1894–95 Bury F.C. season

The 1894–95 season saw Bury compete in the Football League Second Division for the first time and become league champions.

Bury

1894–95 season
Manager	H.S. Hamer
Stadium	Gigg Lane
Football League Second Division	1st
FA Cup	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Harry Millar All: Harry Millar

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 2		F.A. Cup		Test Matches
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	SCO	Billy Barbour	30	5	27	5	2	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Joe Clegg	27	3	24	3	2	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Reuben Crowther	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Tommy Davidson	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Sam Davies	33	5	30	5	2	0	1	0
	FW	WAL	Jack Edwards	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	John Gillespie	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	James Henderson	19	10	16	9	2	1	1	0
	DF	EIR	Joe Kirkland	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Barney Lee	23	11	21	11	2	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	John Lowe	27	0	25	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	George McNaughton	18	0	15	0	2	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Harry Millar	31	19	28	17	2	1	1	1
	GK	SCO	Archie Montgomery	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Jack Ostler	15	6	15	6	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Walter Park	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Plant	32	12	29	10	2	2	1	0
	MF	ENG	George Ross	33	1	30	1	2	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Jonathan White	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Tom Wyllie	33	7	30	7	2	0	1	0

Competitions

Division 2

Main article: 1894–95 Football League

Bury v Manchester City

1 September  1894 (1894 -09-01) 1	Bury	4–2	Manchester City	Bury
	Barbour Millar Ostler	Report	Calvey Little	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 8,000

Bury v Crewe Alexandra

8 September  1894 (1894 -09-08) 2	Bury	4–1	Crewe Alexandra	Bury
	Ostler Barbour Millar	Report	Bennett	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4,000

Burslem Port Vale v Bury

15 September  1894 (1894 -09-15) 3	Burslem Port Vale	1–2	Bury	Stoke-on-Trent
	Marple	Report	Millar Plant	Stadium: Athletic Ground Attendance: 5,000

Bury v Rotherham Town

18 September  1894 (1894 -09-18) 4	Bury	2–1	Rotherham Town	Bury
	Plant Wyllie	Report	Ackroyd	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1,614

Woolwich Arsenal v Bury

22 September  1894 (1894 -09-22) 5	Woolwich Arsenal	4–2	Bury	London
	Boyd Henderson O'Brien	Report	Davies (pen.) Barbour	Stadium: Manor Ground Attendance: 5,000

Bury v Darwen

29 September  1894 (1894 -09-29) 6	Bury	1–0	Darwen	Bury
	Ostler	Report		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 7,000

Bury v Grimsby Town

6 October  1894 (1894 -10-06) 7	Bury	5–1	Grimsby Town	Bury
	Clegg Wyllie Ross Ostler	Report	Rose	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4,000

Crewe Alexandra v Bury

20 October  1894 (1894 -10-20) 8	Crewe Alexandra	1–5	Bury	Crewe
	Peake	Report	Millar Cartwright (o.g.)	Stadium: Alexandra Recreation Ground Attendance: 2,000

Walsall Town Swifts v Bury

27 October  1894 (1894 -10-27) 9	Walsall Town Swifts	0–3	Bury	Walsall
		Report	Millar Ostler	Stadium: West Bromwich Road Attendance: 1,000

Bury v Newcastle United

3 November  1894 (1894 -11-03) 10	Bury	4–1	Newcastle United	Bury
	Lee Millar Ostler	Report	Thompson	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,000

Rotherham Town v Bury

6 November  1894 (1894 -11-06) 11	Rotherham Town	2–3	Bury	Rotherham
	Coupar McCormick Ackroyd  80'	Report	Lee Plant	Stadium: Clifton Grove

Bury v Burslem Port Vale

10 November  1894 (1894 -11-10) 12	Bury	4–0	Burslem Port Vale	Bury
	Henderson Plant Lee Wyllie	Report		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,000

Burton Wanderers v Bury

17 November  1894 (1894 -11-17) 13	Burton Wanderers	1–2	Bury	Burton upon Trent
	Lowe	Report	Plant Millar	Stadium: Derby Turn Attendance: 3,000

Notts County v Bury

24 November  1894 (1894 -11-24) 14	Notts County	2–1	Bury	West Bridgford
	Allsopp (pen.)	Report	Plant	Stadium: Trent Bridge Attendance: 10,000

