Villa face Queens Park Rangers for the first time in competitive football, QPR become the 66th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football and the first new opponent Villa have faced since playing Exeter City 81 games previously.

Villa win for the first time in three to beat QPR in the first round of the FA Cup. Meanwhile, one game after one Villa legend moves on in Harry Hampton, another arrives as forward Billy Walker made his debut aged 22 after joining from Wednesbury Old Athletic in March 1915 as a 17 year old. Walker became Villa’s eighteenth debutant in twenty three matches.