1931–32 Torquay United F.C. season

Torquay United

1931–32 season

Chairman

Charles Dear

Manager

Top goalscorer

League:
Billy Clayson (14)
All:
Billy Clayson (14)

Highest home attendance

6,000 v Southend United, 28 November 1931
(FA Cup)

Lowest home attendance

2,547 v Northampton Town, 5 December 1931
(Third Division South)

Average home league attendance

3,718

Home colours

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The 1931–32 Torquay United F.C. season was Torquay United's fifth season in the Football League and their fifth consecutive season in Third Division South. The season runs from 1 July 1931 to 30 June 1932.

Overview

Having just enjoyed their most successful season so far in the Football League, Torquay United were keen to build upon last season's achievements. Unfortunately, the season got off to a terrible start with an opening day 7–0 defeat at Crystal Palace. After conceding six goals to Watford in their second home game of the season, Torquay then had to endure a mortifying 10–2 defeat to Fulham at Craven Cottage. Results did slowly begin to improve after that humiliation but Torquay would never find themselves any higher than 15th in the League table all season. The team were also to make an early exit from the FA Cup, losing 3–1 at home to Southend United in the First Round.

Torquay also had to make do without last season's top goalscorer Jimmy Trotter for the second half of the season after he was sold to Watford in December.^[1] Billy Clayson did his best to fill Trotter's boots, eventually becoming this season's top scorer. However, Cyril Hemingway, returning for his second spell at the club, could not recreate the form which saw him top Torquay's goalscoring charts for the 1928–29 season. Nevertheless, Paignton born striker George Stabb showed much potential after signing from Dartmouth United, while another local lad, Lew Tapp, was also a promising new addition to the defence.^[1]

Torquay did at least have one memorable victory with an 8–1 defeat of Bristol Rovers on Easter Monday, but it was ultimately a hugely disappointing season for Frank Womack and the team. Finishing in 19th place and narrowly avoiding the need for re-election, it was clear that Torquay United were in desperate need of improvement.

League statistics

Third Division South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Fulham (C) (P)	42	24	9	9	111	62	1.790	57	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Reading	42	23	9	10	97	67	1.448	55
3	Southend United	42	21	11	10	77	53	1.453	53
4	Crystal Palace	42	20	11	11	74	63	1.175	51
5	Brentford	42	19	10	13	68	52	1.308	48
6	Luton Town	42	20	7	15	95	70	1.357	47
7	Exeter City	42	20	7	15	77	62	1.242	47
8	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	17	12	13	73	58	1.259	46
9	Cardiff City	42	19	8	15	87	73	1.192	46
10	Norwich City	42	17	12	13	76	67	1.134	46
11	Watford	42	19	8	15	81	79	1.025	46
12	Coventry City	42	18	8	16	108	97	1.113	44
13	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	12	15	79	73	1.082	42
14	Northampton Town	42	16	7	19	69	69	1.000	39
15	Bournemouth & Boscombe	42	13	12	17	70	78	0.897	38
16	Clapton Orient	42	12	11	19	77	90	0.856	35
17	Swindon Town	42	14	6	22	70	84	0.833	34
18	Bristol Rovers	42	13	8	21	65	92	0.707	34
19	Torquay United	42	12	9	21	72	106	0.679	33
20	Mansfield Town	42	11	10	21	75	108	0.694	32
21	Gillingham	42	10	8	24	40	82	0.488	28	Re-elected to the Third Division South
22	Thames (R)	42	7	9	26	53	109	0.486	23	Failed re-election to the Third Division South

Source: "Football Club History Database".
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
42	12	9	21	72	106	0.679	33	9	6	6	49	39	24	3	3	15	23	67	9

Source: rsssf.com

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	L
Position	19	19	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	17	15	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	16	18	18	19	19	20	18	19	20	19	18	18	17	18	18	17	16	17	17	17	19	19	19

Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Third Division South

Main article: 1931–32 Football League

29 Aug 1931	Crystal Palace	7 – 0	Torquay United	Selhurst Park
				Attendance: 18,479

2 Sep 1931	Torquay United	1 – 1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Plainmoor
	Trotter			Attendance: 4,485

5 Sep 1931	Torquay United	3 – 6	Watford	Plainmoor
	Hutchinson Trotter			Attendance: 4,559

7 Sep 1931	Fulham	10 – 2	Torquay United	Craven Cottage
			Hutchinson Stabb	Attendance: 9,706

12 Sep 1931	Mansfield Town	2 – 4	Torquay United	Field Mill
			Birkett Trotter Hutchinson	Attendance: 8,499

16 Sep 1931	Torquay United	2 – 3	Fulham	Plainmoor
	Birkett Trotter			Attendance: 5,056

19 Sep 1931	Torquay United	1 – 1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Plainmoor
	Trotter			Attendance: 4,590

