midfielder
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CF Archie Hunter | 🏴 | #5 |
Forward
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F Olly Whateley | 🏴 | #18 |
Forward
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D Tom Riddell | 🏴 | #30 |
Defender
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M Robert Price | 🏴 | #29 |
Midfielder
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F Eli Davis | 🏴 | #3 |
Forward
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Matchday Programme
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