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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

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 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.

  • Villa 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

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

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

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Wednesbury Old Athletic

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FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Wednesbury Old Athletic
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Previous 5 vs. Wednesbury Old Athletic: 🟥 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 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
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Management Committee 1879-86

🕒 19 | 🟩 | 13 🟨 | 3 🟥 3 | 2.21

Villa Career Form:

Champions

Management Committee 1879-86

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: C. Crump | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birmingham, 1882-
Umpires: William McGregor (Villa) and S. Page (Wednesbury)

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 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

🟩 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

Management Committee

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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

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟥
🥅
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Red
GK Billy Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
SUBSTITUTES
Player
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🟨
🟥
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Red
UNUSED
Player
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 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

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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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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