1890–91 Eastville Rovers F.C. season

The 1890–91 season was the eighth to be played by the team that are now known as Bristol Rovers, and their seventh playing under the name Eastville Rovers.

Eastville Rovers

1890–91 season
Ground	Three Acres, Ashley Down, Bristol
Gloucestershire Senior Challenge Cup	1st round

Season review

Eastville Rovers' stay in this year's Gloucestershire Senior Challenge Cup was a brief one. Prior to this season they had never failed to reach the semi-final stage, but after gaining automatic entry to the competition based on their performance last season they found themselves eliminated in the first round by Bedminster.[1][2]

There was a depleted look to the club friendly match list too due to poor weather during the middle part of the season. A severe frost set in across England throughout December and January, which meant that very little football was possible over the winter.[3]

The club stopped fielding a reserve team this season, leaving only a single team representing the club. They had entered a second XI into the inaugural Gloucestershire Junior Challenge Cup last year,[4] but they opted not to put a team into the competition this time around.[5]

Results

First team

Gloucestershire Senior Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Notes
1	31 January 1891	Bedminster	Three Acres, Bristol	Lost 2–3	Perrin, Laurie	[2][5]

Club matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Notes
20 September 1890	Warmley	Warmley, Gloucestershire	Lost 0–1		[6]
4 October 1890	St George	St George, Bristol	Lost 4–8	Perrin (2), Laurie, Yates	[7]
11 October 1890	Bedminster	Bedminster Cricket Ground, Bristol	Lost 2–4	Perrin (2)	[8]
18 October 1890	Clevedon	Three Acres, Bristol	Won 3–0		[9]
25 October 1890	Trowbridge Town	Trowbridge, Wiltshire	Lost 1–5	Yates	[10][11]
8 November 1890	Craigmore College	Three Acres, Bristol	Won 5–1	Yates, W. Taylor, A. Laurie, Perrin, Hodgson	[11][12]
15 November 1890	Clifton	Clifton, Bristol	Won 3–0	Yates (3)	[11][13]
22 November 1890	Bath	Three Acres, Bristol	Drew 3–3	Yates (2), A. Laurie	[14][15]
13 December 1890	Bedminster	Ashton Gate, Bristol	Lost 1–4	Yates	[16][17]
20 December 1890	Warmley	Three Acres, Bristol			[18]
27 December 1890	Clevedon	Clevedon, Somerset			[19]
10 January 1891	St George	Three Acres, Bristol			[20]
24 January 1891	Trowbridge Town	Three Acres, Bristol	Lost 3–1	Somerton	[21]
7 February 1891	St George	St George, Bristol			[22]
14 February 1891	Craigmore College	Three Acres, Bristol	Won 8–0	F. Laurie, Wallace, Taylor, Thomas	Rovers only fielded ten players[23]
21 February 1891	Clifton	Three Acres, Bristol[24]	Drew 1–1	Thomas	[25]
14 March 1891	Bath	Lambridge Meadows, Bath	Cancelled		[26][27]
28 March 1891	Trowbridge Town	Trowbridge, Wiltshire	Lost 1–3	Perrin	[28]
11 April 1891	Warmley	Warmley, Gloucestershire	Lost 1–5	W. Taylor	[29]

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
Gloucestershire Cup	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	3

Goalscorers

Player	Goals
	League	Cup	Total
Laurie	–	1	1
Walter Perrin	–	1	1

Cumulative record

The total cumulative record of Eastville Rovers up to the end of the 1890–91 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 last season. Friendly matches are not included in this table, and games held at neutral venues are considered to have been played away from home.

As of the summer of 1891, Rovers' competitive matches had all been played in the Gloucestershire Cup.

Match record

Competition	Home						Away						Total
	P	W	D	L	F	A	P	W	D	L	F	A	P	W	D	L	F	A
Gloucestershire Cup	3	0	1	2	3	7	6	5	0	1	10	8	9	5	1	3	13	15

References

1. "Gloucestershire Football Association". Western Daily Press. 24 September 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Saturday's football". Bristol Mercury. 2 February 1891. Retrieved 23 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Summary of the observations made at the stations included in the daily and weekly weather reports for the calendar month January 1891" (PDF). London: The Meteorological Office. 1891. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
4. "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 26 September 1889. Retrieved 15 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Fixtures for to-morrow". Bristol Mercury. 30 January 1891. Retrieved 23 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Saturday's football matches". Bristol Mercury. 22 September 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 6 October 1890. Retrieved 24 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 13 October 1890. Retrieved 24 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 20 October 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
10. "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 24 October 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
11. Byrne & Jay (2003), p.33
12. "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 10 November 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
13. "Football". Sporting Life. 15 November 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
14. "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 21 November 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
15. "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 24 November 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
16. "Local athletic fixtures–to-day". Bristol Mercury. 13 December 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
17. "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 15 December 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
18. "Fixtures for to-morrow". Bristol Mercury. 19 December 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
19. "Local athletic fixtures". Western Daily Press. 27 December 1890. Retrieved 21 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
20. "Fixtures for to-morrow". Bristol Mercury. 9 January 1891. Retrieved 23 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
21. "Football". Bristol Magpie. 31 January 1891. Retrieved 28 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
22. "Fixtures for to-morrow". Bristol Mercury. 6 February 1891. Retrieved 29 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
23. "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 16 February 1891. Retrieved 23 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
24. "Football". Bristol Magpie. 21 February 1891. Retrieved 28 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
25. "Football". Bristol Magpie. 28 February 1891. Retrieved 28 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
26. "Fixtures for to-morrow". Bristol Mercury. 13 March 1891. Retrieved 29 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
27. "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 16 March 1891. Retrieved 29 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
28. "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 30 March 1891. Retrieved 29 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
29. "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 13 April 1891. Retrieved 30 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

Bibliography

• Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club: The Definitive History 1883–2003. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.