1892–93 Eastville Rovers F.C. season

The 1892–93 season was the tenth to be played by the team now known as Bristol Rovers, and their ninth playing under the name Eastville Rovers. It was significant in that it was their first year competing in an organised league, when they became founder members of the Bristol & District League (now known as the Western League).

Eastville Rovers F.C.
1892–93 season
GroundThree Acres, Ashley Down, Bristol
Bristol & District League6th
Gloucestershire Senior Cup1st round
Top goalscorerBill Rogers (9)

Season review

Rovers finished in sixth place in the league. They had to a slow start to their campaign, but finished strongly, winning their last four games. There was some confusion surrounding the game against St George on 22 October, which although originally arranged as a league match it was played as a friendly as no referee had been appointed.[1]

Though the match between Eastville Rovers and St. George on Saturday was a league fixture, it now appears it was altered by consent of both sides to a "friendly" game. Through some misunderstanding a referee was not appointed and the captains arranged that the game should be played on another day.

— Bristol Mercury, 25 October 1892

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Warmley 16 11 3 2 72 19 3.789 25
2 Trowbridge Town 16 10 4 2 66 17 3.882 24
3 St George 16 9 5 2 36 22 1.636 23
4 Bedminster 16 6 5 5 30 34 0.882 17
5 Clevedon 16 6 4 6 25 36 0.694 16
6 Eastville Rovers 16 6 3 7 36 40 0.900 15
7 Clifton 16 4 2 10 27 61 0.443 10
8 Mangotsfield 16 3 2 11 19 45 0.422 8
9 Wells City 16 1 4 11 14 51 0.275 6
Source: [2]

Match results

Bristol & District League
1 October 1892 Eastville Rovers1–3MangotsfieldMangotsfield[α]
15:40 GMT Perrin Report (via BNA, subscription required)
8 October 1892 Trowbridge Town6–2Eastville RoversTrowbridge
  • Laurie
  • F. Everett
  • Hurn
  • G. Everett
Report (via BNA, subscription required) Rogers Attendance: 200
Referee: F. Crossley (Swindon)
12 November 1892 Eastville Rovers2–2[β]WarmleyAshley Down
  • Thompson
  • Summerill  (o.g.)
 Report (via BNA, subscription required)
  • King
  • Mackay
Referee: J. Bloor
19 November 1892 Wells City2–2Eastville RoversWells
  • Coleman
  • McMahon
Report (via BNA, subscription required)
  • Lovett
  • Yates
Referee: Sturgess Jones
26 November 1892 Eastville Rovers1–2ClevedonAshley Down
Taylor Report (via BNA, subscription required)
  • Grey
  • Mertens
Referee: J. Bloor
3 December 1892 Bedminster5–0Eastville RoversAshton Gate
  • McCarthy
  • Macfarlane
  • Marshall
  • Griffiths
  • Unknown
Report (via BNA, subscription required) Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: J.R. Riddell
24 December 1892 Eastville Rovers3–1CliftonAshley Down
  • Laurie
  • Rogers
  • Unknown  (o.g.)
 Report (via BNA, subscription required)
Referee: S. Peacock
26 December 1892 St George3–1Eastville RoversSt George
Report (via BNA, subscription required)
21 January 1893 Eastville Rovers2–2Trowbridge TownAshley Down
  • Unknown
  • Johns
Report (via BNA, subscription required)
  • Hurn
  • Wakeley
Referee: J.R. Riddell
11 February 1893 Eastville Rovers2–1St GeorgeAshley Down
  • Bill Rogers
  • Beverley
Report (via BNA, subscription required) Unknown Referee: F. Gyles
18 February 1893 Warmley8–2Eastville RoversWarmley
Report (via BNA, subscription required)
  • Taylor
  • A. Laurie
4 March 1893 Clevedon1–0Eastville RoversClevedon
Unknown Report (via BNA, subscription required)
11 March 1893 Eastville Rovers5–1[γ]Wells CityAshley Down
  • Horsey
  • Rogers
  • A. Laurie
Report (via BNA, subscription required) Colman
18 March 1893 Clifton1–3Eastville RoversKingswood
15:35 GMT Unknown Report (via BNA, subscription required)
  • Thompson
  • Johns
Stadium: Chequers Ground
Referee: C. Gyles
25 March 1893 Eastville Rovers5–2BedminsterAshley Down
  • Rogers
  • W. Thompson
  • Johns
  • Laurie
Report (via BNA, subscription required)
  • Griffiths
  • Milne
Referee: J. Bloor
31 March 1893 Mangotsfield0–5Eastville RoversMangotsfield
  • Nolan
  • Punter
Report (via BNA, subscription required)
  • Attwell
  • Horsey
  • A. Laurie
Referee: E.B. Nettle

^[α] Eastville Rovers were nominally the home team, but the match was played at Mangotsfield[3]
^[β] Game stopped after 78 minutes due to poor light
^[γ] Wells only fielded ten players

Gloucestershire Senior Challenge Cup
28 January 1893 First roundEastville Rovers2–2MangotsfieldAshley Down
  • Rogers
  • Unknown
Report (via BNA, subscription required)
  • Punter
  • Johns  (o.g.)
 Referee: G. Gay
13 February 1893 First round replayMangotsfield2–1Eastville RoversMangotsfield
Unknown Report (via BNA, subscription required) Unknown Referee: Mr Deakin

Gloucestershire Junior Challenge Cup
First roundFillwood–Eastville Rovers ReservesFilwood

Friendlies

First team
10 September 1892 Warmley2–3Eastville RoversWarmley
Report (via BNA, subscription required)
17 September 1892 St George4–1Eastville RoversSt George
15:40 GMT
  • Brown
  • Unknown
  • Unknown
  • Unknown
Report (via BNA, subscription required) Unknown Referee: G. Bloor
22 October 1892[δ] St George2–0Eastville RoversSt George
15:10 GMT
  • Gerrish
  • Britton
Report (via BNA, subscription required) Referee: A. Greenough
4 February 1893 Bedminster0–0Eastville RoversAshton Gate
Report (via BNA, subscription required) Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 600
15 April 1893[ε] Swindon Athletic0–1Eastville RoversSwindon
Report (via BNA, subscription required) Stadium: The Croft
Referee: Frank Crossley

^[δ] The game against St George on 22 October was originally scheduled to be a league match, but was played as a friendly when it was discovered that no referee had been appointed.[1]
^[ε] Swindon Athletic began the game with eight players, but were brought up to full strength when three substitutes were found.[4]

Reserves
1 October 1892 Mangotsfield Reserves2–0Eastville Rovers ReservesMangotsfield
Report (via BNA, subscription required)
22 October 1892 Eastville Rovers Reserves0–4St George ReservesAshley Down
Report (via BNA, subscription required)
4 February 1893 Eastville Rovers Reserves0–3Bedminster ReservesAshley Down
Report (via BNA, subscription required)

Statistics
Friendly matches are not included in this section.
Match record
CompetitionHomeAwayTotal
PWDLFAPWDLFAPWDLFA
Bristol & District League 84222114 821 51526 166373640
Gloucestershire Cup 101022 100 112 201134
Total 94322316 921 61628 186483944
Goalscorers
PlayerGoals
LeagueCupTotal
Bill Rogers819
Laurie505
Johns404
Attwell303
Bob Horsey303
Thompson303
Taylor202
Beverley101
Lovett101
Walter Perrin101
Yates101
Unknown112
Opposition own goal202

Cumulative record

The total cumulative record of Eastville Rovers up to the end of the 1892–93 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
CompetitionHomeAwayTotal
PWDLFAPWDLFAPWDLFA
Bristol & District League 84222114 821 51526 166373640
Gloucestershire Cup 402259 960 31918 136252427
Total 124442623 1781 83444 29125126067

References
  1. "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 25 October 1892. Retrieved 12 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. Robinson, ed. (2006)
  3. Byrne & Jay (2003), p.36
  4. "Football". Western Daily Press. 17 April 1893. Retrieved 14 December 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.
  • Robinson, Michael, ed. (2006). Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006. Cleethorpes: Soccer Books. ISBN 978-1862231443.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.