Game #197
Aston Villa
14-4-4, 32 PTS
Tuesday, 26 December 1893
Won
1st
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division One
Darwen
5-2-13, 12 PTS
Wellington Road, Perry Barr
Attendance: 12,500
Aston Villa
9-0
Darwen
Assist(s) | Albert Brown | 1-0 | Willie Groves | 3-0 | Charlie Athersmith | 4-0 | 9-0 | Dennis Hodgetts | 5-0 | Jack Reynolds | 8-0 |
MANAGER
George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1899
Aston Villa
GK Bill Dunning | 🏴 |
D John Baird | 🏴 |
CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴 |
FB Jimmy Welford | 🏴 |
M Jack Reynolds | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
M Willie Groves | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Steve Smith | 🏴 |
F Jack Devey | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Albert Brown | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Management Committee
Darwen
Kenyon
Leach
Orr
Shaw
McKennie
Aspden
Sutherland
Marr
Maxwell
Smith
Wade
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
🟩 26 Dec 1893, Villa 9-0 Darwen, Wellington Road
ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 26 December 1893
Dennis Hodgetts hits a hat-trick as Villa record their biggest win of the season to make it seven wins in eight games.
Having only drawn with bottom club Darwen in the reverse fixture, Villa sit first in the table, 7 points ahead of second placed Burnley having played two games more.
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