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.