Game #225
Saturday, 1 December 1894
Attendance: 10,000
Won
Division One
Blackburn Rovers
WWLWW
Ewood Park
Steve Smith hit a hat-trick as reigning Champions Villa record their second successive victory and make it 9 win in 16 games, to leave Villa secure in third place.
Blackburn Rovers
1-3
Aston Villa (Champions)
Assists(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Steve Smith, hit a hat-trick, Saturday, 1 December 1894
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers)
Goal, 1-1, Steve Smith
HT Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Aston Villa
Goal, 2-1, Steve Smith
Goal, 3-1, Steve Smith
FT Blackburn Rovers 1-3 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Reigning Champions Villa record their second successive victory and make it 9 win in 16 games, to leave Villa secure in third place.
Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #199 |
Saturday, 1 December 1894
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
Referee | Mr. Thomas, Bly |
FT Score | 3-1 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WWLWW |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mr. Thomas
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Villa name an unchanged line up to the side that beat Forest last time out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.50 |
Oldest Player |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 31.03 |
Youngest Player |
FB Howard Spencer | 19.29 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
George Ramsay led Management Committee
Aston Villa
GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Jack Devey |
F Bob Chatt |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
Blackburn Rovers
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
"The referee, Mr. Fox. of Sheffield. did not turn up. and the game was ten minutes late, Mr. Thomas, of Bly, a League referee, wielding the whistle."
*The Sporting Life*
Monday, 3 December 1894
BLACKBURN ROVERS v. ASTON VILLA.
These teams played at Ewood Park, Blackburn, before a gate of 6,000 in fairly good weather and on a capital pitch.
The referee, Mr. Fox. of Sheffield. did not turn up. and the game was ten minutes late, Mr. Thomas, of Bly, a League referee, wielding the whistle.
The Vila started and early on ought to have scored, but Devey was weak.
Then Wilkes saved finely from Whitehead.
Mr. Fox then made his appearance amid cheers from the spectators.
Ogilvie had a busy five minutes at the instance of Devey, Chatt, and Hodgetts.
A sudden change enabled Chippendale to bang the ball in, and Stuart scored a rattling goal.
Ogilvie had again to hear the brunt of the battle, and when Brindon had given a corner Smith headed the ball into the net, and at half time the score was one all.
The Rovers threw away a couple of chances early on after the interval, and then Wilkes cleared in a hurricane of cheers, but soon after this Smith beat Ogilvie for the second time with a fine screw shot.
Thy Rovers rendered Wilkes’ post no sinecure for a quarter of an hour after this, but he and the Birmingham backs were playing safe game. Once or twice the Rovers all but scored, but it was quite evident that the pace was too hot for them. and they fell back.
The ball was cross and recrossed in front of Ogilvie, and at length Smith finished the matter again with third goal.
The Rovers essayed a rally, but could not manage it, and the game ended— Villa, three; Rovers, one.