1894–95 Bury F.C. season

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
	← 1893–94 1895–96 →

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

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 2		F.A. Cup		Test Matches
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pos	Team v t e	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: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted