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DATE	OPPONENT	H/A	F-A	SCORERS	GATE	POS
Sat 14 Sep	Derby County	A	1-3	Bayliss - J Goodall, Cooper, Higgins	6,000	12
Sat 21 Sep	Notts County	A	2-1	Pearson, Bayliss - Smith	6,200	9
Sat 28 Sep	Aston Villa	H	3-0	Woodhall, Wilson, Bayliss	10,122	5
Sat 05 Oct	Preston North End	A	0-5	J Ross 3, N Ross, Inglis	10,000	8
Sat 12 Oct	Burnley	A	2-1	Wilson, Pittaway - Yates	6,000	5
Sat 19 Oct	Wolverhampton W	H	1-4	Evans - Worrall, Wood, Brodie, Booth	1,550	8
Sat 26 Oct	Aston Villa	A	0-1	Brown	8,000	9
Mon 04 Nov	Bolton Wanderers	H	6-3	Pearson 4, Bassett, Woodhall - Brogan, Davenport, Weir	4,813	8
Sat 09 Nov	Derby County	H	2-3	Wilson, Bassett - Needham, Milarvie, Higgins	5,100	8
Sat 16 Nov	Stoke	A	3-1	Pearson, Perry, Evans - Simpson	3,900	8
Sat 23 Nov	Burnley	H	6-1	Bayliss 2, Haynes, Bassett, Evans, Pearson - Crabtree	7,100	7
Sat 30 Nov	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-5	Southworth 4, Townley	6,600	7
Sat 07 Dec	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-7	Davenport 2, Weir 2, Cassidy, Brogan, Bullough	3,500	7
Sat 21 Dec	Accrington	H	4-1	Pearson 3, Bayliss - Entwistle	3,500	6
Thu 26 Dec	Preston North End	H	2-2	Evans, Pearson - J Ross 2	10,065	6
Sat 28 Dec	Wolverhampton W	A	1-1	Pearson - Wood	8,500	7
Sat 04 Jan	Notts County	H	4-2	Bayliss, Pearson 3 - Daft, McInnes	4,700	7
Sat 11 Jan	Blackburn Rovers	H	3-2	Evans 2, Bayliss - Barton, Southworth	5,100	5
Sat 08 Feb	Accrington	A	0-0		2,100	5
Sat 08 Mar	Everton	A	1-5	Pearson - Milward 2, Brady, Chadwick, Holt	8,400	6
Sat 15 Mar	Stoke	H	2-1	Woodhall, Bayliss - Owen	1,600	6
Sat 22 Mar	Everton	H	4-1	Evans 2, Pearson, Wilson - Geary	4,000	5

FA CUP

DATE	OPPONENT	H/A	ROUND	F-A	SCORERS	GATE
Sat 18 Jan	Accrington (1)	A	1	1-3	Wilson - Stephenson, Wilkinson, Barbour	3,400
Sat 25 Jan	Accrington (2)	A	1 rep	0-3	Entwistle 2, Barbour	5,300

1 - The score was declared void and the game was replayed after Albion had complained about the state of Accrington's pitch.
2 - Other sources give the Accrington goalscorers as Entwistle, Chippendale and Barbour.

STAFFORDSHIRE CUP

DATE	OPPONENT	H/A	ROUND	F-A	SCORERS	GATE
Sat 01 Feb	Burton Wanderers (1)	H	1	23-0	Bassett 6, Pearson 3, Woodhall 3, C Perry 3, Evans 3,	3,000
					Wilson 2, Roberts, Green, J Horton
Mon 31 Mar	Stoke	H	2	4-0	Woodhall 2, Evans, Bassett	5,000
Sat 12 Apr	Walsall Town Swifts (2)	N	SF	2-3	Pearson, Bassett - Shaw, , Tipper*	5,000

1 - Albion's record victory in the competition and also their biggest in any competition at Stoney Lane. Albion were leading 9-0 at half-time.
2 - Played at the Oval, Wednesbury. Some reports credit Albion's goal to Evans as opposed to Bassett.

