Game #216
Saturday, 13 October 1894
Attendance: 15,000
Won
Division One
West Bromwich Albion
LWLLW
Wellington Road, Perry Barr
Howard Spencer made his debut as reigning Champions Villa return to winning ways after successive League defeats.
Aston Villa (Champions)
3-1
West Brom
Assists(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Howard Spencer, debut, Saturday, 13 October 1894
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
[Exact timings not recorded]
1’ Debut, Howard Spencer
Goal, 1-0, Dennis Hodgetts, Assist by Howard Spencer
Goal, 2-0, Albert Woolley, Assist by Charlie Athersmith
HT Aston Villa 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
Goal, 3-0, Bob Chatt
Goal, 3-1, (West Bromwich Albion)
FT Aston Villa 3-1 West Bromwich Albion
ON THIS DAY
Reigning Champions Villa return to winning ways after successive League defeats.
One of the Villa greats, full back Howard Spencer, made his Villa debut aged 19 after joining from Birchfield Trinity.
Aston Villa
West Bromwich Albion
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Albion: | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #190 |
Saturday, 13 October 1894
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 3-1 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | LWLLW |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
West Bromwich Albion
TEAM NEWS
Villa make 5 changes from the team that suffered a second consecutive defeat last time out with Howard Spencer making his debut and Bob Chatt, George Russell, Albert Woolley and Dennis Hodgetts returning.
Dropping out are John Baird, George Kinsey, Steve Smith, Charlie Hare and Billy Dorrell.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.55 |
Oldest Player |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 30.90 |
Youngest Player |
FB Howard Spencer | 19.15 |
MANAGER
George Ramsay led Management Committee
MANAGER
Aston Villa
GK Bill Dunning |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
F Bob Chatt |
M George Russell |
M Jack Reynolds |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Albert Woolley |
FB Jimmy Welford |
F Jack Devey |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
West Bromwich Albion
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
Not Recorded
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
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME

MATCHDAY QUOTES
"Aston Villa had, on this occasion, thoroughly reorganised their representation."
*The Sporting Life*
Monday, 15 October 1894
ASTON VILLA V. WEST BROMWICH ALBION.
These local rivals met on the Perry Barr enclosure on Saturday last, about 16,000 people witnessing the encounter.
The Albion played their usual team, except that Higgins played for Richards, who is on the suspended list.
Aston Villa had, on this occasion, thoroughly reorganised their representation.
Albion won the toss, and elected to play downhill. Devey kicked off, and at once the play became fast and of a most determined character.
The Albion forward lined made early attacks. Bassett, M’Leod, Higgins being most conspicuous. Several corners fell to either side, but nothing resulted, until from a scrimmage in goal, the ball was put back to Spencer who landed it into the mouth of the goal, and Hodgetts gained first point.
After some mid-field play, Athersmith put in one of his famous sprints, and shot across goal, when Woolley easily credited his side with another point.
No further point was registered before the interval
On resumption of play, Villa made a determined stand, but every endeavour was nullified by the splendid defence of the back division of the Throstles.
Some further play in mid-field followed, then Athersmith, Chatt, and Devey were seen to advantage in a splendidly combined run which ended Chatt scoring the third for Villa.
This reverse made the Albion more determined, and after several attempts the desired effect was obtained, when McLeod scored.
Despite the many determined efforts which followed, no alteration was made to the score, the Villa winning three goals to one.