Aston Villa v Leicester City, 28 February 1931

Score4-2 to Aston Villa
CompetitionLeague Division One
VenueVilla Park
Attendance23,531

View Aston Villa v Leicester City head to head

4 Aston Villa

2 Leicester City

Goals:

Joe Beresford G
Joe Beresford G
Joe Beresford G
Pongo Waring G

Goals:

Percy Richards G
G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Reginald Miles
Full back Tommy Smart
Left back Tommy Mort
Centre half Alec Talbot
Left half Joe Tate
Wing half James Gibson
Outside Left Eric Houghton
Outside right John Mandley
Centre forward Pongo Waring
Forward Joe Beresford
Inside forward Billy Walker

Starting lineup:

James McLaren Goalkeeper
Adam Black Full back
Reginald Osborne Left back
Roger Heywood Centre half
George Ritchie Left half
Norman Watson Half back
Percy Richards Outside left
Hugh Adcock Outside right
Ernest Hine Inside forward
Arthur Lochhead Inside left
Sep Smith Half back/Inside forward

4 Aston Villa

Goals:

Joe Beresford G
Joe Beresford G
Joe Beresford G
Pongo Waring G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Reginald Miles
Full back Tommy Smart
Left back Tommy Mort
Centre half Alec Talbot
Left half Joe Tate
Wing half James Gibson
Outside Left Eric Houghton
Outside right John Mandley
Centre forward Pongo Waring
Forward Joe Beresford
Inside forward Billy Walker

2 Leicester City

Goals:

Percy Richards G
G

Starting lineup:

James McLaren Goalkeeper
Adam Black Full back
Reginald Osborne Left back
Roger Heywood Centre half
George Ritchie Left half
Norman Watson Half back
Percy Richards Outside left
Hugh Adcock Outside right
Ernest Hine Inside forward
Arthur Lochhead Inside left
Sep Smith Half back/Inside forward