1894–95 Small Heath F.C. season
Top goalscorer | League: Frank Mobley (13) All: Frank Mobley (13) | |
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Highest home attendance | 15,000 vs Sunderland (9 February 1895) | |
Lowest home attendance | 3,000 (three matches) | |
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The 1894–95 season was the 14th season of competitive
Small Heath entered the
Twenty-one different players represented the club in nationally organised competitive matches during the season and there were nine different goalscorers. Two players,
Background
Having won the inaugural
All the regular first-choice players signed on again for the new campaign, apart from goalkeeper
Review
September–October
Small Heath's First Division campaign began on Saturday 1 September with a visit to local rivals and League champions
On the Sunday, Jenkyns was involved in an incident after he and an acquaintance staked a
The new grandstand was open for the first home match of the season, against
"The surprise of Saturday's football" came when a late goal from Hands was enough to beat
The Leicester Chronicle suspected that "it will be a long time, perhaps, before we have another match so keenly contested".[20] The visitors scored early on, but Small Heath's shoot-on-sight policy produced goals for Hands, after a clash with Mobley left Preston goalkeeper James Trainer on the floor, and for Wheldon, before Edward Brueton, deputising in goal for the injured Partridge, let in a soft goal just before half-time. The second half brought "more finesse and less vigour" from the home side, but Preston grew stronger, took the lead, and Small Heath "appeared to be done with".[21] Then Trainer could only turn Mobley's lob in off the post, the same player gave his side the lead, but "before the Small Heath contingent had finished congratulating one another",[21] "North End charging down the field finely from the centre kick scored again before the whistle sounded" to make the final score 4–4.[22] Match receipts totalled nearly £250, a ground record.[21]
After Wolverhampton Wanderers took a three-goal lead at Coventry Road, the Daily Post suggested that Caesar Jenkyns must have spent the interval "exhorting his men to make a famous effort", for "they responded nobly to his appeal".
A creditable performance in a losing cause at
November–December
Three goals behind in the first 20 minutes, Small Heath had fought back to level terms when a powerful shot from
In contrast, Small Heath put on "a very indifferent display" in losing 4–1 at
Unusually, Small Heath led at half-time at home to
Playing a close-passing game that made them better able to cope with the high winds and blizzards that had caused the postponement of several League matches,
January–February
On a hard pitch in very cold weather, Small Heath had already conceded twice at
In a "remarkable encounter",
A visit to the Brine Baths at
February opened with the
Joe Fountain made his debut against Sunderland as a late replacement for Wheldon, whose sister had died on the morning of the match. On a slippery pitch "thickly strewn with chaff and hayseeds", Small Heath fell a goal behind in a first half dominated by the defences of both teams.[58] The special training undertaken by the home side in preparation for the match took effect, as "in the closing stages they looked winners all over", and Sunderland had goalkeeper Ned Doig to thank for restricting the scoring to just Tommy Hands' equaliser.[59] The attendance of 15,000 was nearly double the highest recorded in previous seasons.[60]
Both clubs having been eliminated from the FA Cup, Small Heath arranged a friendly with
Reserve
March–April
After seven defeats in the last nine League matches, Small Heath did little in the draw with
On a lighter note, the annual theatrical sports, hosted in conjunction with the Prince of Wales Theatre, featured a fancy-dress procession from the city centre to the Coventry Road ground for athletic events including sprint and 440-yard (400 m) races for the footballers (won by
Caesar Jenkyns, who "has been playing so well with Small Heath this season that his selection as centre half was a foregone conclusion",
The players went to
Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11th | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 63 | 25 |
12th | Small Heath | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 74 | 25 |
13th | West Bromwich Albion |
30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 51 | 66 | 24 |
Key: Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points | ||||||||
Source:[28] |
At Derby, County took the lead after 17 minutes when an attempted clearance by Jenkyns was turned into his own net, and increased it to 4–0 in the second half before Frank Mobley broke away to score a late consolation.
