Game #377
Aston Villa
Saturday, 22 April 1899
Won
2nd
LLDDW
Division One
Attendance: 8,000
Notts County
Villa Park
Jack Devey's hat-trick sees Villa return to winning ways, and then some, hitting six for the first time since October, and scoring as many in one game as they had managed in the last eight as their title challenge had begun to falter. With two games to play Villa were now two points behind leaders Liverpool but with a game in hand once again.
Aston Villa
6-1
Notts County
Assists(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Jack Devey, hat-trick, Saturday, 22 April 1899.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 22 April 1899
[Exact timings not recorded]
6’ Goal, 0-1, (Notts County)
Goal, 1-1, Jack Devey
Goal, 2-1, Fred Wheldon
Goal, 3-1, Jack Devey
Goal, 4-1, Billy Garraty
HT Aston Villa 4-1 Notts County
Goal, 5-1, Jack Devey
Goal, 6-1, Billy Garraty, Assist by Fred Wheldon
FT Aston Villa 6-1 Notts County
ON THIS DAY
Villa return to winning ways, and then some, hitting six for the first time since October, and scoring as many in one game as they had managed in the last eight as their title challenge had begun to falter. With two games to play Villa were now two points behind leaders Liverpool but with a game in hand once again.
Aston Villa
Notts County
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1893-94
FIXTURE HISTORY
Notts County
Previous 5 vs. Notts County: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1898-99 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #351 |
Saturday, 22 April 1899
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
Referee | Fred Kirkham, Preston |
FT Score | 6-1 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | LLDDW |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
George Ramsay led Management Committee
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 351 | 🟩 195 🟨 57 🟥 99 | 1.83
Career Form:
Top 4
George Ramsay led Management Committee
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Fred Kirkham
Fred Kirkham
CARDS
Villa
Notts County
TEAM NEWS
Villa name an unchanged line up from the team that could only draw with bottom placed Bolton last time out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.51 |
Oldest Player |
F Jack Devey | 32.34 |
Youngest Player |
CF Billy Garraty | 20.56 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
George Ramsay led Management Committee
Aston Villa
GK Billy George |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Albert Evans |
FB Howard Spencer |
M Tommy Bowman |
M Jimmy Crabtree |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Fred Wheldon |
F Jack Devey |
CF Billy Garraty |
Notts County
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"All interest in the game was practically over, the Villa slowing up, which enabled the strangers to have a bigger share in the proceedings than hitherto. No further points were scored, the final result being— Aston Villa 6 goals; Notts 1 goal."
*The Sporting Life*
Monday, 24 April 1899
ASTON VILLA. NOTTS COUNTY.
RUNAWAY VICTORY FOR THE VILLA.
Brilliant weather prevailed in Birmingham on Saturday, and as a consequence there was a huge crowd present at Aston Lower Ground to witness the return League match between Notts Ctonnty and the Villa.
Points are precious to the Aston men at the present time, in view of the hot opposition offered by Liverpool in the race for the championship. The visiting team was at full strength while the only change in the ranks of the home eleven was the substitution of Garraty for Johnson.
Previous to the big match there was schoolboy Cup tie and when the League teams appeared the attendance would number 25,000.
The strangers won the toss, and the Villa had to face slight breeze at the outset. Straight away the homesters attacked Wheldon finishing a brisk run shooting in the direction of the neighbouring chimney tops. The County retaliated, and from a burst away by Maconnachie, Evans was compelled to concede a corner. This was cleared, but a second corner immediately afterwards led up to an attack on the home stronghold, from which Bull scored for the Notts team six minutes from the start.
This in no way disconcerted the homesters, and with little delay the entire front line of the Villa swooped down on Suter. A regular bombardment was raised on the strangers’ goal, and although Bull and Lewis saved repeatedly, Jack Devey eventually espied an opening, and to the delight the crowd, banged through the equaliser.
The game was now fought out at a very fast pace. Wheldon and Smith on one side, and Maconnachie and Hadley, on the other, being especially prominent.
Chiefly through the efforts of Crabtree, Wheldon wriggled his way through the County defence, but his shot rebounded into play off the crossbar.
Try as they would, the County could make little headway against the defence of Bowman, Cowan, and Crabtree, and for the most part the issue was fought out in the visitors’ quarters.
Garraty, Devey, and Wheldon all tested Suter without effect, and Bull brought much needed relief to the Trent Bridge team. Boucher and Fletcher raced towards George, but Spencer intercepted their progress, and following some really brilliant forward play, Wheldon scored a second goal for the Villa.
The home team appeared now to have the measure of their rivals, and it was no surprise when Devey beat Suter for the third time.
The strangers strove hard to break away, but were repulsed, and once more the Villa assumed the aggressive, Garraty heading a fourth goal.
The successful marksman had to leave the field immediately afterwards, the result of a nasty kick on the frontispiece.
At the interval the score stood; — Aston Villa, four goals; Notts County, one goal.
Garraty reappeared with his club mates on resuming, the game opening with a dangerous looking rush, which resulted in the visitors conceding a corner. This was followed by another immediately afterwards, from which the Nottingham men were completely hemmed in, Suter saving on two occasions in brilliant style amid the plaudits of the crowd.
Calderhead got his forwards on the go, only to see Evans drive them back before they reached range. Wheldon changed the scene of operation, and both Devey and Garraty dribbled prettily, the home captain ending some good work by netting the ball for the fifth time.
The visitors played pluckily, but their effort was short lived, and the home backs had no difficulty in bottling up the spasmodic rushes of the County forwards.
Boucher, however, eventually got in a good shot, which gave George the first opportunity he had had in this half to handle the ball.
Working well together Wheldon and Crabtree drove the strangers back, and from a timely pass the first named Garraty increased the home score to six.
All interest in the game was practically over, the Villa slowing up, which enabled the strangers to have a bigger share in the proceedings than hitherto. No further points were scored, the final result being— Aston Villa 6 goals; Notts 1 goal.
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