Game #229
Wednesday, 26 December 1894
Attendance: 11,000
Won
Division One
Stoke
WWWWW
Wellington Road, Perry Barr
Charlie Athersmith hit Villa's second successive hat-trick as the reigning Champions won their sixth successive game to keep them to second place in the table.
Aston Villa (Champions)
6-0
Stoke
Assists(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Charlie Athersmith, hat-trick, Wednesday, 26 December 1894
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MATCH TIMELINE
[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 1-0, Charlie Athersmith, Assist by Steve Smith
Goal, 2-0, Jack Reynolds (pen)
HT Aston Villa 2-0 Stoke
60’ Goal, 3-0, Bob Chatt, Assist by Howard Spencer
Goal, 4-0, Bob Chatt
Goal, 5-0, Charlie Athersmith
Goal, 6-0, Charlie Athersmith
FT Aston Villa 6-0 Stoke
ON THIS DAY
Reigning Champions Villa won their sixth successive game to keep them to second place in the table.
Aston Villa
Stoke
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Stoke
Previous 5 vs. Stoke: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #203 |
Wednesday, 26 December 1894
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 6-0 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WWWWW |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Stoke
TEAM NEWS
Villa name an unchanged line up from the team that secured their fifth successive victory last time out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.43 |
Oldest Player |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 31.10 |
Youngest Player |
FB Howard Spencer | 19.36 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
George Ramsay led Management Committee
Aston Villa
GK Bill Dunning |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M George Russell |
M Jack Reynolds |
W Charlie Athersmith |
W Steve Smith |
F Jack Devey |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Bob Chatt |
Stoke
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
"In the second half the Perry Barr men had matters all their own way, outplaying their opponents at every point."
*The Birmingham Daily Post*
Thursday, 27 December 1894
ASTON VILLA V. STOKE.
The return League match between these teams was played at Perry Barr, before at crowd of about twelve thousand spectators. Both elevens were thoroughly representative, but the visitors proved no match for Aston Villa, who ran out easy winners by 6 goals to 0.
For the first twenty minutes the game was evenly contested, the Villa goal being quite as hotly attacked as was that of the Stoke team. Then, however, the Villa players began to show their superiority, and a well-judged pass to Athersmith enabled that player to run right up to the goal. His shot struck an opposing player and went outside, but the corner kick was not improved upon.
The Villa, however, again put on the pressure, and Athersmith receiving the ball from Smith, sent in a successful shot.
The Villa once more attacked, and Hodgetts directed in a grand shot, which Clawley saved very, smartly.
Stoke after-wards made a hot assault upon the Villa goal, but were ultimately driven out unsuccessful, and just before the interval the Villa were awarded a penalty kick, from which Reynolds put on the second point.
This was the state of the game at half-time.
In the second half the Perry Barr men had matters all their own way, outplaying their opponents at every point. The forwards and half-backs shot grandly, bu Clawley gave a brilliant exposition of custodianship, and it was fully a quarter of - an hour after the interval before the Villa scored again.
Spencer, the back, who played soundly, placed the ball nicely in front of goal, and Chatt headed through.
Still keeping up the pressure, the Villa soon got a fourth point, Chatt again scoring ; and subsequently Athersmith burst through the opposing defence and scored a couple of goals unaided.
As we said before, the superiority of the Villa was most marked. Their forwards combined beautifully, and shot well, and, but for the exceptionally fine goal-keeping of Clawley, the score would undoubtedly have been much heavier than it was.
Hodgetts and Smith were a fine left wing, Devey was a capital centre, playing with great dash, and feeding his wings judiciously and well ; whilst Chatt and Athersmith performed well on the right. The latter, indeed, was the most brilliant forward on the field, making many runs, and centring with deadly accuracy.