1950–51 Chester F.C. season

Chester
1950–51 season
Manager Frank Brown
Stadium Sealand Road
Football League
Third Division North
13th
FA Cup First round
Welsh Cup Quarterfinal
Top goalscorer League:
Cam Burgess (22)

All:
Cam Burgess (25)
Highest home attendance 11,280 vs Wrexham (6 September)
Lowest home attendance 2,896 vs Stockport County (4 April)
Average home league attendance 5,951
19th in division[1]

The 1950–51 season was the 13th 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
1Rotherham United 4631 9 6103412.512+6271
2Mansfield Town 462612 878481.625+3064
3Carlisle United 462512 979501.580+2962
4Tranmere Rovers 4624111183621.339+2159
5Lincoln City 4625 81389581.534+3158
6Bradford Park Avenue 4623 81590721.250+1854
7Bradford City 4621101590631.429+2752
8Gateshead 4621 81784621.355+2250
9Crewe Alexandra 4619101761601.017 +148
10Stockport County 4620 81863631.000 048
11Rochdale 4617111869621.113 +745
12Scunthorpe & Lindsey United4613181558571.018 +144
13Chester 461792062640.969–243
14Wrexham 4615121955710.775–1642
15Oldham Athletic 4616 82273731.000 040
16Hartlepools United 4616 72364660.970 –239
17York City 4612151966770.857–1139
18Darlington 4613132059770.766–1839
19Barrow 4616 62451760.671–2538
20Shrewsbury Town 4615 72443740.581–3137
21Southport 4613102356720.778–1636
22Halifax Town 4611122350690.725–1934
23Accrington Stanley 46111025421010.416–5932
24New Brighton 4611 82740900.444–5030

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
46 17 9 20 62 64 0.969 43 11 6 6 42 30 28 6 3 14 20 34 15

Source: rsssf.com

Results by matchday

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
Result L W W L W D W L W D L D D L W W L L L L D W L L W W L L W D L W W D L L W L W L D L W W L D
Position 16 12 9 10 6 8 7 8 6 8 10 11 9 10 10 9 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 15 12 12 13 14 11 12 14 12 12 12 15 16 15 16 13 14 13 13 13 12 13 13

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
19 August Lincoln City A L1–2 Foulkes 10,793
23 August Oldham Athletic H W3–1 Devonshire, Foulkes, Kirkpatrick (pen.) 6,720
26 August Darlington H W3–1 Morement (2), Burgess 7,510
29 August Oldham Athletic A L0–1 11,694
17 December Stockport County A W3–0 Foulkes, Burgess (2) 10,834
6 September Wrexham H D0–0 11,280
9 September Halifax Town H W2–1 Burgess, Morement 7,720
13 September Wrexham A L0–2 16,710
16 September Hartlepools United A W2–1 Kirkpatrick (2) 8,773
23 September Gateshead H D2–2 Morement, Burgess 10,363
30 September Crewe Alexandra A L0–3 10,178
7 October Carlisle United H D1–1 Burgess 7,671
14 October York City A D2–2 Devonshire, Astbury 8,852
21 October Southport H L0–2 7,114
28 October Accrington Stanley A W2–1 Burgess (2) 5,744
4 November Bradford Park Avenue H W2–0 Astbury, Coffin 7,362
11 November Tranmere Rovers A L1–3 Devonshire 14,343
18 November Barrow H L1–2 Morement 5,200
2 December Mansfield Town H L0–1 3,963
9 December Scunthorpe & Lindsey United A L0–2 7,989
23 December Darlington A D0–0 3,570
25 December Shrewsbury Town H W3–1 Foulkes, Tilston (2) 5,544
26 December Shrewsbury Town A L0–1 10,857
13 January Halifax Town A L1–3 Hankinson 5,421
16 January Rochdale A W3–2 Burgess (2), Devonshire 1,435
20 January Hartlepools United H W2–1 Tilston, Burgess 4,809
27 January Rochdale H L1–3 Astbury 4,534
3 February Gateshead A L1–2 Coffin 4,804
10 February Bradford City A W1–0 Coffin 9,444
17 February Crewe Alexandra H D1–1 Coffin 6,178
24 February Carlisle United A L1–2 Burgess 11,012
3 March York City H W3–1 Coffin (2), Burgess 4,828
10 March Southport A W1–0 Burgess 3,997
17 March Accrington Stanley H D2–2 Burgess, Foulkes 3,400
24 March Bradford Park Avenue A L0–2 11,679
31 March Tranmere Rovers H L1–3 Kirkpatrick 5,730
4 April Stockport County H W3–0 Morement (3, 1pen.) 2,896
7 April Barrow A L0–2 4,289
11 April Lincoln City H W2–1 Kirkpatrick, Morement (pen.) 4,730
14 April Rotherham United H L1–2 Burgess 7,760
16 April Rotherham United A D0–0 18,481
21 April Mansfield Town A L1–2 Burgess 10,239
25 April New Brighton H W3–1 Kirkpatrick, Burgess, Morement 3,535
28 April Scunthorpe & Lindsey United H W4–1 Burgess (3), Morement (pen.) 3,778
2 May New Brighton A L0–1 2,421
5 May Bradford City H D2–2 Burgess, Hilton 4,247

FA Cup

Main article: 1950–51 FA Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
First round 25 November Bradford Park Avenue (3N) H L1–2 Coffin 8,255

Welsh Cup

Main article: 1950–51 Welsh Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
Fifth round 6 January Rhyl (CCL) H W2–1 Burgess (2) 4,000
Quarterfinal 1 March Merthyr Tydfil (SFL) A L2–5 Devonshire, Burgess 12,000

Season statistics

Nat Player Total League FA
Cup
Welsh
Cup
A G A G A G A G
Goalkeepers
Ted Elliott 3 3
Harry Threadgold 46 43 1 2
Field players
Wales Tommy Astbury 47 3 44 3 1 2
England Cam Burgess 44 25 41 22 1 2 3
Geoff Coffin 20 7 18 6 1 1 1
England Les Devonshire 47 5 44 4 1 2 1
Wales Billy Foulkes 46 5 43 5 1 2
Peter Greenwood 31 29 1 1
Jim Hankinson 16 1 15 1 1
Joe Hilton 3 1 3 1
Frank Hindle 44 41 1 2
Ernie Jones 1 1
Roger Kirkpatrick 36 6 35 6 1
England Eric Lee 45 42 1 2
Dave McNeil 6 6
John Molyneux 47 44 1 2
Ralph Morement 41 11 39 11 2
England Tommy Tilston 13 3 12 3 1
Phil Whitlock 3 3
Own goals
Total 49 67 46 62 1 1 2 4

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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