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1894–95 Eastville Rovers F.C. season

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Eastville Rovers F.C.
1894–95 season
CaptainH. McBain
GroundRidgeway Road, Ridgeway, Bristol
Bristol & District League6th of 12
Gloucestershire Senior CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerBob Horsey (17)

The 1894–95 season was the twelfth to be played by the team now known as Bristol Rovers, and their eleventh playing under the name Eastville Rovers. The first team played its third season in the first division of the Bristol & District League (now known as the Western Football League), while the reserves competed in the second division of the same competition for the second time. The season was notable for having the first modern Bristol derby when Bristol South End, who later became Bristol City, hosted Eastville Rovers on 22 September.

Season review

The 1894–95 season began with the announcements that H. McBain would replace F.A. Yates as club captain, and that the team would move to a new ground on the opposite side of Ridgeway Road from their home the previous season in Ridgeway.[1] Following a lacklustre campaign the previous season, where both the first team and the reserves finished just one place off the bottom of their divisions, the 1894–94 campaign was one of consolidation. The first team would eventually end the year in a mid-table position, while the reserves finished in 7th place out of 11.[2]

A large growth in the number of spectators watching their games was noted by the Bristol Mercury in October, with crowds of several hundred regularly watching the first team this season. In previous years their attendances had been as low as a few dozen.[3]

League tables

Bristol & District League Division One

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
1 Hereford Thistle (L) 22 18 3 1 93 21 4.429 39 Joined the Birmingham & District League
2 St George 22 18 3 1 76 21 3.619 39
3 Warmley 22 14 2 6 74 30 2.467 30
4 Staple Hill 22 11 4 7 56 38 1.474 26
5 Gloucester 22 10 4 8 64 54 1.185 24
6 Eastville Rovers 22 10 4 8 46 40 1.150 24
7 Trowbridge Town 22 9 4 9 68 48 1.417 22
8 Clifton 22 8 2 12 47 55 0.855 18
9 Bedminster 22 7 0 15 39 73 0.534 14
10 Swindon Wanderers 22 5 3 14 40 63 0.635 13
11 Mangotsfield 22 5 2 15 22 68 0.324 12
12 Clevedon (L) 22 1 1 20 23 136 0.169 3 Withdrew from league
Source: [2]
(L) Left league at the end of the season

Bristol & District League Division Two

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
1 Warmley Reserves 20 17 0 3 75 20 3.750 34
2 St Paul's (P) 20 16 0 4 79 31 2.548 32 Elected to Division One
3 Willsbridge (L) 20 15 1 4 48 21 2.286 31 Withdrew from league
4 St George Reserves 20 14 1 5 69 33 2.091 29
5 Barton Hill 20 11 1 8 57 31 1.839 23
6 Bedminster Reserves 20 8 1 11 36 30 1.200 17
7 Eastville Rovers Reserves 20 8 0 12 45 45 1.000 16
8 Clifton Reserves 20 7 0 13 40 68 0.588 14
9 Mangotsfield Reserves (L) 20 4 2 14 30 84 0.357 10 Withdrew from league
10 Staple Hill Reserves 20 4 1 15 32 79 0.405 9
11 Waverley (L) 20 2 1 17 15 74 0.203 5 Withdrew from league
Source: [2]
(L) Left league at the end of the season; (P) Promoted

