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where available.
Opposition goalscorers in italics,
* signifies goalscorer unknown.
FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE
DATE |
OPPONENT |
H/A |
F-A |
SCORERS |
GATE |
POS |
Sat 10 Sep |
Bolton Wanderers |
A |
1-3 |
Geddes - Wilson, Dickenson, McNee |
4,100 |
15 |
Sat 17 Sep |
Wolverhampton W |
H |
2-1 |
Bassett, Bastock - Wykes |
4,000 |
12 |
Mon 19 Sep |
Aston Villa |
H |
3-2 |
McLeod, Pearson 2 - J Devey, Davis |
11,239 |
7 |
Sat 24 Sep |
Derby County |
A |
1-1 |
Pearson - Bloomer (pen) |
7,000 |
7 |
Sat 01 Oct |
Newton Heath |
H |
0-0 |
|
4,000 |
7 |
Sat 08 Oct |
Newton Heath |
A |
4-2 |
McLeod, Bassett, Bastock 2 - Donaldson, Hood |
4,600 |
5 |
Sat 15 Oct |
Everton |
H |
3-0 |
Wood, Pearson 2 |
4,800 |
4 |
Sat 22 Oct |
Sunderland (1) |
A |
1-8 |
Bassett -
Wilson, Campbell 2, Millar
3, Gibson, Scott |
8,000 |
5 |
Sat 29 Oct |
Notts County |
H |
4-2 |
Geddes, Pearson, Bassett, Bastock - Burke, Bruce |
3,000 |
5 |
Sat 05 Nov |
Aston Villa |
A |
2-5 |
Geddes 2 - A Brown 2, Hare, Burton, J Devey |
12,100 |
6 |
Mon 07 Nov |
Bolton Wanderers |
H |
1-0 |
Geddes |
4,000 |
6 |
Sat 12 Nov |
Accrington |
H |
4-0 |
Groves 2, McLeod, Bastock |
4,000 |
3 |
Sat 19 Nov |
Notts County |
A |
1-8 |
McLeod - Daft 3, Oswald 3, Bruce 2 |
8,000 |
4 |
Sat 26 Nov |
Stoke |
H |
1-2 |
Pearson - Schofield, Evans |
607 |
6 |
Sat 10 Dec |
Preston North End |
H |
0-1 |
Becton |
4,000 |
8 |
Sat 17 Dec |
Accrington |
A |
4-5 |
McLeod, Pearson, Bastock 2 - T Lea 2, Cookson, Whitehead, H Lea |
3,000 |
10 |
Sat 24 Dec |
Sunderland |
H |
1-3 |
Bassett -
J Hannah, D
Hannah, Campbell |
8,000 |
11 |
Mon 26 Dec |
Blackburn Rovers |
H |
1-2 |
Pearson - Sawers, * |
7,000 |
13 |
Tue 27 Dec |
Wolverhampton W |
A |
1-1 |
McLeod - Swift |
8,000 |
10 |
Sat 31 Dec |
Burnley |
A |
0-5 |
Buchanan, Chambers, Hill, McNab, Nicol |
3,500 |
11 |
Mon 02 Jan |
The Wednesday |
A |
0-6 |
Rowan, Brady, H Brandon, Spiksley 2, B Brown |
15,000 |
12 |
Sat 07 Jan |
Burnley |
H |
7-1 |
Geddes, McLeod 3, Bassett 2, Pearson - Chambers |
1,000 |
11 |
Sat 14 Jan |
Everton |
A |
0-1 |
Geary |
10,000 |
13 |
Sat 28 Jan |
Blackburn Rovers |
A |
1-2 |
Geddes - Sawers, Horton (og) |
2,300 |
14 |
Sat 11 Feb |
Stoke |
A |
2-1 |
Bassett 2 - Naughton |
6,000 |
12 |
Thu 02 Mar |
Nottingham Forest |
A |
4-3 |
Geddes, Bassett 2, Groves - Daft, Shaw, McPherson (pen) |
4,100 |
10 |
Sat 18 Mar |
The Wednesday |
H |
3-0 |
McLeod, Pearson, Boyd |
5,000 |
10 |
Sat 01 Apr |
Derby County |
H |
3-1 |
C Perry 2, Geddes - A Goodall |
3,655 |
9 |
Mon 03 Apr |
Nottingham Forest |
H |
2-2 |
C Perry, Reynolds (pen) - McInnes, McCallum |
5,000 |
9 |
Thu 13 Apr |
Preston North End |
A |
1-1 |
C Perry - Greer |
8,200 |
8 |
|
1 - At the time, this was Albion's heaviest ever
league defeat, a scoreline repeated four weeks later at Notts County.
