1894–95 Southampton St. Mary's F.C. season
Highest home attendance | 7,000 vs Nottingham Forest (2 February 1895) (FA Cup) | |
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The 1894–95 season was the tenth since the foundation of
They finished the league season in third place behind the champions,
Summary of the season
In
In his preview of the forthcoming season in the Southampton Times, "Ariel" predicted:
It is very wonderful to notice the pertinacity with which the prophets continue to prophecy. Southampton St. Mary's have not yet played in the competition, but their position at the end of the season has already been positively fixed by some people, and I have not heard anybody place them lower than third on the list, Millwall Athletic and Luton only taking precedence.[2]
For the start of their League career, Saints signed several new players on professional contracts, including
Saints' first league match was played at the
The Saints' first home defeat came against
Saints supplemented their fixture list with several friendly matches, including matches in November against
The Saints continued to take part in the local cup tournaments, winning the
League results
Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A |
Scorers |
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6 October 1894 | Chatham Town | H | 3 – 1 | Angus, Hollands, Offer |
20 October 1894 | Royal Ordnance
|
H | 3 – 1 | H. Ward (2), Offer
|
27 October 1894 | Luton Town | A | 1 – 4 | Angus |
17 November 1894 | Millwall Athletic | H | 2 – 2 | Baker, Thomson |
8 December 1894 | Reading | A | 1 – 0 | H. Ward
|
22 December 1894 | Luton Town | H | 1 – 2 | Baker |
29 December 1894 | Ilford | A | 2 – 1 | Hollands, Nineham |
5 January 1895 | Reading | H | 1 – 3 | Offer |
12 January 1895 | Clapton | A | 3 – 1 | Rogers
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23 February 1895 | Swindon Town | A | 3 – 2 | H. Ward
|
9 March 1895 | Chatham Town | A | 1 – 1 | Baker |
14 March 1895 | Royal Ordnance
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A | 0 – 2 | |
23 March 1895 | Millwall Athletic | A | 0 – 4 | |
30 March 1895 | Swindon Town | H | 7 – 1 | |
12 April 1895 | Clapton | H | 3 – 0 | Nineham (2), Dorkin |
13 April 1895 | Ilford | H | 3 – 0 | Angus (2), Dorkin |
Legend
Win | Draw | Loss |
Top of league table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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1 | Millwall Athletic | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 19 | 3.579 | 28 |
2 | Luton Town | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 22 | 1.636 | 22 |
3 | Southampton St. Mary's | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 1.360 | 20 |
4 | Ilford | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 40 | 0.650 | 15 |
5 | Reading | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 38 | 0.868 | 14 |
FA Cup
In the
The match against Nottingham Forest was played at the Antelope Ground on 2 February 1895. On the day of the match, the pitch was covered with three inches (76 mm) of snow. After a long delay, while the referee assessed whether or not the frozen ground was fit to play on, the crowd (estimated at 7,000) were admitted.[6] Despite scoring 31 goals in the qualifying stages, the Saints were no match for the "skill, subtlety and cohesion"[4] of their opponents who ran out 4–1 victors, with two goals from Thomas Rose[7] The local press blamed the defeat on the failure of the Southampton players to train adequately and also suggested that the "more northerly visitors were more accustomed to the Arctic conditions".[6]
Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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13 October 1894 | 1st qualifying round | Newbury | H | 14 – 0 | 4,000 | |
3 November 1894 | 2nd qualifying round | Reading | H | 5 – 2 | H. Ward
|
5,000 |
24 November 1894 | 3rd qualifying round | Marlow | H | 7 – 3 | Offer (3), Charles Baker (2), Dorkin, Angus | 5,000 |
15 December 1894 | 4th qualifying round | Warmley | H | 5 – 1 | Nineham (2), Offer, Baker, Littlehales | 3,000 |
2 February 1895 | Round 1 Proper | Nottingham Forest | H | 1 – 4 | H. Ward
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7,000 |
Player statistics
The players who appeared in the Southern League or FA Cup matches were as follows. This list does not include players who only played in friendly or reserve team matches.[4]
Position | Nationality | Name | League apps |
League goals |
FA Cup apps |
FA Cup goals |
Total apps |
Total goals |
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FW | Scotland | Jack Angus | 13 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 10 |
FB | England | Charles Baker | 15 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 12 |
GK | England | Jack Barrett | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
GK | England | Walter Cox | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
FW | England | Jack Dorkin | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
HB | England | Bill Furby | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
FB | Wales | David Hamer | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
FW | England | Fred Hollands | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 5 |
FB | England | William Jeffrey | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
HB | England | Alf Littlehales | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
FB | England | George Marshall | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
FW | England | Arthur Nineham | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 |
FW | England | Harry Offer | 13 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 10 |
FW | England | Joe Rogers
|
7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
HB | England | Ernie Taylor | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
HB | England | Lachie Thomson | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 2 |
FW | England | A. Ward a | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
FW | England | Herbert Ward
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9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 11 |
GK | England | Herbert Williamson | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
Key
- GK — Goalkeeper
- FB — Full back
- HB — Half back
- FW — Forward
Notes
- ^a A. Ward played at Millwall on 23 March 1895, on trial from the Lancaster Regiment, for whom he impressed when he played against St. Mary's in a friendly in February. He was unable to reproduce his form in the league match and played no other senior football for the club.[8]
Transfers
In
Date | Position | Name | From |
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Summer 1894 | FW | Charles Baker | Stoke
|
Summer 1894 | FB | David Hamer | Cowes
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Summer 1894 | FW | Fred Hollands | Millwall Athletic
|
November 1894 | FB | William Jeffrey | Woolwich Arsenal
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Summer 1894 | HB | Alf Littlehales | Stoke
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December 1894 | FW | Joe Rogers
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Macclesfield |
November 1894 | GK | Herbert Williamson | Local football |
Departures
Date | Position | Name | To |
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Summer 1894 | FB | George Carter
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Retired |
Autumn 1894 | FW | Charles Miller | Returned to Brazil |
Summer 1894 | FW | Ernie Nicholls | Retired |
Summer 1894 | HB | William Stride | Retired |
References
- ^ Juson & Bull 2001, p. 35.
- ^ a b c d Bull & Brunskell 2000, pp. 14–15.
- ^ "The Formation of the Southern League". The History of the Southern Football League. The Zamaretto League. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Chalk & Holley 1987, pp. 16–17.
- ^ a b c Chalk & Holley 1987, p. 211.
- ^ a b Bull & Brunskell 2000, pp. 16–17.
- ^ Collett 2003, p. 453.
- ^ Holley & Chalk 1992, p. 350.
Bibliography
- Bull, David; Brunskell, Bob (2000). Match of the Millennium. Hagiology Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9534474-1-1.
- Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. ISBN 978-0-907969-22-8.
- Collett, Mike (2003). The Complete Record of the FA Cup. Sports Books. ISBN 978-1-899807-19-2.
- Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9514862-3-8.
- Juson, Dave; Bull, David (2001). Full-Time at The Dell. Hagiology Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9534474-2-8.