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1894–95 Everton F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Everton
season	1894–95
manager	Dick Molyneux
league	The Football League
league result	Runners-up
league topscorer	Jack Bell (15)
highest attendance	44,000 vs Liverpool (13 October 1894) record
lowest attendance	6,000 vs Stoke (7 January 1895), and Wolverhampton {8 April 1895}
average attendance	17,860
prevseason	1893–94
nextseason	1895–96
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In the 1894–95 season, the English football team Everton F.C. finished second in the 1894–95 Football League. It was the team's best result since winning the League in 1891. Everton reached the quarterfinals of the F.A. Challenge Cup where they lost to Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

Regular Football League First team

Number of games in which this eleven lined up = 0

Other members of the first team squad

Bob Howarth was the biggest name to leave Goodison Park during the summer as he returned to Preston North End. This gave Charlie Parry the chance to win back the left back shirt that he had lost when Howarth had arrived two years earlier. Reserve goalkeepers, John Whitehead and David Jardine both moved on, to Liverpool and Nelson respectively to seemingly cement Richard Williams' place between the posts. Two other fringe players, defender, Billy Lindsay and half back, Jack Walker left in search of regular first team football at Grimsby and Ardwick respectively. The only major inclusion to the first team squad was the signing of Tom McInnes from Scottish side Third Lanark. He instantly slotted into the inside right birth while Jack Bell moved out to outside left with Alf Milward making way.

Everton got off to a flying start when winning all their opening eight games and talk of the title coming to Goodison Park was high by the time of the ninth game at Blackburn. It was here that Jack Southworth suffered a leg injury that ended his career and without him Everton's air of invincibility slipped. Blackburn came from behind to beat the ten men and Everton then suffered a string of draws before returning to winning ways. Fred Geary took over at centre forward but yet again found himself losing the berth as Abe Hartley proved more potent in front of goal. Despite having seen off two rivals, Richard Williams' place in goal remained one that the selectors aimed to rectify. Reserves William Sutton and Tom Cain each got their chance but both were considered unworthy, which saw the board spend £150 to bring 'Happy' Jack Hillman from Burnley with Williams leaving to join Luton. Hillman was established as the regular keeper by the end of the season.

Despite the loss of Southworth, Everton maintained a strong title challenge and topped the table throughout the remainder of 1894 before dropping to third after a defeat by Wednesday on New Year's Day 1895. Everton never regained top spot and their failure to win the title was put down to their failing to win any of their final three games when victories would have seen them crowned champions. The first of the trio of games was a shock 2–3 reverse against Derby when a draw would have been enough to take them top. It was the penultimate game that proved crucial however.

The destiny of the title was still in Everton's hands going into the final two games but their opponents in the first of those two games were title rivals Sunderland at Newcastle Road in what was effectively a title decider. This was Sunderland's final game and they needed only to draw to clinch the title for themselves. Twenty thousand people saw Sunderland win the match and the championship with a 2–1 scoreline and rendered Everton's final game meaningless. As it was, Everton could only draw that game at Aston Villa 2–2, a result which would have taken the title to Sunderland regardless.

Everton's best season since being crowned champions in 1891 was viewed on Merseyside as a huge disappointment as everyone connected with the club felt that the title had been theirs to win and instead had been gift wrapped for a Sunderland side who, while deserving champions, seemed flattered by their five-point margin of victory. In addition Sunderland had taken three of the four points on offer from their encounters with Everton that season, making claims by Evertonians that the better side had finished second ring a little hollow.

