# 1947–48 Chester F.C. season

The 1947–48 season was the tenth season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.
It was the club's tenth 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 | Promotion |
| 18 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 54 | 72 | 0.750 | 36 | |
| 19 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 51 | 73 | 0.699 | 36 | |
| 20 | Chester | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 64 | 67 | 0.955 | 35 | |
| 21 | Halifax Town | 42 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 43 | 76 | 0.566 | 27 | Re-elected |
| 22 | New Brighton | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 38 | 81 | 0.469 | 25 | Re-elected |

### 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 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 64 | 67 | 0.955 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 25 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 42 | 7 |
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 | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | L |
| Position | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 |

### Matches

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| 23 August | Oldham Athletic | H | W | 2–1 | Yates, Best | 8,505 |
| 28 August | Barrow | A | L | 0–1 | | 10,293 |
| 30 August | Tranmere Rovers | A | W | 3–2 | Colville, Burden, Astbury | 11,950 |
| 3 September | Barrow | H | D | 0–0 | | 7,751 |
| 6 September | Darlington | H | D | 1–1 | Astbury | 7,948 |
| 10 September | Crewe Alexandra | H | W | 4–2 | Best, Marsh (pen.), Turner, Burden | 8,300 |
| 13 September | Gateshead | A | L | 1–2 | Burden | 5,987 |
| 17 September | Crewe Alexandra | A | L | 0–1 | | 9,124 |
| 20 September | Hartlepools United | H | W | 2–0 | Turner, Hamilton | 7,148 |
| 27 September | Rotherham United | A | L | 1–2 | Turner | 14,262 |
| 4 October | Carlisle United | H | W | 4–1 | Geoff Coffin, Astbury (2), Burden | 7,910 |
| 11 October | Wrexham | A | L | 1–2 | Marsh | 21,131 |
| 18 October | Halifax Town | H | D | 0–0 | | 6,402 |
| 25 October | Rochdale | A | D | 2–2 | Turner, Best | 9,582 |
| 1 November | New Brighton | H | W | 4–2 | Astbury (2), Burden (2) | 7,733 |
| 8 November | Southport | A | L | 0–3 | | 8,702 |
| 15 November | Lincoln City | H | D | 1–1 | Best | 7,849 |
| 22 November | Accrington Stanley | A | L | 0–1 | | 3,660 |
| 6 December | Stockport County | A | L | 1–4 | Monks (o.g.) | 9,630 |
| 20 December | Oldham Athletic | A | L | 1–3 | Williamson (pen.) | 11,807 |
| 26 December | York City | A | L | 0–2 | | 10,435 |
| 27 December | York City | H | L | 2–3 | Westwood, Astbury | 8,754 |
| 3 January | Tranmere Rovers | H | W | 4–0 | Astbury, Brown, Burden (2) | 8,721 |
| 17 January | Darlington | A | D | 1–1 | Westwood | 6,816 |
| 31 January | Gateshead | H | L | 2–3 | Turner, Burden | 6,721 |
| 7 February | Hartlepools United | A | L | 1–2 | Astbury | 6,353 |
| 14 February | Rotherham United | H | L | 2–3 | Astbury, Butcher | 9,994 |
| 21 February | Carlisle United | A | L | 0–2 | | 11,720 |
| 28 February | Wrexham | H | W | 4–1 | Best, Westwood, Williamson (2) | 16,160 |
| 6 March | Halifax Town | A | D | 1–1 | Kirkpatrick | 7,256 |
| 13 March | Rochdale | H | W | 2–1 | Westwood, Kirkpatrick | 6,427 |
| 17 March | Hull City | H | W | 4–1 | Best, Burden (2), Kirkpatrick | 6,087 |
| 20 March | New Brighton | A | W | 1–0 | Best | 4,806 |
| 26 March | Mansfield Town | H | L | 1–2 | Best | 11,209 |
| 27 March | Southport | H | D | 0–0 | | 7,366 |
| 29 March | Mansfield Town | A | L | 1–2 | Burden | 12,770 |
| 3 April | Lincoln City | A | L | 2–4 | Hamilton, Westwood | 13,066 |
| 10 April | Accrington Stanley | H | W | 1–0 | Best | 5,811 |
| 17 April | Hull City | A | L | 1–2 | Turner | 24,138 |
| 21 April | Bradford City | H | W | 2–1 | Westwood (2) | 4,604 |
| 24 April | Stockport County | H | D | 2–2 | Davies, Westwood | 3,881 |
| 1 May | Bradford City | A | L | 2–3 | Best, Astbury | 3,774 |

## FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| First round | 29 November | Bishop Auckland (NFL) | H | W | 3–1 | Yates (2), Burden | 8,300 |
| Second round | 13 December | Tranmere Rovers (3N) | A | W | 1–0 | Burden | 14,132 |
| Third round | 10 January | Crystal Palace (3S) | A | W | 1–0 | Burden | 22,084 |
| Fourth round | 24 January | Blackpool (1) | A | L | 0–4 | | 26,414 |

## Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| Fifth round | 14 January | South Liverpool (CCL) | A | L | 1–2 | Brown | |

## 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 ||||||||||
| | George Scales | 22 | – | 20 | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| | Jimmy MacLaren | 25 | – | 22 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – |
| Field players ||||||||||
| | Tommy Astbury | 37 | 11 | 33 | 11 | 3 | – | 1 | – |
| | Tommy Best | 32 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| | Joe Brown | 16 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 |
| | Tommy Burden | 44 | 15 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 3 | – | – |
| | Reg Butcher | 46 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – |
| | Doug Cole | 8 | – | 7 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Geoff Coffin | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| | Harry Colville | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – |
| | Joe Davies | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| | Bobby Hamilton | 36 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 4 | – | 1 | – |
| | Roger Kirkpatrick | 11 | 3 | 10 | 3 | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Eric Lee | 19 | – | 15 | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| | Frank Marsh | 32 | 2 | 31 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Dave McNeil | 43 | – | 39 | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| | Phil Turner | 19 | 6 | 19 | 6 | – | – | – | – |
| | Trevor Walters | 35 | – | 33 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| | Raymond Westwood | 18 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 2 | – | – | – |
| | Fred Wilcox | 20 | – | 16 | – | 3 | – | 1 | – |
| | George Williamson | 27 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 4 | – | – | – |
| | Dick Yates | 13 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – |
| | Own goals | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| | Total | 47 | 70 | 42 | 64 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 |