# 1934–35 Chester F.C. season

The 1934–35 season was the fourth season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.
It was the club's fourth 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 | Promotion |
| 1 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 53 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 1.977 | 57 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Halifax Town | 42 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 43 | 1.134 | 55 | |
| 3 | Chester | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 62 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 31 | 1.569 | 54 | |
| 4 | Lincoln City | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 37 | 1.500 | 51 | |
| 5 | Darlington | 42 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 44 | 1.356 | 51 | |

### 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 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 91 | 58 | 1.569 | 54 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 62 | 27 | 32 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 31 | 22 |
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 | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | D | L |
| Position | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

### Matches

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| 25 August | Gateshead | A | W | 4–2 | Sargeant (2), Whittam (2) | 6,532 |
| 29 August | Hartlepools United | A | W | 2–0 | Hughes (2) | 5,496 |
| 1 September | Accrington Stanley | H | W | 4–0 | Wallbanks, Cresswell (2), Hughes | 8,932 |
| 5 September | Hartlepools United | H | W | 4–1 | Cresswell (3), Wallbanks | 8,979 |
| 8 September | Darlington | A | L | 0–1 | | 6,991 |
| 15 September | York City | H | W | 5–1 | Hughes (2, 1pen.), Whittam, Wallbanks (2) | 8,592 |
| 22 September | New Brighton | A | W | 2–0 | Wallbanks, Hughes | 5,249 |
| 29 September | Wrexham | H | W | 6–2 | Wallbanks (4), Cresswell (2) | 15,106 |
| 6 October | Southport | H | L | 0–2 | | 5,564 |
| 13 October | Doncaster Rovers | A | L | 0–3 | | 10,576 |
| 20 October | Halifax Town | A | L | 0–1 | | 14,488 |
| 27 October | Rotherham United | H | W | 4–1 | Whittam (2), Sargeant, Wallbanks | 5,889 |
| 3 November | Walsall | A | D | 1–1 | Kelly | 6,721 |
| 10 November | Chesterfield | H | D | 1–1 | Hughes | 6,230 |
| 17 November | Mansfield Town | A | D | 1–1 | Wallbanks | 6,402 |
| 1 December | Carlisle United | A | W | 3–1 | Wallbanks (3) | 3,711 |
| 15 December | Lincoln City | A | D | 0–0 | | 4,394 |
| 22 December | Tranmere Rovers | H | D | 0–0 | | 11,217 |
| 25 December | Stockport County | H | W | 5–1 | Cresswell, Wallbanks (3), Kelly | 7,686 |
| 26 December | Stockport County | A | W | 1–0 | Wallbanks | 10,973 |
| 29 December | Gateshead | H | D | 2–2 | Wallbanks (2) | 5,419 |
| 1 January | Tranmere Rovers | A | D | 1–1 | Cresswell | 13,054 |
| 5 January | Accrington Stanley | A | D | 1–1 | Whittam | 3,733 |
| 16 January | Barrow | H | W | 6–2 | Sargeant (2), Wallbanks (2), Cresswell, Whittam | 3,155 |
| 19 January | Darlington | H | W | 3–1 | Cresswell (2), Mantle | 6,892 |
| 26 January | York City | A | D | 1–1 | Mantle | 2,456 |
| 2 February | New Brighton | H | W | 5–4 | Kelly (3), Hughes, Wilson (pen.) | 6,608 |
| 9 February | Wrexham | A | D | 2–2 | Wallbanks, Cresswell | 18,233 |
| 16 February | Southport | A | D | 1–1 | Wallbanks | 1,636 |
| 23 February | Doncaster Rovers | H | L | 1–3 | Whittam | 9,685 |
| 2 March | Halifax Town | H | W | 5–0 | Taylor (o.g.), Cresswell (2), Mantle, Whittam | 5,770 |
| 9 March | Rotherham United | A | L | 1–6 | Sargeant | 8,182 |
| 16 March | Walsall | H | W | 2–1 | Kelly, Simms | 4,607 |
| 23 March | Chesterfield | A | W | 2–1 | Kelly, Kilcar | 3,479 |
| 30 March | Mansfield Town | H | W | 3–2 | Kilcar (3) | 5,160 |
| 3 April | Rochdale | H | W | 1–0 | Wilson (pen.) | 3,004 |
| 6 April | Barrow | A | L | 2–4 | Mantle (2) | 3,544 |
| 13 April | Carlisle United | H | W | 3–0 | Sargeant, Henderson (o.g.), Mantle | 3,986 |
| 19 April | Crewe Alexandra | H | D | 2–2 | Mantle, Kelly | 10,027 |
| 20 April | Rochdale | A | D | 3–3 | Mantle (3) | 6,933 |
| 22 April | Crewe Alexandra | A | D | 1–1 | Mantle | 7,761 |
| 27 April | Lincoln City | H | L | 0–1 | | 3,733 |

## FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| First round | 24 November | Dinnington Athletic (SAL) | H | W | 3–1 | Whittam, Kelly, Wallbanks | 6,000 |
| Second round | 8 December | Clapton Orient (3S) | A | W | 3–1 | Cresswell, Kelly, Wallbanks | 12,350 |
| Third round | 12 January | Nottingham Forest (2) | H | L | 0–4 | | 13,127 |

## Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| Sixth round | 13 February | Bangor City (B&DL) | H | W | 5–1 | Wallbanks (3), Kelly, Pitcairn | 1,000 |
| Quarterfinal | 27 March | Cardiff City (3S) | A | D | 2–2 | Mantle (2) | |
| Quarterfinal replay | 10 April | Cardiff City (3S) | H | W | 3–0 | Sargeant (2), Mantle | 3,000 |
| Semifinal | 24 April | Swansea Town (2) | N | W | 5–0 | Sargeant, Cresswell, Mantle, Hughes, Kelly | 5,300 |
| Final | 4 May | Tranmere Rovers (3N) | H | L | 0–1 | | 10,000 |

## 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 ||||||||||
| | Johnny Burke | 16 | – | 12 | – | – | – | 4 | – |
| | Robert Middleton | 34 | – | 30 | – | 3 | – | 1 | – |
| Field players ||||||||||
| | Billy Bell | 15 | – | 12 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – |
| | Fred Bennett | 45 | – | 37 | – | 3 | – | 5 | – |
| | Frank Cresswell | 46 | 17 | 39 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| | John Fantham | 16 | – | 15 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| | Ernie Hall | 41 | – | 34 | – | 3 | – | 4 | – |
| | Harold Howarth | 19 | – | 15 | – | – | – | 4 | – |
| | Jack Hughes | 42 | 9 | 35 | 8 | 2 | – | 5 | 1 |
| | Gerry Kelly | 32 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| | Steve Kilcar | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Jack Little | 13 | – | 12 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Joe Mantle | 21 | 15 | 17 | 11 | – | – | 4 | 4 |
| | John Pitcairn | 50 | 1 | 42 | – | 3 | – | 5 | 1 |
| | Bill Rowley | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Charlie Sargeant | 49 | 10 | 41 | 7 | 3 | – | 5 | 3 |
| | Bill Sheppard | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Hedley Simms | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| | Fred Smallwood | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | John Wallbanks | 31 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | Ernie Whittam | 22 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| | Arthur Wilson | 50 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 3 | – | 5 | – |
| | Own goals | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| | Total | 50 | 112 | 42 | 91 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 |