Bury v Burton Swifts

1 December  1894 (1894 -12-01) 15	Bury	2–0	Burton Swifts	Bury
	Davies 7' (pen.) Henderson 82'	Report		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,000 Referee: E. Ramsbottom

Manchester City v Bury

8 December  1894 (1894 -12-08) 16	Manchester City	3–3	Bury	Manchester
	Rowan Milarvie McReddie	Report	Lee Plant	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 10,000

Darwen v Bury

15 December  1894 (1894 -12-15) 17	Darwen	0–1	Bury	Darwen
		Report	Lee	Stadium: Barley Bank Attendance: 6,000

Bury v Burton Wanderers

22 December  1894 (1894 -12-22) 18	Bury	4–0	Burton Wanderers	Bury
	Davies (pen.) (pen.) Wyllie Plant	Report		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1,000

Bury v Leicester Fosse

25 December  1894 (1894 -12-25) 19	Bury	4–1	Leicester Fosse	Bury
	Plant Henderson	Report	McArthur	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 5,041

Lincoln City v Bury

26 December  1894 (1894 -12-26) 20	Lincoln City	1–3	Bury	Lincoln
	Burke	Report	Lee Henderson Wyllie	Stadium: John O'Gaunts Attendance: 3,000 Referee: F. Townsend

Bury v Notts County

1 January  1895 (1895 -01-01) 21	Bury	2–1	Notts County	Bury
	Millar Clegg	Report	Allsopp	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 9,838

Grimsby Town v Bury

5 January  1895 (1895 -01-05) 22	Grimsby Town	3–2	Bury	Grimsby
	McCairns Riddoch Fletcher	Report	Lindsay (o.g.) Millar	Stadium: Abbey Park Attendance: 5,000

Bury v Lincoln City

12 January  1895 (1895 -01-12) 23	Bury	4–1	Lincoln City	Bury
	Millar Lee Davies (pen.)	Report	Richardson	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,000 Referee: T. Armitt

Bury v Woolwich Arsenal

2 March  1895 (1895 -03-02) 24	Bury	2–0	Woolwich Arsenal	Bury
	Lee Storer (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,000

Newcastle United v Bury

16 March  1895 (1895 -03-16) 25	Newcastle United	1–0	Bury	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Thompson	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 5,000

Bury v Walsall Town Swifts

2 April  1895 (1895 -04-02) 26	Bury	4–1	Walsall Town Swifts	Bury
	Wyllie Henderson	Report	Taylor	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 966

Burton Swifts v Bury

6 April  1895 (1895 -04-06) 27	Burton Swifts	0–1	Bury	Burton upon Trent
		Report	Henderson	Stadium: Peel Croft Attendance: 2,000

Newton Heath v Bury

12 April  1895 (1895 -04-12) 28	Newton Heath	2–2	Bury	Manchester
	Donaldson Cassidy	Report	Millar Wyllie	Stadium: Bank Street Attendance: 15,000

Bury v Newton Heath

15 April  1895 (1895 -04-15) 29	Bury	2–1	Newton Heath	Bury
	Barbour Edwards	Report	Peters	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 7,140

Leicester Fosse v Bury

20 April  1895 (1895 -04-20) 30	Leicester Fosse	1–0	Bury	Leicester
	Gordon	Report		Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 3,000

F.A. Cup

Main article: 1894–95 FA Cup

Bury v Leicester Fosse

2 February  1895 (1895 -02-02) 1	Bury	4–1	Leicester Fosse	Bury
	Plant Henderson Millar	Report	McArthur	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,200 Referee: J Tomlinson

Bolton Wanderers v Bury

16 February  1895 (1895 -02-16) 2	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Bury	Bolton
	Cassidy	Report		Stadium: Pike's Lane Attendance: 14,444

Test Matches

Bury v Liverpool

27 April  1895 (1895 -04-27)	Bury	1–0	Liverpool	Blackburn
	Millar Montgomery  76'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 8,000

Final league table

Main article: 1894–95 Football League Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bury (C, O, P)	30	23	2	5	78	33	2.364	48	Qualification for test matches
2	Notts County	30	17	5	8	75	45	1.667	39
3	Newton Heath	30	15	8	7	78	44	1.773	38
4	Leicester Fosse	30	15	8	7	72	53	1.358	38
5	Grimsby Town	30	18	1	11	79	52	1.519	37

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

References

https://www.11v11.com/teams/bury/tab/matches/season/1895/
https://www.playmakerstats.com/equipa.php?id=2590&epoca_id=24
https://enfa.co.uk/