Aston Villa (a) 1934/35

Monday 27 August 1934 at Villa Park (Att 34,663)

Aston Villa (1) 2 (Astley 42, Dix 52): Morton, Beeson, Mort, Gardner, Allen, Gibson, Houghton, Astley, Waring, Dix, Cunliffe.
Wolves (0) 1 (Hetherington 82): Wildman, Hollingworth, Shaw, Smalley, Nelson, Richards, Phillips, Beattie, Hartill, Hetherington, Barraclough.

Referee: Mr I Caswell (Blackburn).
Order of Goals: a,a,W.
Injuries: Charlie Phillips injured just days before at Filbert Street was again in the wars when he was carried off after just ten minutes with a serious leg injury. Although he came back on, he was soon off for good. Aston Villa’s Dai Astley who was also injured moved to outside-left and Wolves Jack Nelson also went off for a time.
Position: 18th.