# 1950–51 Chester F.C. season

The 1950–51 season was the 13th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.
It was the club's 13th 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 | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts |
| 11 | Rochdale | 46 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 44 | 1.113 | 45 |
| 12 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | 46 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 48 | 1.018 | 44 |
| 13 | Chester | 46 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 0.969 | 43 |
| 14 | Wrexham | 46 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 43 | 0.775 | 42 |
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 37 | 1.000 | 40 |
* ↑ New club in the league; elected from Midland League

### 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 |
| 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 |

### 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 | Total | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Welsh Cup | Welsh Cup |
| Nat | Player | 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 |