Other
sources and reports |
give the Albion goalscorer as an own goal by either Hughie Wilson or
Robert Smellie. |
FA CUP
DATE |
OPPONENT |
H/A |
ROUND |
F-A |
SCORERS |
GATE |
Sat 21 Jan |
Everton |
A |
1 |
1-4 |
Pearson - Geary 2, Latta, Maxwell |
23,867 |
BIRMINGHAM CUP
DATE |
OPPONENT |
H/A |
ROUND |
F-A |
SCORERS |
GATE |
Mon 23 Jan |
Stoke |
H |
1 |
3-0 |
Horton, T Perry, McLeod |
3,500 |
Mon 27 Mar |
Wolverhampton W |
A |
2 |
1-3 |
McLeod - Horton (og), Griffin, Wood |
4,000 |
BIRMINGHAM CHARITY CUP
DATE |
OPPONENT |
H/A |
ROUND |
F-A |
SCORERS |
GATE |
Mon 10 Apr |
Aston Villa |
N |
SF |
0-6 |
J Devey 3, Woolley 3 |
6,500 |
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Played at Aston Lower Grounds. |
WEST BROMWICH CHARITY CUP
DATE |
OPPONENT |
H/A |
ROUND |
F-A |
SCORERS |
GATE |
Mon 21 Nov |
Everton |
H |
Final |
0-2 |
E Chadwick, Pinnell |
3,500 |
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Some reports
refer to the game as taking place for the Friendly Societies' Cup. |
BASS CHARITY VASE
DATE |
OPPONENT |
H/A |
ROUND |
F-A |
SCORERS |
GATE |
Mon 27 Feb |
Stoke (1) |
H |
Final |
3-3 |
Geddes, Boyd, Reynolds (pen) - Christie, *, Evans |
5,150 |
Thu 09 Mar |
Stoke |
A |
replay |
1-1 |
Bassett - Robertson |
6,000 |
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Trophy shared. |
1 - Some reports credit one of the Stoke goals to
Alf Edge. |
FRIENDLIES
DATE |
OPPONENT |
H/A |
F-A |
SCORERS |
GATE |
Thu 01 Sep |
Coles Farm Unity |
A |
6-2 |
* |
N/K |
Sat 03 Sep |
Aston Villa (1) |
H |
0-1 |
Athersmith |
8,000 |
Mon 05 Sep |
Bloxwich |
A |
3-1 |
McLeod, Bassett, Nicholls - * |
N/K |
Wed 07 Sep |
Middlesbrough |
A |
2-7 |
*, Geddes - Black 3, Lewis, Abrahams, Cronshaw, * |
2,000 |
Mon 12 Sep |
Wrexham |
A |
3-1 |
*, McLeod, Baker - Turner |
N/K |
Mon 26 Sep |
Aston Villa |
A |
2-3 |
* - *, Hare |
5,000 |
Tue 27 Sep |
Walsall Town Swifts |
A |
0-3 |
Marlow, Pangborn 2 |
N/K |
Mon 14 Nov |
Walsall Town Swifts |
H |
2-2 |
Reynolds, Bassett - Forsyth, Turner |
N/K |
Mon 28 Nov |
Wolverhampton W |
H |
1-1 |
Bastock - Wood |
N/K |
Sat 03 Dec |
Royal Arsenal |
A |
4-2 |
Bastock 2, McLeod, Geddes - Henderson, Elliott |
4,000 |
Mon 05 Dec |
Aston Villa (2) |
H |
A-A |
Geddes -
Skea |
500 |
Sat 04 Feb |
Aston Villa |
A |
4-4 |
McLeod, Fellows, Boyd, * - Brown, L Campbell 2, W Devey |
3,000 |
Sat 18 Feb |
Corinthians (3) |
A |
3-1 |
McLeod 2, Boyd - Veitch |
4,000 |
Sat 04 Mar |
Aston Villa |
H |
2-0 |
Bassett, Groves |
3,000 |
Sat 11 Mar |
Burslem Port Vale |
H |
2-2 |
Pearson 2 - Wood, * |
1,000 |
Sat 25 Mar |
Heart of Midlothian |
A |
0-1 |
McLaren |
5,000 |
Sat 08 Apr |
Bury |
A |
2-1 |
Boyd, Hedley - Barbour |
4,000 |
Sat 15 Apr |
Newcastle United |
A |
2-7 |
Boyd 2 - Sorley 3, Crate, Collins, Wallace, Reay |
2,000 |
Mon 17 Apr |
Small Heath (4) |
H |
1-4 |
McLeod - Wheldon 2, Mobley 2 |
N/K |
Thu 27 Apr |
Wolverhampton W (5) |
A |
4-2 |
Bastock, * - *, Wood |
N/K |
Sat 29 Apr |
Millwall Athletic |
A |
0-1 |
Lindsay |
4,000 |
|
1 - Reported as a league game in many newspapers at the
time. |
2 - Match abandoned after 35 minutes due to heavy
snow. The score was 1-1 at the time. |
3 - Played at the Kennington Oval, London. |
4 - Some sources report this game as being played
at Small Heath. |
5 - Friendly game of which the proceeds went to
local charities. |
TESTIMONIAL / BENEFIT GAMES
DATE |
OPPONENT |
H/A |
F-A |
SCORERS |
GATE |
Mon 17 Oct |
Birmingham & District XI (1) |
H |
2-1 |
Bastock, * -
Baker |
1,000 |
Mon 20 Mar |
Small Heath (2) |
A |
0-5 |
*, Wheldon |
4,000 |
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1 - George Woodhall Benefit Match. The Birmingham &
District XI consisted of players from Aston Villa and Wolverhampton
Wanderers. |
2 - Caesar Jenkyns Benefit Match. |
IRISH TOUR
DATE |
OPPONENT |
F-A |
SCORERS |
GATE |
Mon 24 Apr |
Linfield Athletic |
1-3 |
Groves - McErlean 2, Peden |
2,000 |
Tue 25 Apr |
Ulsterville Rangers (1) |
0-1 |
Morrison |
2,000 |
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Both games played at Ulsterville, Belfast. |
1 - Ulsterville Rangers were a combined XI of Linfield,
Glentoran and Ulster players. |
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