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GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Goalkeeper

1893 🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #102 |

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GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Personal Profile

Full Name
Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
Leonard Arthur Benwell
1870
Worcester, Worcestershire
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal
Transfer In

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Transfer In

Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1893-94 (DEBUT)
1893
23
Free
Berwick Rangers
George Ramsay
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Career

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Villa Career

Seasons Active | In Fee
Active in League
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
🟩 Won | 🟨 Drew | 🟥 Lost |
Cards 🟨 Booking | 🟥 Sending Off |
Goalkeepers Only 🥅 Goals Conceded | ⛔ Clean Sheets |

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1893 |
Football League |
🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #102 |

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Career Summary

Seasons
Appearances 🕒
Starts 🕒
Substitute 🔁
Unused Sub 🇺
Points per Game (PPG)
1
1
1
0
0
🟩 Won
🟩 Win %
🟨 Drew
🟨 Drawn %
🟥 Lost
🟥 Loss %
Goals ⚽
Assists 🔥
Yellow Cards 🟨
Red Cards 🟥
0
-
-
-
Goal Involvements (GI)
Games per Goal (GPG)
Games per Goal Involvement (GiPG)
0
Seasons

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Season by Season Record

Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1893-94
23
D1
1
1
0
0
-
0
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🇺
🔥
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Goalkeeping Record

Goalkeeper #
Goals Conceded 🥅
Goals Conceded per Game (CPG)
Clean Sheets ⛔
% Clean Sheets ⛔ %
16
0
0.00
1
100%

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
1893-94
23
D1
1
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Honours

1893-94 League Champions |

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Villa Youth Record

n/a

Previous Clubs

Singers FC
Berwick Rangers

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Debut

Squad From Season
First Squad Match
First Squad Under
1893-94
18 November 1893
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Promoted to First Team Under
Promoted to First Team Date
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
18 November 1893
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Debut Season
Debut Date
Debut Age
Debut Under
1893-94
18 November 1893
23
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Debut

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

First Goal Date

Game #
Match
Scorer(s)

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Loans Out

None

Final

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Final Appearance

Final Season
Final Game
Final Age
Final Game Under
1893-94
18 November 1893
23
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Squad To Season
Final Squad
Final Squad Under
1893-94
18 November 1893
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Transfer Out

Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1893-94
1893
23
Free
Walsall Town Swifts
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
Transfer Out

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Subsequent Clubs

Walsall Town Swifts
Retired

Quotes

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Quotes

Biography

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Biography

Player #102 for Aston Villa, Leonard Arthur Benwell, known as Len Benwell as well as Lou Benwell, played as a goalkeeper for the club.

Len made only one appearance for Villa, in the 1893-94 season.

Len was born in Worcester in 1870 and made his only appearance for the club as a 23 year old on the 18th November 1893.

Len was the fifteenth custodian of the Villa goal in League and Cup football and despite playing just once, Len made a contribution to the 1893-94 title winning campaign keeping a clean sheet in the 1-0 win over Bolton Wanderers at Pike’s Lane.

Villa had signed Len from Worcester club Berwick Rangers before moving on to Walsall Town Swifts.

Len had played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Len passed away in Worcester on 28th October 1936 aged 66.

Died

28 October 1936, Aged 66

Appearances

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Appearances

1

Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad
Game #191
🟩 18 Nov 1893, Villa 1-0 Bolton, Pike's Lane
GK Len Benwell | D John Baird | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | M Fred Burton | M Willie Groves | W Steve Smith | F Albert Brown | F Jack Devey | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Charlie Hare |

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Starts

1

Game
Matchday Summary
Line Up
Game #191
🟩 18 Nov 1893, Villa 1-0 Bolton, Pike's Lane
GK Len Benwell | D John Baird | CB Jimmy Cowan | FB Jimmy Welford | M Fred Burton | M Willie Groves | W Steve Smith | F Albert Brown | F Jack Devey | F Dennis Hodgetts | F Charlie Hare |
Starts
Subs

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Sub Sub
Unused

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Goals Scored

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
Goals
Assists

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Assists Made

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
Cards

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Cards Received

🟨

-

🟥

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
International

International Career

England

FA
National Team
Caps with Villa
England
FA
National Team
Full International Record
England
FA
🕒 Caps
🕒 Starts
🔁 Sub
⚽ Goals
FA
First Cap with Villa
FA
First International Goal with Villa
FA
Last Cap with Villa

International Record

England

Starter

Match

Substitute

Match

Goals

Match
Matches

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

Matches

GK Len Benwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #102 |

🟩 18 Nov 1893, Villa 1-0 Bolton, Pike's Lane

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Game #191

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
FT Score | 1-0 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WWLWW |

Season | 1893-94 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #165 |
Saturday, 18 November 1893

Scorer(s) | Jack Devey |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Len Benwell |
D John Baird |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Fred Burton |
M Willie Groves |
W Steve Smith |
F Albert Brown |
F Jack Devey |
F Dennis Hodgetts |
F Charlie Hare |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
1’ Debut, Len Benwell
Goal, 1-0, Jack Devey
HT Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Aston Villa
FT Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Goalkeeper Bill Dunning and midfielder Jack Reynolds were banned by the management committee for “fail[ing] to keep the rules laid down for training.” Goalkeeper Len Benwell made his sole appearance for Villa aged 23 after joining from Worcester side Berwick Rangers.
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