Formation 1893-1894

North West Non League

lancashire amateur league (1893)

1893-94

• 1893-94 was the opening season of the league, and a single division of seven teams was played.
• The league was formed in April 1893 after being initially proposed by Eccles FC at a meeting at the Crown Hotel in Manchester.
• Five of the nine teams present eventually joined, with two more added before the season started.
• None of the teams were already in a league, and saw joining as an easy way of arranging fixtures throughout the season.
• All 7 teams completed this opening season 1893-94, though two left at the end and so did not compete in the second season.
• Note that there is no final table available and the below table is taken from all the known results - a number of results are still missing.
• Blackburn Etrurians are confirmed as the first Champions, as reported by the local paper. This means that likely Eccles or possibly Brooklands were runners-up, subject to missing results.

INCOMING
• Blackburn Etrurians - no league - local friendlies - played at Witton Park, Blackburn (also known as Witton Ground)
• Brooklands - no league - local friendlies
• Eccles - no league - local friendlies
• Manchester Social - no league - local friendlies
• Old Hulmeians - no league - local friendlies - played at Alexandra Park, Manchester
• Owens College - no league - local and college friendlies - played at the College Ground,Fallowfield
• Preston Association - no league - local friendlies - played at The Bridge Inn, Penwortham

	1893-94	Pl	W	D	L	F-A	GA	Points	Note
1.	Blackburn Etrurians	10	9	0	1	43-11	3.91	18	Champions - 2 results missing
.	Eccles	11	8	1	2	40-24	1.67	17	Final position unconfirmed - 1 result missing
.	Brooklands	11	7	1	3	39-24	1.63	15	Final position unconfirmed - 1 result missing
.	Owens College	11	4	1	6	23-27	0.85	9	Final position unconfirmed - 1 result missing
.	Manchester Social	10	3	3	4	23-28	0.82	9	Final position unconfirmed - 2 results missing
6.	Preston Association	10	1	2	7	19-36	0.53	4	2 results missing
7.	Old Hulmeians	11	0	2	9	16-53	0.30	2	1 result missing

OUTGOING
• Manchester Social - no league - local friendlies. They later joined the Longsight & District League in 1901, then the Manchester Sunday School League, and then in 1904, the Manchester Amateur League. They folded just before the start of the 1906-07 season
• Preston Association - no league - local friendlies. They didn't re-join a league, though did try to change their name to Preston FC in 1899, but this was rejected following a protest from Preston North End. They folded in 1902

RESULTS

DATE	HOME	SCORE	AWAY	NOTE
Sat 7 Oct 1893	Preston Association	2-3	Eccles	The first game of the league
Sat 14 Oct 1893	Eccles	3-1	Brooklands
Sat 14 Oct 1893	Manchester Social	2-0	Owens College
Sat 14 Oct 1893	Old Hulmeians	0-1	Blackburn Etrurians
Sat 21 Oct 1893	Blackburn Etrurians	5-1	Manchester Social
Sat 21 Oct 1893	Old Hulmeians	2-6	Eccles
Sat 21 Oct 1893	Owens College	1-0	Preston Association	Was definitely an Owens College win but the 1-0 scoreline is unconfirmed
Sat 28 Oct 1893	Eccles	0-6	Blackburn Etrurians
Sat 28 Oct 1893	Preston Association	4-4	Old Hulmeians
Sat 4 Nov 1893	Blackburn Etrurians	3-2	Brooklands	Blackburn came from 2-0 down on 80 mins to clinch the 3-2 win thanks to a hat-trick from Tom Mercer
Sat 4 Nov 1893	Manchester Social	1-3	Eccles
Sat 4 Nov 1893	Old Hulmeians	1-8	Owens College
Sat 11 Nov 1893	Brooklands	3-2	Preston Association
Sat 11 Nov 1893	Eccles	5-1	Owens College
Sat 18 Nov 1893	Owens College	2-3	Brooklands
Sat 25 Nov 1893	Old Hulmeians	2-4	Brooklands
Sat 25 Nov 1893	Owens College	0-3	Blackburn Etrurians
Sat 9 Dec 1893	Blackburn Etrurians	A-A	Old Hulmeians	Abandoned in early stages due to the bad state of the weather and ground
Sat 9 Dec 1893	Brooklands	1-1	Manchester Social
Sat 16 Dec 1893	Preston Association	0-7	Blackburn Etrurians
Sat 20 Jan 1894	Blackburn Etrurians	6-2	Preston Association	Also reported as 7-2 but 6-2 presumed correct
Sat 20 Jan 1894	Manchester Social	1-9	Brooklands
Sat 27 Jan 1894	Brooklands	6-2	Old Hulmeains
Sat 27 Jan 1894	Preston Association	unknown	Owens College	Result not traced
Sat 3 Feb 1894	Brooklands	4-1	Blackburn Etrurians
Sat 3 Feb 1894	Owens College	5-1	Manchester Social	Also reported as 4-1 but 5-1 presumed correct
Sat 10 Feb 1894	Brooklands	4-0	Owens College
Sat 10 Feb 1894	Eccles	6-2	Old Hulmeians
Sat 10 Feb 1894	Manchester Social	4-2	Preston Association
Sat 17 Feb 1894	Brooklands	2-7	Eccles
Sat 17 Feb 1894	Owens College	3-0	Old Hulmeians
Sat 17 Feb 1894	Preston Association	1-1	Manchester Social
Sat 24 Feb 1894	Blackburn Etrurians	7-2	Owens College
Sat 24 Feb 1894	Manchester Social	9-0	Old Hulmeians	Old Hulmeians played the whole game with 9 men
Sat 3 Mar 1894	Old Hulmeians	1-4	Preston Association
Sat 3 Mar 1894	Owens College	1-1	Eccles
Sat 10 Mar 1894	Eccles	6-2	Preston Association
Sat 17 Mar 1894	Blackburn Etrurians	4-0	Eccles
Sat 31 Mar 1894	Eccles	unknown	Manchester Social	Result not traced
unknown	Old Hulmeians	2-2	Manchester Social	Date not traced, but must have been played on or before 28 Oct
unknown	Blackburn Etrurians	unknown	Old Hulmeians	Date and Result not traced - this was the replay of the abandoned game, so must have been no earlier than 23 Dec
unknown	Manchester Social	unknown	Blackburn Etrurians	Date and Result not traced - was postponed on 3 Mar due to clash with Lancashire Amateur Cup 2nd Round, so must have been no earlier than 10 Mar
unknown	Preston Association	unknown	Brooklands	Date and Result not traced - this was postponed on 6 January by the referee after no players had turned up by 4pm, so must have been no earlier than 13 Jan

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