# 1948–49 Mansfield Town F.C. season

The 1948–49 season was Mansfield Town's 11th season in the Football League and seventh season in the Third Division North, they finished in 10th position with 42 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 8 | Stockport County | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 61 | 56 | 1.089 | 43 |
| 9 | Wrexham | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 56 | 62 | 0.903 | 43 |
| 10 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 52 | 48 | 1.083 | 42 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 46 | 57 | 0.807 | 41 |
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 52 | 74 | 0.703 | 41 |

## Results
### Football League Third Division North

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 21 August 1948 | Doncaster Rovers | H | 2–2 | 16,749 | Oscroft (2) |
| 2 | 25 August 1948 | Bradford City | A | 0–1 | 9,481 | |
| 3 | 28 August 1948 | Hull City | A | 0–4 | 34,075 | |
| 4 | 30 August 1948 | Bradford City | H | 1–0 | 13,056 | Oscroft |
| 5 | 4 September 1948 | Rotherham United | H | 1–2 | 16,224 | Cooling |
| 6 | 6 September 1948 | Halifax Town | H | 2–1 | 11,626 | Cooling, McCarter |
| 7 | 11 September 1948 | Accrington Stanley | A | 1–1 | 6,160 | Banks |
| 8 | 13 September 1948 | Halifax Town | A | 2–2 | 8,900 | Banks, Oscroft |
| 9 | 18 September 1948 | Oldham Athletic | H | 3–2 | 11,910 | Banks, Oscroft (2) |
| 10 | 25 September 1948 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 0–1 | 8,140 | |
| 11 | 2 October 1948 | Chester | H | 1–0 | 12,459 | McCarter |
| 12 | 9 October 1948 | Southport | A | 1–1 | 8,850 | Wheatley |
| 13 | 16 October 1948 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 5–1 | 12,512 | Oscroft, Edwards, Devey, Mercer (2) |
| 14 | 23 October 1948 | York City | A | 1–2 | 10,888 | Oscroft |
| 15 | 30 October 1948 | Stockport County | H | 4–0 | 11,807 | Mercer (3), Banks |
| 16 | 6 November 1948 | Carlisle United | A | 1–3 | 13,726 | Cooling |
| 17 | 13 November 1948 | Gateshead | H | 1–1 | 8,983 | Mercer |
| 18 | 20 November 1948 | Hartlepools United | A | 1–1 | 7,394 | Wheatley |
| 19 | 4 December 1948 | New Brighton | A | 0–1 | 5,900 | |
| 20 | 18 December 1948 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 1–1 | 10,541 | Oscroft |
| 21 | 27 December 1948 | Wrexham | H | 1–2 | 13,104 | Oscroft |
| 22 | 1 January 1949 | Hull City | H | 1–1 | 11,735 | Devey |
| 23 | 15 January 1949 | Rotherham United | A | 0–1 | 16,841 | |
| 24 | 22 January 1949 | Accrington Stanley | H | 2–0 | 11,703 | Oscroft, Cooling |
| 25 | 29 January 1949 | Darlington | H | 2–2 | 14,094 | Devey, Banks |
| 26 | 5 February 1949 | Oldham Athletic | A | 0–4 | 14,935 | |
| 27 | 12 February 1949 | New Brighton | H | 2–0 | 9,187 | Oscroft (2) |
| 28 | 19 February 1949 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 0–0 | 11,448 | |
| 29 | 26 February 1949 | Chester | A | 1–1 | 5,250 | Banks |
| 30 | 5 March 1949 | Southport | H | 1–1 | 6,237 | Cooling |
| 31 | 12 March 1949 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 1–3 | 5,598 | Cooling |
| 32 | 19 March 1949 | York City | H | 3–0 | 8,197 | Banks (2), Peters |
| 33 | 26 March 1949 | Stockport County | A | 0–2 | 8,138 | |
| 34 | 2 April 1949 | Carlisle United | H | 2–0 | 8,615 | Oscroft, Wheatley |
| 35 | 4 April 1949 | Rochdale | A | 0–1 | 3,362 | |
| 36 | 9 April 1949 | Gateshead | A | 0–0 | 3,958 | |
| 37 | 15 April 1949 | Barrow | A | 0–1 | 5,759 | |
| 38 | 16 April 1949 | Hartlepools United | H | 1–0 | 9,017 | Cooling |
| 39 | 18 April 1949 | Barrow | H | 2–0 | 8,996 | McCarter (2) |
| 40 | 23 April 1949 | Darlington | A | 2–1 | 7,490 | Barks, Brown (o.g) |
| 41 | 30 April 1949 | Rochdale | H | 2–0 | 9,885 | Chessell (2) |
| 42 | 4 May 1949 | Wrexham | A | 1–1 | 4,353 | Peters |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 27 November 1948 | Gloucester City | H | 4–0 | 11,400 | Oscroft, Mercer (3) |
| R2 | 11 December 1948 | Northampton Town | H | 2–1 | 13,501 | Oscroft, Mercer |
| R3 | 8 January 1949 | Preston North End | A | 1–2 | 35,985 | Oscroft |

## Squad statistics

* Squad list sourced from 1948–49 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 | Harry Searson | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| GK | Dennis Wright | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| DF | Sammy Chessell | 36 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 2 |
| DF | Walter Fox | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| DF | Johnny Grogan | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| DF | David Jones | 41 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| MF | Eddie Barks | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| MF | Charlie Croft | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| MF | Ray Devey | 34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 3 |
| MF | Sam Hodgson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Jack Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | George Banks | 36 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 7 |
| FW | Billy Coole | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| FW | Roy Cooling | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 |
| FW | Walter Edwards | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| FW | Wilf Ibbotson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Alex Lennon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Jim McCarter | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 4 |
| FW | Stan Mercer | 12 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 |
| FW | Harry Oscroft | 38 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 17 |
| FW | Tom Peters | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| FW | Billy Wheatley | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 3 |
| – | Own goals | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 1 |