Match results

Bristol & District League

Division One

15 September 1894 Hereford Thistle 4–2 Eastville Rovers Hereford
  • B. Sharp 1'
  • J. Sharp
Report
  • John
Stadium: Barrack Ground
29 September 1894 Swindon Wanderers 1–2 Eastville Rovers Swindon
Unknown Report
  • Thompson
  • Furse
Referee: Mr Millard (Trowbridge)
6 October 1894 Eastville Rovers 2–2 Staple Hill Ridgeway
  • Rogers
  • Attewell downward-facing red arrow
  • Horsey
Report
  • Bracey
  • Unknown
Attendance: 800
13 October 1894 Eastville Rovers 7–2 Clevedon Ridgeway
  • McBain
  • Rogers
  • Horsey
  • Laurie
Report
  • Mertons
  • Wilgreen
Attendance: "Good"
20 October 1894 Gloucester 1–2 Eastville Rovers Gloucester
Sherwood Report
  • Unknown
  • Thompson
Stadium: Budding's Field
Referee: Mr J.A. Stevens (league secretary)
3 November 1894 Trowbridge Town 2–2 Eastville Rovers Trowbridge
  • Jeynes soccer ball with red X
  • Grist
Report
  • Thompson
  • Unknown
Referee: Mr Bloor (St George)
17 November 1894 Eastville Rovers 0–4 Hereford Thistle Ridgeway
Laurie soccer ball with red X Report
  • Jack Sharp
  • Homer
Attendance: 2000
1 December 1894 Eastville Rovers 0–1[α] St George Ridgeway
Report Lane Attendance: >1000
Referee: Mr Stacey (Street)
8 December 1894 Eastville Rovers 2–3[β] Clifton Ridgeway
  • Porter
  • Horsey
Report
  • Britton 5'
  • Taylor
Referee: Mr J. Bloor
15 December 1894 Eastville Rovers 4–2 Bedminster Ridgeway
  • Rogers
  • Porter
Report
  • Skeates downward-facing red arrow 10'
  • Smith 20'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mr Millard (Trowbridge)
29 December 1894 Eastville Rovers 3–3 Trowbridge Town Ridgeway
  • Thompson 50'
  • Hodgkins downward-facing red arrow
  • Porter
  • Booker 87' (o.g.)
Report
  • Adams
  • Readings (pen.)
  • Quinlan 44'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mr J. Bloor
5 January 1895 Clevedon 1–2 Eastville Rovers Clevedon
Wilgreat Report
  • Horsey 1'
  • Laurie
9 March 1895 Clifton 0–1 Eastville Rovers Kingswood
Report Thompson Stadium: Chequers Ground
Referee: Mr F.T. Logan
16 March 1895 Eastville Rovers 3–5 Gloucester Ridgeway
  • Horsey
  • Unknown
  • Unknown
Report
  • F. Fielding
  • Wade-Smith
  • P. Stout
  • Sherwood
Referee: Mr J.A. Stevens (league secretary)
23 March 1895 St George 0–2 Eastville Rovers St George
Report
  • Rogers
  • Horsey
Referee: Mr H.E. Roslyn
1 April 1895 Warmley 1–0 Eastville Rovers Warmley
17:00 GMT "Nip" Britton Report Attendance: 800
Referee: Mr F.M. Millard
6 April 1895 Eastville Rovers 4–2 Swindon Wanderers Ridgeway
  • Unknown 10'
  • McBain
  • Horsey
  • Rogers 80'
Report
  • Unknown 55'
  • Unknown
Referee: Mr G. Gay
13 April 1895 Eastville Rovers 0–0[γ] Warmley Ridgeway
Horsey downward-facing red arrow 65' Report Attendance: "Large"
Referee: Mr J. Bloor
15 April 1895 Staple Hill 4–1 Eastville Rovers Staple Hill
12:00 GMT
  • Drury 15'
  • Millard
  • Thompson (o.g.)
Report Thompson Attendance: "fairly large"
Referee: Mr G. Gay
20 April 1895 Bedminster 1–4 Eastville Rovers Bedminster
Popham Report
  • Horsey
  • Thompson
  • Brown
Stadium: Coronation Road ground
Attendance: "small"

Division Two

20 October 1895 Eastville Rovers Reserves 1–2 Bedminster Reserves Unknown
Report
24 November 1894 Warmley Reserves 3–1 Eastville Rovers Reserves Warmley
Report
26 January 1895 Willsbridge 4–2 Eastville Rovers Reserves Willsbridge
Report
1 December 1894 Eastville Rovers Reserves 5–3[δ] St George Reserves Unknown
Report
8 December 1894 Eastville Rovers Reserves 5–2 Clifton Reserves Unknown
Report
22 December 1894 Eastville Rovers Reserves 5–0 Mangotsfield Reserves Unknown
Report
5 January 1895 Eastville Rovers Reserves 2–4 Barton Hill Unknown
Report
19 January 1895 Eastville Rovers Reserves 1–2 Warmley Reserves Unknown
Report
9 March 1895 Eastville Rovers Reserves 2–0 Willsbridge Ridgeway
Report
23 March 1895 Eastville Rovers Reserves 1–2 St George Reserves Unknown
Report
6 April 1895 Eastville Rovers Reserves 4–0 Warmley Reserves Unknown
Report
13 April 1895 Eastville Rovers Reserves 2–4 St Paul's Ridgeway
Report

Note: Three results were given against Warmley Reserves in the press over the course of the season. It's possible that one of these was a friendly match, or that the result of one of these ties was overturned and the game re-played.

