1948–49 Chester F.C. season

Chester
1948–49 season
Manager Frank Brown
Stadium Sealand Road
Football League
Third Division North
18th
FA Cup Second round
Welsh Cup Fifth round
Top goalscorer League:
Cam Burgess and Bert Foulds (14)

All:
Cam Burgess and Bert Foulds (14)
Highest home attendance 13,509 vs Hull City (6 November)
Lowest home attendance 1,858 vs Barrow (4 May)
Average home league attendance 6,959
19th in division[1]

The 1948–49 season was the eleventh 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
1Hull City 422711 493283.321+6565
2Rotherham United 4228 6 890461.957+4462
3Doncaster Rovers 4220101253401.325+1350
4Darlington 4220 61683741.122 +946
5Gateshead 4216131369581.190+1145
6Oldham Athletic 4218 91575671.119 +845
7Rochdale 4218 91555531.038 +245
8Stockport County 4216111561561.089 +543
9Wrexham 4217 91656620.903 –643
10Mansfield Town 4214141452481.083 +442
11Tranmere Rovers 4213151446570.807–1141
12Crewe Alexandra 4216 91752740.703–2241
13Barrow 4214121641480.854 –740
14York City 4215 91874741.000 039
15Carlisle United 4214111760770.779–1739
16Hartlepools United 4214101845580.776–1338
17New Brighton 4214 82046580.793–1236
18Chester 4211131857561.018+135
19Halifax Town 4212111945620.726–1735
20Accrington Stanley4212102055640.859 –934
21Southport 4211 92245640.703–1931
22Bradford City 4210 92348770.623–2929

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 11 13 18 57 56 1.018 35 10 7 4 36 19 27 1 6 14 21 37 8

Source: rsssf.com

Results by matchday

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
Result L W D D L W L L L W L D L W L L D W W W L D L L D D W W D D D D L D L L W L L L D W
Position 15 7 9 7 12 7 12 14 18 16 17 16 17 17 19 19 19 17 15 15 15 13 16 16 15 16 15 13 13 13 13 13 17 16 17 17 17 17 17 19 20 18

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
21 August Carlisle United A L1–2 Seed (o.g.) 11,941
25 August Stockport County H W2–0 Foulkes, Best 7,644
28 August Gateshead H D1–1 Foulds 8,734
1 September Stockport County A D1–1 Best 11,707
4 September Hartlepools United A L1–2 Best 9,181
8 September York City H W4–1 Astbury (2), Davies, Foulds 6,818
11 September Darlington H L1–2 Foulds 8,880
13 September York City A L0–2 9,511
18 September Rochdale A L1–3 Best 11,965
25 September New Brighton H W2–0 Coffin (2) 8,546
2 October Mansfield Town A L0–1 12,459
9 October Tranmere Rovers H D2–2 Astbury, Westwood 8,295
16 October Oldham Athletic A L1–2 Foulds 15,440
23 October Accrington Stanley H W3–0 Burgess (2), Harrigan 7,558
30 October Rotherham United A L1–2 Harrigan 15,080
6 November Hull City H L0–2 13,509
13 November Doncaster Rovers A D0–0 10,658
20 November Bradford City H W3–0 Burgess, Harrigan, Foulds 5,954
4 December Wrexham H W2–0 Burgess (2) 11,909
18 December Carlisle United H W2–1 Burgess (2, 1pen.) 4,628
25 December Crewe Alexandra A L0–1 8,587
27 December Crewe Alexandra H D1–1 Lee 7,380
1 January Gateshead A L1–2 Burgess 8,720
8 January Wrexham A L0–1 11,947
15 January Hartlepools United H D0–0 3,215
22 January Darlington A D3–3 Davies, Foulds, Westwood 7,505
29 January Halifax Town A W2–1 Westwood, Foulds 9,160
5 February Rochdale H W2–1 Foulds (2) 5,570
12 February Barrow A D1–1 Burgess 5,887
19 February New Brighton A D1–1 Foulds 8,672
26 February Mansfield Town H D1–1 Foulds 5,250
12 March Oldham Athletic H D2–2 Foulds, Westwood 6,642
19 March Accrington Stanley A L1–3 McNeil 4,767
26 March Rotherham United H D1–1 Burgess 6,431
2 April Hull City A L2–3 Davies, Burgess 36,167
9 April Doncaster Rovers H L1–2 Foulds 6,220
15 April Southport H W2–0 Forsyth, Burgess 7,237
16 April Bradford City A L2–3 Davies, Foulds 12,220
18 April Southport A L1–2 Davies 8,706
23 April Halifax Town H L0–1 3,858
2 May Tranmere Rovers A D1–1 Williamson 6,420
4 May Barrow H W4–1 Westwood, Burgess (2), Harrigan 1,858

FA Cup

Main article: 1948–49 FA Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
First round 27 November Hartlepools United (3N) A W3–1 Williamson, Harrigan, Forsyth 8,563
Second round 11 December Aldershot (3S) A L0–1 10,000

Welsh Cup

Main article: 1948–49 Welsh Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
Fifth round 12 January Wrexham (3N) A W0–6 3,790

Season statistics

Nat Player Total League FA
Cup
Welsh
Cup
A G A G A G A G
Goalkeepers
Ted Elliott 17 14 2 1
George Scales 21 21
Jimmy MacLaren 7 7
Field players
Wales Tommy Astbury 43 3 40 3 2 1
England Alan Beaumont 5 5
Wales Tommy Best 10 4 10 4
England Grenville Booth 8 8
Wales Ernie Bryan 1 1
England Cam Burgess 32 14 29 14 2 1
Reg Butcher 43 40 2 1
Geoff Coffin 3 2 3 2
England Joe Davies 24 5 23 5 1
John Forsyth 34 2 32 1 2 1
Bert Foulds 33 14 31 14 2
Wales Billy Foulkes 28 1 25 1 2 1
Peter Greenwood 2 2
Duncan Harrigan 23 5 20 4 2 1 1
Bill Hounslea 1 1
Roger Kirkpatrick 1 1
England Eric Lee 32 1 29 1 2 1
Scotland Tom Mackie 7 5 2
Cliff Mansley 23 22 1
Dave McNeil 35 1 35 1
England Tommy Tilston 1 1
Trevor Walters 1 1
England Raymond Westwood 22 5 22 5
England George Williamson 38 2 35 1 2 1 1
Own goals 1 1
Total 45 60 42 57 2 3 1

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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