# 1948–49 Chester F.C. season

The 1948–49 season was the eleventh season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.
It was the club's eleventh consecutive season in the Third Division North since the election to the Football League. Alongside competing in the league, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the Welsh Cup.

## Football League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 16 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 45 | 58 | 0.776 | 38 |
| 17 | New Brighton | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 46 | 58 | 0.793 | 36 |
| 18 | Chester | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 57 | 56 | 1.018 | 35 |
| 19 | Halifax Town | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 45 | 62 | 0.726 | 35 |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 55 | 64 | 0.859 | 34 |

### Results summary

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

| 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 |
| 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 |

### Matches

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

## FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| First round | 27 November | Hartlepools United (3N) | A | W | 3–1 | Williamson, Harrigan, Forsyth | 8,563 |
| Second round | 11 December | Aldershot (3S) | A | L | 0–1 | | 10,000 |

## Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| Fifth round | 12 January | Wrexham (3N) | A | W | 0–6 | | 3,790 |

## Season statistics

| Nat | Player | Total | Total | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Welsh Cup | Welsh Cup |
| Nat | Player | 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 ||||||||||
| | Tommy Astbury | 43 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | – |
| | Alan Beaumont | 5 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Tommy Best | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| | Grenville Booth | 8 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Ernie Bryan | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Cam Burgess | 32 | 14 | 29 | 14 | 2 | – | 1 | – |
| | Reg Butcher | 43 | – | 40 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – |
| | Geoff Coffin | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| | Joe Davies | 24 | 5 | 23 | 5 | – | – | 1 | – |
| | John Forsyth | 34 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| | Bert Foulds | 33 | 14 | 31 | 14 | 2 | – | – | – |
| | 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 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Eric Lee | 32 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – |
| | Tom Mackie | 7 | – | 5 | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| | Cliff Mansley | 23 | – | 22 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Dave McNeil | 35 | 1 | 35 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| | Tommy Tilston | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Trevor Walters | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Raymond Westwood | 22 | 5 | 22 | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| | George Williamson | 38 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – |
| | Own goals | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| | Total | 45 | 60 | 42 | 57 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – |