1892–93 Eastville Rovers F.C. season

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

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).

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 Rovers 1–3 Mangotsfield Mangotsfield[α]
15:40 GMT Report (via BNA, subscription required)
8 October 1892 Trowbridge Town 6–2 Eastville Rovers Trowbridge
  • Laurie Goal
  • F. Everett Goal Goal
  • Hurn Goal Goal
  • G. Everett Goal
 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Goal Goal Attendance: 200
Referee: F. Crossley (Swindon)
12 November 1892 Eastville Rovers 2–2[β] Warmley Ashley Down
  • Thompson Goal
  • Summerill Goal (o.g.)
 Report (via BNA, subscription required)
  • King Goal
  • Mackay Goal
 Referee: J. Bloor
19 November 1892 Wells City 2–2 Eastville Rovers Wells
  • Coleman Goal
  • McMahon Goal
 Report (via BNA, subscription required)
  • Lovett Goal
  • Yates Goal
 Referee: Sturgess Jones
26 November 1892 Eastville Rovers 1–2 Clevedon Ashley Down
Taylor Goal Report (via BNA, subscription required)
  • Grey Goal
  • Mertens Goal
 Referee: J. Bloor
3 December 1892 Bedminster 5–0 Eastville Rovers Ashton Gate
  • McCarthy Goal
  • Macfarlane Goal
  • Marshall Goal
  • Griffiths Goal
  • Unknown Goal
 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: J.R. Riddell
24 December 1892 Eastville Rovers 3–1 Clifton Ashley Down
  • Goal
  • Goal
  • Unknown Goal (o.g.)
 Report (via BNA, subscription required)
Referee: S. Peacock
26 December 1892 St George 3–1 Eastville Rovers St George
Report (via BNA, subscription required)
21 January 1893 Eastville Rovers 2–2 Trowbridge Town Ashley Down
  • Unknown Goal
  • Johns Goal
 Report (via BNA, subscription required)
  • Hurn Goal
  • Wakeley Goal
 Referee: J.R. Riddell
11 February 1893 Eastville Rovers 2–1 St George Ashley Down
  • Goal
  • Beverley Goal
 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Unknown Goal Referee: F. Gyles
18 February 1893 Warmley 8–2 Eastville Rovers Warmley
Report (via BNA, subscription required)
  • Taylor Goal
  • Goal
4 March 1893 Clevedon 1–0 Eastville Rovers Clevedon
Unknown Goal Report (via BNA, subscription required)
11 March 1893 Eastville Rovers 5–1[γ] Wells City Ashley Down
  • Horsey Goal Goal
  • Rogers Goal Goal
  • Goal
 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Colman Goal
18 March 1893 Clifton 1–3 Eastville Rovers Kingswood
15:35 GMT Unknown Goal Report (via BNA, subscription required)
  • Thompson Goal
  • Johns Goal Goal
 Stadium: Chequers Ground
Referee: C. Gyles
25 March 1893 Eastville Rovers 5–2 Bedminster Ashley Down
  • Rogers Goal Goal
  • W. Thompson Goal
  • Johns Goal
  • Laurie Goal
 Report (via BNA, subscription required)
  • Griffiths Goal
  • Milne Goal Red card
 Referee: J. Bloor
31 March 1893 Mangotsfield 0–5 Eastville Rovers Mangotsfield
  • Nolan Red card
  • Punter Red card
 Report (via BNA, subscription required)
  • Attwell Goal Goal Goal
  • Horsey Goal
  • Goal
 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 round Eastville Rovers 2–2 Mangotsfield Ashley Down
  • Goal
  • Unknown Goal
 Report (via BNA, subscription required)
  • Punter Goal
  • Johns Goal (o.g.)
 Referee: G. Gay
13 February 1893 First round replay Mangotsfield 2–1 Eastville Rovers Mangotsfield
Unknown Goal Goal Report (via BNA, subscription required) Unknown Goal Referee: Mr Deakin

Gloucestershire Junior Challenge Cup[]

First round Fillwood – Eastville Rovers Reserves Filwood

Friendlies[]

First team[]

10 September 1892 Warmley 2–3 Eastville Rovers Warmley
Report (via BNA, subscription required)
17 September 1892 St George 4–1 Eastville Rovers St George
15:40 GMT
  • Brown Goal
  • Unknown Goal
  • Unknown Goal
  • Unknown Goal
 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Unknown Goal Referee: G. Bloor
22 October 1892[δ] St George 2–0 Eastville Rovers St George
15:10 GMT
  • Gerrish Goal
  • Britton Goal
 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Referee: A. Greenough
4 February 1893 Bedminster 0–0 Eastville Rovers Ashton Gate
Report (via BNA, subscription required) Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 600
15 April 1893[ε] Swindon Athletic 0–1 Eastville Rovers Swindon
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 Reserves 2–0 Eastville Rovers Reserves Mangotsfield
Report (via BNA, subscription required)
22 October 1892 Eastville Rovers Reserves 0–4 St George Reserves Ashley Down
Report (via BNA, subscription required)
4 February 1893 Eastville Rovers Reserves 0–3 Bedminster Reserves Ashley Down
Report (via BNA, subscription required)

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 8 4 2 2 21 14 8 2 1 5 15 26 16 6 3 7 36 40
Gloucestershire Cup 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 3 4
Total 9 4 3 2 23 16 9 2 1 6 16 28 18 6 4 8 39 44
Goalscorers
Player Goals
League Cup Total
8 1 9
Laurie 5 0 5
Johns 4 0 4
Attwell 3 0 3
3 0 3
Thompson 3 0 3
Taylor 2 0 2
Beverley 1 0 1
Lovett 1 0 1
1 0 1
Yates 1 0 1
Unknown 1 1 2
Opposition own goal 2 0 2

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
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 8 4 2 2 21 14 8 2 1 5 15 26 16 6 3 7 36 40
Gloucestershire Cup 4 0 2 2 5 9 9 6 0 3 19 18 13 6 2 5 24 27
Total 12 4 4 4 26 23 17 8 1 8 34 44 29 12 5 12 60 67

References[]

  1. ^ a b "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.
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