1949–50 Chester F.C. season

Chester
1949–50 season
Manager Frank Brown
Stadium Sealand Road
Football League
Third Division North
12th
FA Cup Second round
Welsh Cup Semifinal
Top goalscorer League:
Cam Burgess (24)

All:
Cam Burgess (27)
Highest home attendance 14,034 vs Wrexham (8 October)
Lowest home attendance 2,215 vs Mansfield Town (29 April)
Average home league attendance 6,695
19th in division[1]

The 1949–50 season was the tvelfth season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, a English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

Football League

Third Division North
Pos Team Pld W D L F A GA GD Pts
1Doncaster Rovers 421917 666381.737+2855
2Gateshead 4223 71287541.611+3353
3Rochdale 4221 91268411.659+2751
4Lincoln City 4221 91260391.538+2151
5Tranmere Rovers 4219111251481.063 +349
6Rotherham United 4219101380591.356+2148
7Crewe Alexandra 4217141168551.236+1348
8Mansfield Town 4218121266541.222+1248
9Carlisle United 4216151168511.333+1747
10Stockport County 4219 71655521.058 +345
11Oldham Athletic 4216111558630.921 –543
12Chester 421761970790.886–940
13Accrington Stanley4216 71957620.919 –539
14New Brighton 4214101845630.714–1838
15Barrow 4214 91947530.887 –637
16Southport 4212131751710.718–2037
17Darlington 4211131856690.812–1335
18Hartlepools United 4214 52352790.658–2733
19Bradford City 4212 82261760.803–1532
20Wrexham 4210122039540.722–1532
21Halifax Town 4212 82258850.682–2732
22York City 42 9132052700.743–1831

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGAvPtsWDLGFGAPtsWDLGFGAPts
42 17 6 19 70 79 0.886 40 12 3 6 47 33 27 5 3 13 23 46 13

Source: rsssf.com

Results by matchday

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
Result L D L W L W L L L L D W W W L L L L W L L W W L L W D W W L L W W D W W W D L D L W
Position 20 14 20 16 19 15 18 20 21 21 20 18 15 13 15 15 17 21 17 20 20 19 15 17 20 18 19 16 14 18 18 18 16 16 14 13 11 12 13 12 13 12

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

Matches

Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
20 August Stockport County H L0–4 10,026
22 August Southport A D1–1 Jackson (pen.) 9,133
27 August Doncaster Rovers A L0–2 16,945
31 August Southport H W4–1 Jackson (2), Jones, Burgess 5,548
3 September Gateshead H L0–3 7,695
5 September Rochdale A W1–0 Tilston 7,543
10 September Hartlepools United A L1–5 Coffin 9,341
14 September Rochdale H L0–2 5,165
17 September Darlington A L1–2 Coffin 8,577
19 September Rotherham United A L2–3 Burgess (2) 8,421
24 September New Brighton A D3–3 Jackson (2, 1pen.), Burgess 6,417
1 October Halifax Town H W5–1 Burgess (4), Davies 5,451
8 October Wrexham H W2–1 Burgess, Jackson 14,034
15 October Oldham Athletic A W2–0 Coffin, Burgess 16,467
22 October York City H L2–3 Burgess, Astbury 6,370
29 October Tranmere Rovers A L1–2 Jackson 13,020
5 November Crewe Alexandra H L0–1 10,684
12 November Barrow A L1–3 Kirkpatrick 3,482
19 November Lincoln City H W3–1 Davies, Burgess, Jackson (pen.) 5,312
3 December Carlisle United H L2–4 Pearson, Davies 4,494
17 December Stockport County A L0–3 8,413
24 December Doncaster Rovers H W3–1 Foulkes (2), Pearson 6,763
26 December Bradford City H W4–1 Foulkes, Astbury (2), Pearson 8,717
27 December Bradford City A L0–1 21,246
31 December Gateshead A L0–4 6,542
14 January Hartlepools United H W3–0 Foulkes, Astbury, Jackson (pen.) 5,138
21 January Darlington H D4–4 Davison (o.g.), Kirkpatrick, Jackson (pen.), Burgess 5,004
4 February New Brighton H W2–0 Burgess, Coffin 5,953
11 February Mansfield Town A W2–0 Kirkpatrick, Coffin 9,630
18 February Halifax Town A L1–2 Burgess 6,009
25 February Lincoln City A L0–2 8,634
4 March Rotherham United H W4–2 Kirkpatrick, Burgess (2), Coffin 6,533
11 March York City A W3–2 Astbury, Burgess (2) 5,986
18 March Tranmere Rovers H D0–0 6,528
25 March Crewe Alexandra A W2–1 Burgess (2) 8,399
1 April Barrow H W1–0 Burgess 5,004
7 April Accrington Stanley H W1–0 Coffin 8,388
8 April Wrexham A D1–1 Coffin 8,932
10 April Accrington Stanley A L0–4 4,611
15 April Oldham Athletic H D1–1 Kirkpatrick 5,578
22 April Carlisle United A L1–5 Burgess 9,559
29 April Mansfield Town H W6–3 Kirkpatrick, Coffin, Tilston (3), Burgess 2,215

FA Cup

Main article: 1949–50 FA Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
First round 26 November Goole Town (MFL) H W4–1 Jackson (3), Burgess 6,774
Second round 10 December Exeter City (3S) A L0–2 11,025

Welsh Cup

Main article: 1949–50 Welsh Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
Fifth round 11 January South Liverpool (CCL) A D0–0 1,200
Fifth round replay 25 January H D2–2 Jackson, Pearson
Fifth round replay 15 February H W2–0 Greenwood, Burgess (pen.) 2,000
Quarterfinal 1 March Barry Town (SFL) H W3–2 Coffin (2), Burgess
Semifinal 29 March Wrexham (3N) A D0–0 7,041
Semifinal replay 17 April H D1–5 Williamson

Season statistics

Nat Player Total League FA
Cup
Welsh
Cup
A G A G A G A G
Goalkeepers
Ted Elliott 48 42 2 4
Harry Threadgold 2 2
Field players
Wales Tommy Astbury 48 5 40 5 2 6
England Grenville Booth 1 1
England Cam Burgess 42 27 34 24 2 1 6 2
Reg Butcher 22 20 2
Geoff Coffin 33 11 29 9 4 2
Wales Jim Cole 1 1
England Joe Davies 25 3 23 3 2
Wales Billy Foulkes 45 4 37 4 2 6
Peter Greenwood 25 1 19 6 1
Frank Hindle 48 40 2 6
Harry Jackson 24 14 21 10 2 3 1 1
Ernie Jones 6 1 5 1 1
Roger Kirkpatrick 38 6 36 6 1 1
Bill Lawton 1 1
England Eric Lee 40 33 1 6
Dave McNeil 6 4 2
John Molyneux 40 32 2 6
Billy Pearson 16 4 12 3 1 3 1
Harry Richardson 1 1
Eric Sibley 7 7
England Tommy Tilston 11 4 10 4 1
England George Williamson 20 1 17 3 1
Own goals 1 1
Total 50 82 42 70 2 4 6 8

References

  1. "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

Sumner, Chas (1 November 2011). 125 Years on the Borderline: The Complete History of Chester City F.C. 1885-2010. Yore Publications. ISBN 978-0956984821. 

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