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Game #240

Saturday, 23 March 1895

Attendance: 7,000

Lost

Division One

Bolton Wanderers

WDWWL

Pike's Lane

Bob Chatt scored a brace but reigning Champions Villa’s second defeat in 17 games saw them remain in third place but now 6 points behind leaders Sunderland with the same number of games played and only 6 points available.

Bolton Wanderers

4-3

Aston Villa (Champions)

Assists(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Bob Chatt, a double in defeat, Saturday, 23 March 1895

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 1-0, Steve Smith, Assist by Charlie Athersmith
Goal, 1-1, (Bolton Wanderers)
Goal, 1-2, (Bolton Wanderers)
HT Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Aston Villa
Goal, 1-3, (Bolton Wanderers)
Goal, 2-3, Bob Chatt
Goal, 2-4, (Bolton Wanderers)
Goal, 3-4, Bob Chatt
FT Bolton Wanderers 4-3 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Reigning Champions Villa’s second defeat in 17 games saw them remain in third place but now 6 points behind leaders Sunderland with the same number of games played and only 6 points available.

Midfielder George Kinsey made his final appearance for Villa aged 28 before moving on to Derby County.

Aston Villa

Bolton Wanderers

FIXTURE HISTORY

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #214 |
Saturday, 23 March 1895

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 3-4 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | WDWWL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Bolton Wanderers

TEAM NEWS

Villa make two changes from the team that secured an FA Cup final berth with Jim Elliott and George Kinsey returning in place of Jimmy Welford and George Russell.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.04 |

Oldest Player |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 31.34 |

Youngest Player |
FB Howard Spencer | 19.59 |

MANAGER

George Ramsay led Management Committee

MANAGER

Aston Villa

GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Jim Elliott |
FB Howard Spencer |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Kinsey |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Bob Chatt |
F Jack Devey |

Bolton 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 Villa played desperately right up to the finish and a grand run by Smith gave Chatt a chance, from which he scored, and the whistle sounded with the score— Wanderers, four; Villa, three."

*The Sporting Life*
Monday, 25 March 1895

BOLTON WANDERERS v. ASTON VILLA.

For the second week in succession Aston Villa visited Lancashire on Saturday, the venue of this match being Pike’s Lane, Bolton, where they met the Bolton Wanderers, and suffered a League defeat.

There was a crowd of about 8,000 spectators present. Both sides were well represented. The Villa centre kicked and from centre Joyce all but scored.

Then Athersmith was in a grand position, but kicked wide, while the Wanderers seemed certain score from a brilliant effort on the part of Joyce.

Reynolds, Smith, and Athersmith were conspicuous by turns, but the Wanderers’ defence was saved.

Then Henderson got through, and Wilkes saved his shot blindly.

A rush for the other end of the field saw Athersmith to the fore with a cross to Smith who scored the first goal of the match.

In the first minute after this Kinsey fouled Cassidy, and from the free kick the ball was rushed through the goal, and almost immediately Paton called on Wilkes, who saved smartly.

Ten minutes from the interval, Henderson called on Wilkes to save, and getting the ball on the return, the Wanderer put his side one up. and they had hard lines in not scoring again before the interval, when they led by two to one.

The second portion of the game was played in desperate fashion by both teams.

Joyce twice missed easy chances for the Wanderers. Soon afterwards, however, he put the hall over to Henderson, who made his side’s total into three.

The Wanderers were again pressing, but Chatt got a brilliant goal, after which Henderson passed to Turnbull, who outwitted both Cowan and Spencer, and scored the fourth goal for his side.

The Villa played desperately right up to the finish and a grand run by Smith gave Chatt a chance, from which he scored, and the whistle sounded with the score— Wanderers, four; Villa, three.