26 Sep 1931	Norwich City	2 – 0	Torquay United	The Nest
				Attendance: 10,583

3 Oct 1931	Torquay United	2 – 1	Swindon Town	Plainmoor
	Waller Trotter			Attendance: 4,483

10 Oct 1931	Clapton Orient	1 – 3	Torquay United	Lea Bridge Stadium
			Stabb Birkett Clayson	Attendance: 8,998

17 Oct 1931	Thames	1 – 1	Torquay United	West Ham Stadium
			Trotter	Attendance: 2,491

24 Oct 1931	Torquay United	1 – 1	Brentford	Plainmoor
	Hutchinson			Attendance: 4,650

31 Oct 1931	Exeter City	3 – 1	Torquay United	St James Park
			Fowler (pen.)	Attendance: 8,489

7 Nov 1931	Torquay United	3 – 3	Coventry City	Plainmoor
	Fowler (pen.) Hemingway			Attendance: 3,065

14 Nov 1931	Gillingham	1 – 1	Torquay United	Priestfield
			Fowler (pen.)	Attendance: 3,919

21 Nov 1931	Torquay United	1 – 2	Luton Town	Plainmoor
	Birkett			Attendance: 3,490

5 Dec 1931	Torquay United	4 – 1	Northampton Town	Plainmoor
	Trotter Hutchinson Fowler Clayson			Attendance: 2,547

12 Dec 1931	Reading	4 – 1	Torquay United	Elm Park
			Trotter	Attendance: 5,507

19 Dec 1931	Torquay United	2 – 1	Southend United	Plainmoor
	Cooper Hemingway			Attendance: 2,900

25 Dec 1931	Torquay United	2 – 3	Queens Park Rangers	Plainmoor
	Clayson Birkett			Attendance: 4,999

26 Dec 1931	Queens Park Rangers	3 – 1	Torquay United	White City Stadium
			Hutchinson	Attendance: 24,133

2 Jan 1932	Torquay United	3 – 1	Crystal Palace	Plainmoor
	Hemingway Waller Clayson			Attendance: 2,703

13 Jan 1932	Cardiff City	5 – 2	Torquay United	Ninian Park
			Fowler (pen.) Hemingway	Attendance: 3,890

16 Jan 1932	Watford	1 – 0	Torquay United	Vicarage Road
				Attendance: 9,335

23 Jan 1932	Torquay United	2 – 2	Mansfield Town	Plainmoor
	Waller Clayson			Attendance: 3,370

30 Jan 1932	Brighton & Hove Albion	0 – 2	Torquay United	Goldstone Ground
			Waller Fowler (pen.)	Attendance: 7,079

6 Feb 1932	Torquay United	2 – 4	Norwich City	Plainmoor
	Birkett			Attendance: 3,057

13 Feb 1932	Swindon Town	3 – 0	Torquay United	County Ground
				Attendance: 3,457

20 Feb 1932	Torquay United	3 – 0	Clapton Orient	Plainmoor
	Fowler (pen.) Cooper Miller			Attendance: 2,708

27 Feb 1932	Torquay United	3 – 1	Thames	Plainmoor
	Clayson Cooper			Attendance: 3,003

5 Mar 1932	Brentford	3 – 0	Torquay United	Griffin Park
				Attendance: 11,293

12 Mar 1932	Torquay United	2 – 1	Exeter City	Plainmoor
	Cooper Birkett			Attendance: 5,839

19 Mar 1932	Coventry City	3 – 1	Torquay United	Highfield Road
			Cooper	Attendance: 9,923

25 Mar 1932	Bristol Rovers	1 – 1	Torquay United	Eastville Stadium
			Cooper	Attendance: 10,729

26 Mar 1932	Torquay United	1 – 0	Gillingham	Plainmoor
	Stabb			Attendance: 3,038

28 Mar 1932	Torquay United	8 – 1	Bristol Rovers	Plainmoor
	Anderson Clayson Hutchinson Griffiths			Attendance: 2,830

2 Apr 1932	Luton Town	6 – 1	Torquay United	Kenilworth Road
			Hutchinson	Attendance: 5,778

9 Apr 1932	Torquay United	2 – 2	Cardiff City	Plainmoor
	Clayson			Attendance: 3,437

16 Apr 1932	Northampton Town	2 – 0	Torquay United	County Ground
				Attendance: 2,882

23 Apr 1932	Torquay United	1 – 4	Reading	Plainmoor
	Cooper			Attendance: 3,270

30 Apr 1932	Southend United	4 – 2	Torquay United	The Kursaal
			Clayson Freer	Attendance: 5,471