In their last game of the League season, away to Sheffield United, Small Heath scored first when Foulkes' attempted clearance rebounded off his teammate Walter Hill into the net, and Mobley extended the lead after a break down the left by Hands. Although United came close to scoring from a second-half scrimmage when the ball appeared to cross the line, Small Heath held on to ensure their First Division survival with an unexpected victory.[82]
After overturning a two-goal deficit to beat
Summary and aftermath
Small Heath conceded more goals than any other team in the division, but finished 12th of 16, thus avoiding the risk of relegation via the test matches. Despite the misgivings of the Daily Post that "it cannot be expected that eleven or twelve men will stand the strain of a season's work amongst the first division clubs",
Apart from
Match details
For consistency, attendances and goalscorers' names in the League and FA Cup match details tables are sourced from Matthews' Complete Record.[84] Information in contemporary newspaper reports could, and often did, differ. League positions are sourced from 11v11.com.[28]
Football League First Division
Date | League position |
Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 September 1894 | 11th | Aston Villa |
A | L | 1–2 | Hands | 20,000 |
3 September 1894 | 15th | Everton | A | L | 0–5 | 8,000 | |
8 September 1894 | 10th | Bolton Wanderers |
H | W | 2–0 | Wheldon 2 | 5,000 |
15 September 1894 | 13th | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
A | L | 1–2 | Wheldon | 4,000 |
22 September 1894 | 10th | Preston North End |
A | W | 1–0 | Hands | 5,000 |
29 September 1894 | 10th | Preston North End |
H | D | 4–4 | Hands, Wheldon, Mobley 2 | 4,000 |
6 October 1894 | 7th | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
H | W | 4–3 | Walton 2, Mobley, Wheldon | 5,000 |
13 October 1894 | 9th | Burnley | A | L | 1–3 | Mobley | 5,000 |
20 October 1894 | 9th | Aston Villa |
H | D | 2–2 | Wheldon pen., Hallam | 14,000 |
27 October 1894 | 9th | Stoke | A | D | 2–2 | Mobley, Hands | 1,500 |
3 November 1894 | 9th | Everton | H | D | 4–4 | Wheldon, Izon, Hallam, Jenkyns | 10,000 |
10 November 1894 | 11th | West Bromwich Albion |
A | L | 1–4 | Hands | 4,523 |
17 November 1894 | 11th | Stoke | H | W | 4–2 | Walton, Hallam, Mobley, Wheldon | 3,000 |
24 November 1894 | 9th | Bolton Wanderers |
A | W | 2–1 | Hallam, Wheldon | 5,000 |
1 December 1894 | 7th | Sheffield United | H | W | 4–2 | Letherbarrow, Wheldon pen. | 5,000 |
8 December 1894 | 9th | Sunderland | A | L | 1–7 | Hallam | 6,000 |
15 December 1894 | 10th | Liverpool | A | L | 1–3 | Mobley | 7,000 |
22 December 1894 | 10th | Nottingham Forest |
H | L | 1–2 | Mobley | 3,000 |
26 December 1894 | 10th | Sheffield Wednesday |
A | L | 0–2 | 14,000 | |
29 December 1894 | 10th | Liverpool | H | W | 3–0 | Mobley, Lewis, Walton | 5,000 |
5 January 1895 | 10th | Blackburn Rovers |
A | L | 1–9 | Walton | 4,000 |
26 January 1895 | 12th | Nottingham Forest |
A | L | 0–2 | 5,500 | |
9 February 1895 | 11th | Sunderland | H | D | 1–1 | Hands | 15,000 |
23 February 1895 | 12th | West Bromwich Albion |
H | L | 1–2 | Mobley | 8,100 |
2 March 1895 | 11th | Blackburn Rovers |
H | D | 1–1 | Mobley | 5,000 |
16 March 1895 | 11th | Derby County | H | L | 3–5 | Jenkyns, Hallam, Walton | 6,000 |
23 March 1895 | 10th | Burnley | H | W | 1–0 | Wheldon | 5,500 |
28 March 1895 | 10th | Sheffield Wednesday |
H | D | 0–0 | 3,000 | |
30 March 1895 | 10th | Derby County | A | L | 1–4 | Mobley | 1,500 |
13 April 1895 | 11th | Sheffield United | A | W | 2–0 | W. Hill o.g., Mobley | 5,000 |
FA Cup
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 2 February 1895 | West Bromwich Albion |
H | L | 1–2 | Walton | 10,203 |
Birmingham Senior Cup
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 19 January 1895 | Burton Swifts |
H | W | 5–4 | Mobley 2, Not known, Wheldon, Walton | Not known | [49] |
2nd | 25 February 1895 | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
H | D | 3–3 | Hallam, Mobley, Wheldon | 3,000 | [64] |
Replay | 6 March 1895 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | W | 3–2 | Mobley, Jones , Wheldon
|
Not known | [68] |
SF | 18 March 1895 | West Bromwich Albion |
Molineux Grounds | L | 2–3 | Not known, Jones | Not known | [74] |
Mayor of Birmingham's Charity Cup
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SF | 6 April 1895 | West Bromwich Albion |
H | W | 4–0 | Not known (4) | Not known | [81] |
Final | 27 April 1895 | Aston Villa |
Aston Lower Grounds
|
L | 3–5 | Wheldon, Mobley, Hallam | 5,000 | [67] |
Other matches
Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 October 1894 | West Bromwich Albion |
H | L | 1–3 | Wheldon | 2,000 | Benefit match for Fred Wheldon[24]
|
27 December 1894 | Scottish Borderers | H | W | 11–1 | Not known (11) | 1,000 | Friendly match[42]
|
9 January 1895 | Home Park, Plymouth | A | W | 3–0 | Walton, Lewis, Wheldon | 4,000 | Friendly match[46][47] |
13 January 1895 | Manchester City | A | L | 1–2 | Walton | Not known | Friendly match[47] |
16 February 1895 | Notts County |
A | D | 3–3 | Walton 3 | < 1,000 | Friendly match[61] |
15 April 1895 | Woolwich Arsenal | A | W | 4–3 | Walton, Hallam, Mobley 2 | 7,000 | Friendly match[83] |
Squad statistics
This table includes appearances and goals in nationally organised competitions – the Football League and FA Cup – only.[84] For a description of the playing positions, see Formation (association football)#2–3–5 (Pyramid).
Name | Position | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Edward Brueton | Goalkeeper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Charles Partridge
|
Goalkeeper | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
Tom Watson | Goalkeeper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Ernie Moore | Full back |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jack Oliver | Full back |
28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
Tilson Pritchard | Full back |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bill Purves | Full back |
30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
Ted Devey | Half back | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
Caesar Jenkyns | Half back | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
Teddy Jolly
|
Half back | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Billy Ollis
|
Half back | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
Joe Fountain | Forward | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Jack Hallam | Forward | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 6 |
Tommy Hands | Forward | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6 |
Charles Izon | Forward | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Jack Jones | Forward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Charlie Letherbarrow
|
Forward | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Bill Lewis | Forward | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Frank Mobley | Forward | 28 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 13 |
Billy Walton | Forward | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7 |
Fred Wheldon | Forward | 29 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 11 |
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