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]
← 1949–50 1951–52 →

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
1	Rotherham United	46	31	9	6	103	41	2.512	+62	71
2	Mansfield Town	46	26	12	8	78	48	1.625	+30	64
3	Carlisle United	46	25	12	9	79	50	1.580	+29	62
4	Tranmere Rovers	46	24	11	11	83	62	1.339	+21	59
5	Lincoln City	46	25	8	13	89	58	1.534	+31	58
6	Bradford Park Avenue	46	23	8	15	90	72	1.250	+18	54
7	Bradford City	46	21	10	15	90	63	1.429	+27	52
8	Gateshead	46	21	8	17	84	62	1.355	+22	50
9	Crewe Alexandra	46	19	10	17	61	60	1.017	+1	48
10	Stockport County	46	20	8	18	63	63	1.000	0	48
11	Rochdale	46	17	11	18	69	62	1.113	+7	45
12	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	46	13	18	15	58	57	1.018	+1	44
13	Chester	46	17	9	20	62	64	0.969	–2	43
14	Wrexham	46	15	12	19	55	71	0.775	–16	42
15	Oldham Athletic	46	16	8	22	73	73	1.000	0	40
16	Hartlepools United	46	16	7	23	64	66	0.970	–2	39
17	York City	46	12	15	19	66	77	0.857	–11	39
18	Darlington	46	13	13	20	59	77	0.766	–18	39
19	Barrow	46	16	6	24	51	76	0.671	–25	38
20	Shrewsbury Town	46	15	7	24	43	74	0.581	–31	37
21	Southport	46	13	10	23	56	72	0.778	–16	36
22	Halifax Town	46	11	12	23	50	69	0.725	–19	34
23	Accrington Stanley	46	11	10	25	42	101	0.416	–59	32
24	New Brighton	46	11	8	27	40	90	0.444	–50	30

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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
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

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	43	44	45	46
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	L	1–2	Foulkes	10,793
23 August	Oldham Athletic	H	W	3–1	Devonshire, Foulkes, Kirkpatrick (pen.)	6,720
26 August	Darlington	H	W	3–1	Morement (2), Burgess	7,510
29 August	Oldham Athletic	A	L	0–1		11,694
17 December	Stockport County	A	W	3–0	Foulkes, Burgess (2)	10,834
6 September	Wrexham	H	D	0–0		11,280
9 September	Halifax Town	H	W	2–1	Burgess, Morement	7,720
13 September	Wrexham	A	L	0–2		16,710
16 September	Hartlepools United	A	W	2–1	Kirkpatrick (2)	8,773
23 September	Gateshead	H	D	2–2	Morement, Burgess	10,363
30 September	Crewe Alexandra	A	L	0–3		10,178
7 October	Carlisle United	H	D	1–1	Burgess	7,671
14 October	York City	A	D	2–2	Devonshire, Astbury	8,852
21 October	Southport	H	L	0–2		7,114
28 October	Accrington Stanley	A	W	2–1	Burgess (2)	5,744
4 November	Bradford Park Avenue	H	W	2–0	Astbury, Coffin	7,362
11 November	Tranmere Rovers	A	L	1–3	Devonshire	14,343
18 November	Barrow	H	L	1–2	Morement	5,200
2 December	Mansfield Town	H	L	0–1		3,963
9 December	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A	L	0–2		7,989
23 December	Darlington	A	D	0–0		3,570
25 December	Shrewsbury Town	H	W	3–1	Foulkes, Tilston (2)	5,544
26 December	Shrewsbury Town	A	L	0–1		10,857
13 January	Halifax Town	A	L	1–3	Hankinson	5,421
16 January	Rochdale	A	W	3–2	Burgess (2), Devonshire	1,435
20 January	Hartlepools United	H	W	2–1	Tilston, Burgess	4,809
27 January	Rochdale	H	L	1–3	Astbury	4,534
3 February	Gateshead	A	L	1–2	Coffin	4,804
10 February	Bradford City	A	W	1–0	Coffin	9,444
17 February	Crewe Alexandra	H	D	1–1	Coffin	6,178
24 February	Carlisle United	A	L	1–2	Burgess	11,012
3 March	York City	H	W	3–1	Coffin (2), Burgess	4,828
10 March	Southport	A	W	1–0	Burgess	3,997
17 March	Accrington Stanley	H	D	2–2	Burgess, Foulkes	3,400
24 March	Bradford Park Avenue	A	L	0–2		11,679
31 March	Tranmere Rovers	H	L	1–3	Kirkpatrick	5,730
4 April	Stockport County	H	W	3–0	Morement (3, 1pen.)	2,896
7 April	Barrow	A	L	0–2		4,289
11 April	Lincoln City	H	W	2–1	Kirkpatrick, Morement (pen.)	4,730
14 April	Rotherham United	H	L	1–2	Burgess	7,760
16 April	Rotherham United	A	D	0–0		18,481
21 April	Mansfield Town	A	L	1–2	Burgess	10,239
25 April	New Brighton	H	W	3–1	Kirkpatrick, Burgess, Morement	3,535
28 April	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H	W	4–1	Burgess (3), Morement (pen.)	3,778
2 May	New Brighton	A	L	0–1		2,421
5 May	Bradford City	H	D	2–2	Burgess, Hilton	4,247

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	25 November	Bradford Park Avenue (3N)	H	L	1–2	Coffin	8,255

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
Fifth round	6 January	Rhyl (CCL)	H	W	2–1	Burgess (2)	4,000
Quarterfinal	1 March	Merthyr Tydfil (SFL)	A	L	2–5	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
	Tommy Astbury	47	3	44	3	1	–	2	–
	Cam Burgess	44	25	41	22	1	–	2	3
	Geoff Coffin	20	7	18	6	1	1	1	–
	Les Devonshire	47	5	44	4	1	–	2	1
	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	–
	Eric Lee	45	–	42	–	1	–	2	–
	Dave McNeil	6	–	6	–	–	–	–	–
	John Molyneux	47	–	44	–	1	–	2	–
	Ralph Morement	41	11	39	11	–	–	2	–
	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.

• Chester at the Football Club History Database