The Football League

Date	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F – A**	Scorers	Attendance
1 September 1894	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3–1	Tom McInnes, Edgar Chadwick, Jack Bell	19,000
3 September 1894	Small Heath	H	5–0	Jack Bell {2}, Jack Southworth (3)	8,000
8 September 1894	Stoke	A	3–1	Alex Latta, Tom McInnes, Edgar Chadwick	5,000
15 September 1894	Nottingham Forest	H	6–1	Alex Latta, Tom McInnes, Jack Southworth (3), Jack Bell	15,000
22 September 1894	Nottingham Forest	A	3–2	Edgar Chadwick, Jack Southworth, Jack Bell	7,000
29 September 1894	West Bromwich Albion	H	4–1	Edgar Chadwick, Jack Southworth, Jack Bell, Tom McInnes	19,900
6 October 1894	Bolton Wanderers	A	3–1	Edgar Chadwick, Tom McInnes, Alex Latta	14,000
13 October 1894	Liverpool	H	3–0	Alex Latta, Tom McInnes, Jack Bell	44,000
20 October 1894	Blackburn Rovers	A	3–4	Abe Hartley, Jack Southworth, Edgar Chadwick	15,000
27 October 1894	Sunderland	H	2–2	Dickie Boyle, Tom McInnes	15,000
3 November 1894	Small Heath	A	4–4	Alex Latta (3), Jack Bell	10,000
17 November 1894	Liverpool	A	2–2	Alex Latta, Bob Kelso {penalty}	30,000
24 November 1894	Blackburn	H	2–1	Alf Milward, Jack Bell	18,000
1 December 1894	West Bromwich Albion	A	4–1	Alf Milward, Alex Latta, Edgar Chadwick, Billy Stewart	18,000
8 December 1894	Bolton Wanderers	H	3–1	Alex Latta, Edgar Chadwick, Tom McInnes	12,000
15 December 1894	Preston North End	A	2–1	Abe Hartley, Alf Milward	10,000
1 January 1895	The Wednesday	A	0–3		20,000
5 January 1895	Wolves	A	0–1		6,000
7 January 1895	Stoke	H	3–0	Bill Williams, Fred Geary, Edgar Chadwick	6,000
12 January 1895	Derby County	A	2–2	Fred Geary, Charlie Parry	1,500
17 January 1895	Aston Villa	H	4–2	Fred Geary, Alf Milward (2), Jack Bell	15,000
26 January 1895	Sheffield United	H	1–1	Tom McInnes	15,000
23 February 1895	Preston North End	H	4–2	Alf Milward, Abe Hartley, Edgar Chadwick, Jack Bell	20,000
26 February 1895	Sheffield United	A	2–4	Abe Hartley, Tom McInnes	12,000
16 March 1895	Burnley	A	4–2	Billy Stewart, Jack Bell, Edgar Chadwick, Alf Milward	8,000
21 March 1895	Burnley	H	3–2	Jack Bell, Alf Milward, Alex Latta	8,000
8 April 1895	Wolves	H	2–1	Jack Bell, Alf Milward	6,000
13 April 1895	Derby County	H	2–3	Alf Milward, Fred Geary	10,000
20 April 1895	Sunderland	A	1–2	Edgar Chadwick	20,000
24 April 1895	Aston Villa	A	2–2	Dickie Boyle, Abe Hartley	5,000

[[Football League First Division|First Division final table]]

P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Sunderland	30	21	5	4	80	37
2	Everton	30	18	6	6	82	50
3	Aston Villa	30	17	5	8	82	43
4	Preston North End	30	15	5	10	62	46
5	Blackburn Rovers	30	11	10	9	59	49
6	Sheffield United	30	14	4	12	57	55
7	Nottingham Forest	30	13	5	12	50	56
8	The Wednesday	30	12	4	14	50	55
9	Burnley	30	11	4	15	44	56
10	Bolton Wanderers	30	9	7	14	61	62
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	9	7	14	43	63
12	Small Heath	30	9	7	14	50	74
13	West Bromwich Albion	30	10	4	16	51	66
14	Stoke	30	9	6	15	50	67
15	Derby County	30	7	9	14	45	68
16	Liverpool	30	7	8	15	51	70

Football Association Challenge Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F – A**	Scorers	Attendance
2 February 1895	First	Southport	A	3–0	Jack Bell (3)	7,000
16 February 1895	Second	Blackburn	H	1–1	Edgar Chadwick	20,000
20 February 1895	replay	Blackburn	A	3–2	Edgar Chadwick (2), Abe Hartley	20,000
2 March 1895	Quarter final	The Wednesday	A	0–2		9,000

Club League records set this season

Most points in a season {42}
Most home points in a season {26}
Most away points in a season {16}
Most victories in a season {18}
Most victories at home in a season {12}
Most drawn games in a season {6}
Most games drawn away from home in a season {4}
Equalled fewest home defeats in a season {1}
Most goal scored away from home in a season {35}
Alex Latta scored a club record sixth league hat-trick this season
Equalled longest winning sequence in a season {8}
Longest home winning sequence in a season {7}
Equalled longest unbeaten sequence in a season {8}
Longest unbeaten home sequence in a season {14}
Longest sequence of drawn games in a season {3}
Longest sequence of away drawn games {2}

Negative club records

Equalled longest away sequence without a win {4}

References

www.Evertonfc.com
www.allfootballers.com
www.soccerbase.com

References

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