Gloucestershire Senior Challenge Cup

After receiving a bye in the first round thanks to them reaching the final the previous season,[4] Eastville Rovers were eliminated from the cup at the quarter-final stage. They were drawn to play Mangotsfield at home in a game that was played in a snowstorm and Mangotsfield prevailed 5–3. This was in spite of the fact Mangotsfield were reduced to ten men during the first half when their captain, Brain, suffered a broken collarbone.[5]

26 January 1895 Quarter-final Eastville Rovers 3–5 Mangotsfield Ridgeway
  • M. Thompson
  • McBain 65' (pen.)
  • Lovett 90'
Report
  • Britton
  • Brain downward-facing red arrow
  • Unknown
  • Davis 83'
Stadium: Ridgeway Road
Referee: Mr Gay

Friendlies

First team

8 September 1894 Warmley 0–4 Eastville Rovers Warmley
15:45 GMT Report
  • McBain
  • Unknown (o.g.)
  • Horsey
  • Unknown
Attendance: 600
Referee: W.A. Deakin (Bedminster)
2 March 1895 Bristol South End 2–5 Eastville Rovers Bedminster
  • Lewis
Report
  • Horsey 1'
  • Thompson
  • Brown
Stadium: St John's Lane
Referee: George Gay (Warmley)
27 April 1895 Bristol South End 2–3 Eastville Rovers Bedminster
Davis Report
  • W. Thompson
  • Horsey
  • Osborne
Stadium: St John's Lane
Attendance: 1000
Referee: George Gay (Warmley)

Notes

  1. ^ Eastville Rovers lodged an official protest over the result of their home game against St George. The complaint centered around a goal scored by the Rovers that was disallowed by the referee.
  2. ^ Rovers started their home game against Clifton with only nine men due to Hodgson and Attewill failing to turn up. Replacement players were found and they joined in later in the match.
  3. ^ Eastville Rovers were reduced to ten men with 25 minutes left to play of their home match against Warmley due to Horsey being kicked in the eye.
  4. ^ Only 75 minutes played of the reserve game were played against St George, therefore the result did not stand.

Statistics

Friendly matches are not included in this section.
Match record
Competition Home Away Total
P W D L F A P W D L F A P W D L F A
Bristol & District League 11 4 3 4 28 24 11 6 1 4 18 16 22 10 4 8 46 40
Gloucestershire Cup 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 5
Total 12 4 3 5 31 29 11 6 1 4 18 16 23 10 4 9 49 45

Cumulative record

The total cumulative record of Eastville Rovers up to the end of the 1894–95 season is shown below. This is calculated by adding the numbers in the section above to the total games played up to the end of the previous season. Friendly matches are not included in this table, and games held at neutral venues are considered to have been played away from home.

Match record
Competition Home Away Total
P W D L F A P W D L F A P W D L F A
Bristol & District League 28 12 7 9 72 56 28 9 2 17 40 63 56 21 9 26 112 119
Gloucestershire Cup 5 0 2 3 8 14 12 8 0 4 22 21 17 8 2 7 30 35
Total 33 12 9 12 80 70 40 17 2 21 62 84 73 29 11 33 142 154

References

  1. ^ "Association Football: Local club prospects". Western Daily Press. 1 September 1894. Retrieved 25 June 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ a b c Robinson, Michael, ed. (2006). Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006. Soccer Books.
  3. ^ "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 15 October 1894. Retrieved 27 June 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 21 January 1895. Retrieved 8 July 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 28 January 1895. Retrieved 24 June 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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