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Game #228

Saturday, 22 December 1894

Attendance: 7,000

Won

Division One

Wolverhampton Wanderers

WWWWW

Molineux

Dennis Hodgetts hit a hat-trick as reigning Champions Villa won their fifth successive game to keep them to second place in the table.

Wolves

0-4

Aston Villa (Champions)

Assists(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Dennis Hodgetts, hat-trick, Saturday, 22 December 1894

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MATCH TIMELINE

[Exact chronological timings not recorded]
2’ Goal, 1-0, Dennis Hodgetts
7’ Goal, 2-0, Dennis Hodgetts
HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 Aston Villa
Goal, 3-0, Dennis Hodgetts
Goal, 4-0, Bob Chatt
FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Reigning Champions Villa won their fifth successive game to keep them to second place in the table.

Aston Villa

Wolverhampton Wanderers

FIXTURE HISTORY

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Previous 5 vs. Wolves: | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟨 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #202 |
Saturday, 22 December 1894

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 4-0 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WWWWW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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TEAM NEWS

Villa make one change from the team that had delivered four consecutive wins with Bill Dunning replacing Harry Wilkes in goal.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.42 |

Oldest Player |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 31.09 |

Youngest Player |
FB Howard Spencer | 19.35 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

George Ramsay led Management Committee

Aston Villa

GK Bill Dunning |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Jack Devey |
F Bob Chatt |

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"The game from this stage became very uninteresting, the Wanderers being unable to make any headway of a tangible kind, and they retired defeated by four goals to none."

*The Sporting Life*
Monday, 24 December 1894

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS v. ASTON VILLA.

A gale of wind was blowing at Wolverhampton when these teams met to play their first League match of the season, before moderate attendance of spectators.

Each team was strongly representative, the Wanderers forward division having been altered owing to the weak attack of late, and the Villa sent their best eleven.

On the game being started the Wanderers got down, but were immediately driven back, and with a grand cross shot Hodgetts scored in a couple of minutes, while five minutes later he put on another point for the visitors.

For some time the Viila held the upper hand, and then the Wanderers pressed in a vigorous manner, but were met by such a stubborn and clever defence that they were unable to break through, and at half-time the score stood—Villa, two; Wanderers, none.

On resuming the Villa broke away. Chatt putting on the fourth point, and Hodgetts owing to a misunderstanding by the Wanderers backs, added another easy one.

The game from this stage became very uninteresting, the Wanderers being unable to make any headway of a tangible kind, and they retired defeated by four goals to none.