BIRMINGHAM CUP

DATE	OPPONENT	H/A	ROUND	F-A	SCORERS	GATE
Thu 23 Jan	Notts Rangers (1)	A	1	3-0	Pearson, Evans 2	3,000
Mon 17 Feb	Small Heath	H	2	2-0	Pearson 2	1,500
Sat 05 Apr	Walsall Town Swifts (2)	N	SF	2-1	Evans 2 - C Holmes	5,500
Sat 19 Apr	Aston Villa (3)	A	Final	0-2	Dickson, Allen	8,000

1 - Played at Meadow Lane, Nottingham. Reports state that due to Rangers fielding several ineligible players, they conceded the tie
before kick-off, therefore the game was played as a friendly. Some sources give the score as 4-0 to Albion with a hat-trick from Sauve.
2 - Played at the Oval, Wednesbury.
3 - Some sources credit both goals to Allen.

BIRMINGHAM CHARITY CUP

DATE OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A SCORERS
GATE

Sat 26 Apr Wolverhampton W H SF 0-1 Wood 3,000

WEST BROMWICH CHARITY CUP

DATE OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A SCORERS
GATE

Sat 17 May Aston Villa H Final 1-1 S Nicholls - McKnight 4,000

Trophy shared. Referred to in reports as the West Bromwich Friendly Societies' Charity Cup.

Proceeds of the match in aid of the West Bromwich District Hospital.

FRIENDLIES

DATE OPPONENT H/A F-A SCORERS    GATE

Mon 02 Sep Warwick County (1) A 2-0 *         N/K

Sat 07 Sep Grimsby Town (2) A 1-6 *         N/K

Mon 09 Sep Great Bridge Unity A 6-0 *         N/K

Mon 16 Sep Walsall Town Swifts H 2-1 *         N/K

Mon 14 Oct Walsall Town Swifts A 1-1 * (og) - *      3,000

Sat 02 Nov Oxford University (3) H 2-3 *         N/K

Sat 15 Feb Aston Villa (4) A 1-0 Nicholls         N/K

Sat 22 Feb Chatham A 7-1 Evans, Pearson 3, Bassett 2, * - *         N/K

Sat 29 Mar Aston Villa H 2-2 Wilson, Pearson - Brown, Paton      5,000

Mon 07 Apr West Manchester (5) A 3-2 Evans, Pearson, Nicholls - Merryfield 2      3,000

Tue 08 Apr Middlesbrough Ironopolis A 4-3 Nicholls, Wilson 2, Bassett - Dickson, Seymour, McReddie      2,500

Mon 14 Apr Bootle (6) A 3-0 Nicholls 2, Pearson      3,000

Mon 21 Apr Kidderminster Olympic A 1-2 *         N/K

Sat 03 May Sunderland A 5-3 Bassett, Perry, Woodhall 2, Pearson - Gillespie, Hannah 2         N/K

Sat 10 May Hyde A 3-1 *         N/K

Mon 26 May Warwick County A 2-1 *         N/K

Sat 31 May Everton A 1-4 Marshall - Chadwick 2, Milward, Turner    10,000

1 - Played at Warwickshire County Cricket ground, Edgbaston.

2 - Grimsby MP Edward Heneage kicked-off for Grimsby to start the match.

3 - Some sources give the score as 3-2 to Albion.

4 - Attendance reported to be a few hundred.

5 - Played at Whalley Range, Manchester.

6 - Some sources give the score as 3-2 to Albion.

TESTIMONIAL / BENEFIT GAMES

DATE	OPPONENT	H/A	F-A	SCORERS	GATE
Mon 03 Mar	Birmingham & District XI (1)	H	4-1	Perry, Evans 2, Pearson - *	N/K
Sat 24 May	Aston Villa (2)	A	0-1	*	N/K

1 - George Timmins Benefit Match. Some reports give the score as 4-0 to Albion.
2 - John Burton & Albert Allen joint Benefit Match.