7 May 1932	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	5 – 0	Torquay United	Dean Court
				Attendance: 3,474

FA Cup

Main article: 1931–32 FA Cup

28 Nov 1931 First Round	Torquay United	1 – 3	Southend United	Plainmoor
	Trotter			Attendance: 6,000

Club statistics

First team appearances

Nat	Pos	Player	Total		Third Division South		FA Cup
Nat	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	Joe Wright	29	0	28	0	1	0
	GK	Laurie Millsom	14	0	14	0	0	0
	DF	Jack Fowler	43	8	42	8	1	0
	DF	Wally Webster	24	0	24	0	0	0
	DF	Lew Tapp	19	0	18	0	1	0
	DF	Jim Wright	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	Don Hewitt	28	0	27	0	1	0
	MF	Bob Smith	28	0	27	0	1	0
	MF	Ted Anderson	19	0	19	0	0	0
	MF	Jack Butler	18	0	18	0	0	0
	MF	George Parkin	8	0	8	0	0	0
	MF	Wilf Freer	6	1	6	1	0	0
	MF	Bob Meacock	4	0	4	0	0	0
	FW	Albert Hutchinson	43	10	42	10	1	0
	FW	Billy Clayson	41	14	40	14	1	0
	FW	Ralph Birkett	37	8	37	8	0	0
	FW	Harry Waller	28	4	28	4	0	0
	FW	Cyril Hemingway	24	4	23	4	1	0
	FW	Jimmy Trotter	19	11	18	10	1	1
	FW	Jack Cooper	14	7	14	7	0	0
	FW	George Stabb	12	3	11	3	1	0
	FW	Willie Miller	7	1	7	1	0	0
	FW	Arthur Griffiths	5	1	5	1	0	0
	FW	? Rodgers	1	0	0	0	1	0

Source:^[2]

Top Scorers

Place	Position	Name	Third Division South	FA Cup	Total
1	FW	Billy Clayson	14	0	14
2	FW	Jimmy Trotter	10	1	11
3	FW	Albert Hutchinson	10	0	10
4	FW	Ralph Birkett	8	0	8
=	DF	Jack Fowler	8	0	8
6	FW	Jack Cooper	7	0	7
7	FW	Cyril Hemingway	4	0	4
=	FW	Harry Waller	4	0	4
9	FW	George Stabb	3	0	3
10	MF	Ted Anderson	1	0	1
=	MF	Wilf Freer	1	0	1
=	FW	Arthur Griffiths	1	0	1
=	FW	Willie Miller	1	0	1
		TOTAL	72	1	73

Source:^[2]

Transfers

In

First appearance	Pos.	Name	From
29 August 1931	MF	George Parkin	West Ham United
2 September 1931	MF	Bob Meacock	Blackpool
5 September 1931	DF	Wally Webster	Sheffield United
7 September 1931	FW	Jack Cooper	Walsall
7 September 1931	FW	George Stabb	Dartmouth United
12 September 1931	DF	Lew Tapp	Newton Abbot F.C.
16 September 1931	FW	Cyril Hemingway	Wolverhampton Wanderers
26 December 1931	MF	Ted Anderson	Wolverhampton Wanderers
30 January 1932	FW	Willie Miller	St Johnstone
28 March 1932	FW	Arthur Griffiths	Unattached

Out

Last appearance	Pos.	Name	To
2 September 1931	DF	Jim Wright	Grimsby Town
26 September 1931	MF	Bob Meacock	Tranmere Rovers
12 December 1931	MF	George Parkin	Halifax Town
12 December 1931	FW	Jimmy Trotter	Watford
13 February 1932	GK	Joe Wright	Brighton & Hove Albion
20 February 1932	FW	Cyril Hemingway	Dartmouth United
19 March 1932	FW	Willie Miller	Released
9 Apr 1932	MF	Bob Smith	Released
23 Apr 1932	FW	Jack Cooper	Released
30 Apr 1932	MF	Wilf Freer	Released
7 May 1932	MF	Jack Butler	Daring Club
7 May 1932	FW	Billy Clayson	Scarborough
7 May 1932	FW	Arthur Griffiths	Newport County
7 May 1932	GK	Laurie Millsom	Released
7 May 1932	FW	Harry Waller	Wrexham

References

1 2 Edwards, Leigh; Gibbes, Jon; Lovis, John (1999). Torquay United, The Official Centenary History, 1899-1999. Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-38-0
1 2 Edwards, Leigh (1997). The Definitive Torquay United F.C.. The Association of Football Statisticians. ISBN 1-899468-09-9.

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