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
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
PROGRAMME

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.