# 1894–95 Manchester City F.C. season

The 1894–95 season was Manchester City F.C.'s fourth season of league football and third season in the Football League.
In their first season after Ardwick A.F.C.'s reformation as Manchester City, the team fared somewhat better than in their previous season, including recording a record league score of 11–3 at home against Lincoln City, though in this season City for the only time in their history declined to enter the FA Cup (the following season they entered but chose to withdraw later). The season also marks the first season with club legend Billy Meredith on the teamsheet - arguably City's first (chronologically) player of legendary status, and was the first season in which a player scored more than ten goals over the course of one season, partially because of the increasing size of the Football League's Second Division.

## Football League Second Division

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 7 | Burton Wanderers | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 67 | 39 | 1.718 | 35 |
| 8 | Woolwich Arsenal | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 75 | 58 | 1.293 | 34 |
| 9 | Manchester City | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 82 | 72 | 1.139 | 31 |
| 10 | Newcastle United | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 72 | 84 | 0.857 | 27 |
| 11 | Burton Swifts | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 52 | 74 | 0.703 | 25 |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 82 | 72 | 1.139 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 26 | 44 | 10 |
Source: rsssf.com

### Reports

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Venue | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 September 1894 | Bury | A | Gigg Lane | 2 – 4 | Calvey, Little | 7,000 |
| 3 September 1894 | Burton Wanderers | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 1 | Little | 2,500 |
| 8 September 1894 | Burslem Port Vale | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 1 | Calvey (2), Mann, Finnerhan | 4,000 |
| 15 September 1894 | Walsall Town Swifts | A | West Bromwich Road | 2 – 1 | Finnerhan, Rowan | 4,000 |
| 22 September 1894 | Grimsby Town | H | Hyde Road | 2 – 5 | Wallace, Little | 5,000 |
| 29 September 1894 | Woolwich Arsenal | A | Manor Ground | 2 – 4 | Dyer, Rowan | 5,000 |
| 1 October 1894 | Rotherham Town | A | Clifton Lane | 2 – 3 | Calvey (2) | 1,500 |
| 6 October 1894 | Walsall Town Swifts | H | Hyde Road | 6 – 1 | Shaples (3), Finnerhan, Rowan, Nash | 3,000 |
| 13 October 1894 | Notts County | A | Trent Bridge | 3 – 1 | Sharples, Finnerhan, Rowan | 3,000 |
| 20 October 1894 | Darwen | H | Hyde Road | 2 – 4 | Sharples, Tompkinson | 6,000 |
| 27 October 1894 | Newcastle United | A | St James' Park | 4 – 5 | Sharples (2), Finnerhan, McReddie | 2,000 |
| 3 November 1894 | Newton Heath | H | Hyde Road | 2 – 5 | Meredith (2) | 14,000 |
| 10 November 1894 | Burton Swifts | A | Peel Croft | 1 – 2 | Finnerhan | 2,000 |
| 8 December 1894 | Bury | H | Hyde Road | 3 – 3 | McReddie, Rowan, Milarvie | 10,000 |
| 15 December 1894 | Woolwich Arsenal | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 1 | Meredith (2), McBride, ? (o.g.) | 5,000 |
| 26 December 1894 | Burton Wanderers | A | Derby Turn | 0 – 8 | | 4,000 |
| 30 December 1894 | Crewe Alexandra | A | Nantwich Road | 3 – 2 | Meredith (2), Finnerhan | 450 |
| 1 January 1895 | Rotherham Town | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 0 | Rowan | 4,000 |
| 5 January 1895 | Newton Heath | A | Bank Street | 1 – 4 | Sharples | 12,000 |
| 2 February 1895 | Burslem Port Vale | A | Athletic Ground | 2 – 1 | Finnerhan, McReddie | 1,500 |
| 9 February 1895 | Newcastle United | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 0 | Finnerhan (2), Meredith, Rowan | 8,000 |
| 2 March 1895 | Lincoln City | A | John O'Gaunts | 2 – 0 | Rowan (2) | 5,000 |
| 9 March 1895 | Notts County | H | Hyde Road | 7 – 1 | Finnerhan (2), Rowan, McReddie, Sharples, Meredith, Walker | 7,000 |
| 16 March 1895 | Leicester Fosse | A | Filbert Street | 1 – 3 | Sharples | 4,000 |
| 23 March 1895 | Lincoln City | H | Hyde Road | 11 – 3 | McReddie (4), Finnerhan (2), Meredith (2), Rowan (2), Milarvie | 2,000 |
| 30 March 1895 | Leicester Fosse | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 1 | McReddie | 4,000 |
| 6 April 1895 | Darwen | A | Barley Bank | 0 – 4 | | 2,000 |
| 12 April 1895 | Crewe Alexandra | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 1 | Meredith, Finnerhan, Sharples, Dyer | 4,000 |
| 13 April 1895 | Burton Swifts | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 1 | Meredith, Sharples, Mann, ? (o.g.) | 4,000 |
| 20 April 1895 | Grimsby Town | A | Abbey Park | 1 – 2 | Milarvie | 6,000 |

## Squad statistics
### Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only
| Pos. | Name | League | League | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | George Hutchinson | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| GK | Charlie Williams | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| DF | Robert Jones | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| DF | David Robson | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| MF | James McBride | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| FW | Walter Bowman | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| FW | Pat Finnerhan | 30 | 15 | 30 | 15 |
| FW | Wally McReddie | 20 | 9 | 20 | 9 |
| FW | Billy Meredith | 18 | 12 | 18 | 12 |
| FW | Bob Milarvie | 10 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| FW | Alec Wallace | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| -- | Mitchell Calvey | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| -- | Frank Dyer | 12 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| -- | Archibald Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| -- | Tommy Little | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| -- | George Mann | 18 | 2 | 18 | 2 |
| -- | Joseph Nash | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| -- | Sandy Rowan | 24 | 12 | 24 | 12 |
| -- | James Sharples | 20 | 12 | 20 | 12 |
| -- | Harry Smith | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| -- | Tompkinson | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| -- | John Walker | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 |