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Game #19

Aston Villa

Saturday, 29 December 1883

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

FA Cup

Wednesbury Old Athletic

The Oval, Wednesbury

Attendance: 7,000

🟩 29 Dec 1883, Villa 7-4 Wednesbury Old Athletic, The Oval

Wednesbury Old Athletic

4-7

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Aston Villa

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🟩 29 Dec 1883, Villa 7-4 Wednesbury Old Athletic, The Oval

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 29 December 1883

🥅 | 5’ Goal, 0-1, (Wednesbury Old Athletic), George Holden
🥅 | Goal, 0-2, (Wednesbury Old Athletic), Bayliss
⚽ | Goal, 1-2, Howard Vaughton
⚽ | Goal, 2-2, Archie Hunter
🥅 | Goal, 2-3, (Wednesbury Old Athletic), Bayliss
🕒 | HT Wednesbury Old Athletic 3-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | Goal, 3-3, Archie Hunter
🥅 | Goal, 3-4, (Wednesbury Old Athletic), T. Tonks
⚽ | Goal, 4-4, Archie Hunter
⚽ | Goal, 5-4, Howard Vaughton
⚽ | Goal, 6-4, Archie Hunter
⚽ | Goal, 7-4, Olly Whateley
🕒 | FT Wednesbury Old Athletic 4-7 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 29 Dec 1883, Villa 7-4 Wednesbury Old Athletic, The Oval

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 29 December 1883

Villa record their biggest FA Cup win for the third game in a row as Archie Hunter hit his and Villa's second hat-trick in three games and becomes the first Villa player to score four in a game as they qualify for the fourth round of the FA Cup for the fourth season in succession. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Billy Clarke made his final appearance for Villa.

🟩 29 Dec 1883, Villa 7-4 Wednesbury Old Athletic, The Oval

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 GK Billy Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1881-83 | 🕒 7 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #19 |

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Aston Villa

FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Wednesbury Old Athletic

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FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Wednesbury Old Athletic

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Wednesbury Old Athletic

Previous 5 vs. Wednesbury Old Athletic: 🟥 🟩

🟩 29 Dec 1883, Villa 7-4 Wednesbury Old Athletic, The Oval

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1883-84 |
Matchday | #3 |
Manager Game | #19 |
Saturday, 29 December 1883

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🟩 29 Dec 1883, Villa 7-4 Wednesbury Old Athletic, The Oval

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: C. Crump | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birmingham, 1882-
HT Score: 🟥 2-3
FT Score: 🟩 7-4
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 19 | 🟩 | 13 🟨 | 3 🟥 3 | 2.21

Villa Career Form:

Champions

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Management Committee 1879-86

🟩 29 Dec 1883, Villa 7-4 Wednesbury Old Athletic, The Oval

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: C. Crump | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | President Birmingham Association, 1882-
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 10 Nov 1883, Villa 5-1 Walsall Swifts, The Chuckery
Cards: None
Umpires: William McGregor (Villa) and S. Page (Wednesbury)

🟩 29 Dec 1883, Villa 7-4 Wednesbury Old Athletic, The Oval

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Billy Clarke returns in goal for Archibald Vale whilst Robert Price also returns with Joe Simmonds making way.

Starting XI Average Age:
| 24.40 |

Oldest Player:
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 28.10 |

Youngest Player:
CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.41 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 29 Dec 1883, Villa 7-4 Wednesbury Old Athletic, The Oval

MANAGER

Management Committee 1879-86

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Aston Villa

GK Billy Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
B Tom Riddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Charles Apperley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Robert Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
HB Arthur Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Wally Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Olly Whateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Unknown

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Wednesbury Old Athletic

GK C. Kent
B J. Nicholls
B Morley
HB D. Tonks
HB Byrne
HB Flaherty
RF George Holden | ⚽ |
RF Patrick
LF T Tonks | ⚽ |
LF J. Roberts
CF Bayliss | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 29 Dec 1883, Villa 7-4 Wednesbury Old Athletic, The Oval

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟩 29 Dec 1883, Villa 7-4 Wednesbury Old Athletic, The Oval

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

Squad Bios

🟩 29 Dec 1883, Villa 7-4 Wednesbury Old Athletic, The Oval

SQUAD STATS

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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

SQUAD STATS

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Athletic XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 29 Dec 1883, Villa 7-4 Wednesbury Old Athletic, The Oval

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 29 Dec 1883, Villa 7-4 Wednesbury Old Athletic, The Oval

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sheffield Independent*
Monday, 31 December 1883

ASTON VILLA, v. WEDNESBURY OLD ATHLETIC. These teams played a very fast match on the Oval, Wood green, Wednesbury, on Saturday. The ground was heavy, but there was no wind. Within five minutes of the kick off G. Holden scored for the Athletics, at this was presently supplemented by another from the toe of Bayliss. Matters looked rosy for the Athletics, but they failed to maintain their advantage, as Archie Hunter and Brown both added goals, making the game equal. Just before half-time Bayliss scored again for the home team, making the score three to two. Immediately on resuming a finely combined rush of the Villa forwards ended with Hunter scoring, again making matters equal, an equality which was spoilt by T. Tonks, who added another for the Athletics, making the game four to three. From this point the Athletics appeared beaten, and Hunter had little difficulty in adding a fourth goal for the Villa. Vaughton added a fifth for the Birmingham men, a sixth was muffed by the Athletic goal-keeper, and Whateley scored a seventh. The Villa thus won by seven goals to four.
Reports

🟩 29 Dec 1883, Villa 7-4 Wednesbury Old Athletic, The Oval

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