# 1949–50 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1949–50 season was Mansfield Town's 12th season in the Football League and eighth season in the Third Division North, they finished in 8th position with 48 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 6 | Rotherham United | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 80 | 59 | 1.356 | 48 |
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 68 | 55 | 1.236 | 48 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 66 | 54 | 1.222 | 48 |
| 9 | Carlisle United | 42 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 68 | 51 | 1.333 | 47 |
| 10 | Stockport County | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 55 | 52 | 1.058 | 45 |

## Results
### Football League Third Division North

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 20 August 1949 | Southport | A | 1–1 | 10,182 | Reeve |
| 2 | 24 August 1949 | Accrington Stanley | A | 2–2 | 8,712 | Steele (2) |
| 3 | 27 August 1949 | Carlisle United | H | 4–1 | 15,165 | Steele (2), Oscroft (2) |
| 4 | 29 August 1949 | Accrington Stanley | H | 2–0 | 15,454 | Steele, Coole |
| 5 | 3 September 1949 | Rotherham United | A | 2–2 | 14,794 | Steele, Coole |
| 6 | 5 September 1949 | York City | A | 3–3 | 8,563 | McCarter, Poole, Oscroft |
| 7 | 10 September 1949 | Lincoln City | H | 2–1 | 16,813 | Steele, Oscroft |
| 8 | 12 September 1949 | York City | H | 1–0 | 14,914 | Oscroft |
| 9 | 17 September 1949 | Barrow | A | 1–0 | 8,021 | Coole |
| 10 | 24 September 1949 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 3–0 | 17,116 | Coole, Reeve, McCarter |
| 11 | 1 October 1949 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 1–2 | 11,136 | Coole |
| 12 | 8 October 1949 | Stockport County | A | 0–1 | 15,885 | |
| 13 | 15 October 1949 | Doncaster Rovers | H | 1–2 | 19,446 | Oscroft |
| 14 | 22 October 1949 | Gateshead | A | 1–0 | 11,157 | Steele |
| 15 | 29 October 1949 | Hartlepools United | H | 7–1 | 13,166 | Steele (3), Oscroft (3), Coole |
| 16 | 5 November 1949 | Darlington | A | 2–2 | 9,594 | Steele, Oscroft |
| 17 | 12 November 1949 | New Brighton | H | 2–2 | 11,419 | Steele, Oscroft |
| 18 | 19 November 1949 | Halifax Town | A | 3–0 | 7,213 | Steele (2), Oscroft |
| 19 | 3 December 1949 | Bradford City | A | 1–2 | 14,613 | Coole |
| 20 | 17 December 1949 | Southport | H | 1–2 | 7,447 | McCarter |
| 21 | 24 December 1949 | Carlisle United | A | 1–1 | 12,495 | McCarter |
| 22 | 26 December 1949 | Oldham Athletic | H | 3–1 | 14,823 | McCarter, Reeve (2) |
| 23 | 27 December 1949 | Oldham Athletic | A | 0–1 | 22,512 | |
| 24 | 31 December 1949 | Rotherham United | H | 0–2 | 15,352 | |
| 25 | 14 January 1950 | Lincoln City | A | 0–1 | 15,018 | |
| 26 | 21 January 1950 | Barrow | H | 1–1 | 11,185 | Godwin |
| 27 | 28 January 1950 | Rochdale | H | 1–1 | 11,492 | Godwin |
| 28 | 4 February 1950 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 1–1 | 9,433 | McCarter |
| 29 | 11 February 1950 | Chester | H | 0–2 | 9,630 | |
| 30 | 18 February 1950 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 1–1 | 9,301 | Steele |
| 31 | 25 February 1950 | Halifax Town | H | 1–0 | 5,746 | Ottewell |
| 32 | 4 March 1950 | Rochdale | A | 1–7 | 6,336 | Antonio |
| 33 | 11 March 1950 | Gateshead | H | 1–0 | 8,530 | Steele |
| 34 | 18 March 1950 | Hartlepools United | A | 3–1 | 5,555 | Reeve, Godwin |
| 35 | 25 March 1950 | Darlington | H | 2–1 | 8,547 | Steele, Godwin |
| 36 | 1 April 1950 | New Brighton | A | 2–1 | 4,122 | Reeve, Godwin |
| 37 | 7 April 1950 | Wrexham | H | 1–0 | 10,026 | Reeve |
| 38 | 8 April 1950 | Stockport County | H | 3–0 | 9,153 | Godwin, Ottewell (2) |
| 39 | 10 April 1950 | Wrexham | A | 0–0 | 4,932 | |
| 40 | 15 April 1950 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 1–0 | 19,567 | Reeve |
| 41 | 22 April 1950 | Bradford City | H | 0–2 | 9,915 | |
| 42 | 29 April 1950 | Chester | A | 3–6 | 2,215 | Coole, Lewis, Lee (o.g.) |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 26 November 1949 | Walsall | H | 4–1 | 15,398 | Oscroft, Antonio, Coole (2) |
| R2 | 10 December 1949 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 0–1 | 22,569 | |

## Squad statistics

* Squad list sourced from 1949–50 Mansfield Town F.C. season at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
| Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | Arthur Bramley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | Dennis Wright | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| MF | Eddie Barks | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| DF | Don Bradley | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| DF | Sammy Chessell | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| DF | Walter Fox | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| DF | Johnny Grogan | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| DF | Les Mayfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Cyril Poole | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| MF | Charlie Croft | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| MF | Ray Devey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Jack Lewis | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 1 |
| FW | George Antonio | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 2 |
| FW | Billy Coole | 41 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 10 |
| FW | Roy Cooling | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Ray Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Verdi Godwin | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 |
| FW | Jim McCarter | 41 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 6 |
| FW | Harry Oscroft | 23 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 12 |
| FW | Sid Ottewell | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| FW | Ken Reeve | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 8 |
| FW | Freddie Steele | 22 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 19 |
| FW | Billy Wheatley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| – | Own goals | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 1 |