1952–53 Chester F.C. season

Chester
1952–53 season
Manager Frank Brown
Stadium Sealand Road
Football League
Third Division North
20th
FA Cup First round
Welsh Cup Final
Top goalscorer League:
Don Travis (24)

All:
Don Travis (29)
Highest home attendance 11,371 vs Wrexham (15 April)
Lowest home attendance 1,941 vs Southport (29 April)
Average home league attendance 5,271
24th in division[1]

The 1952–53 season was the 15th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, a English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

Football League

Third Division North
Pos Team Pld W D L F A GA GD Pts
1Oldham Athletic 462215 977451.711+3259
2Port Vale 462018 867351.914+3258
3Wrexham 4624 81486661.303+2056
4York City 4620131360451.333+1553
5Grimsby Town 4621101575591.271+1652
6Southport 4620111563601.050 +351
7Bradford Park Avenue 4619121575611.230+1450
8Gateshead 4617151476601.267+1649
9Carlisle United 4618131582681.206+1449
10Crewe Alexandra 4620 81870681.029 +248
11Stockport County 4617131682691.188+1347
12Chesterfield 4618111765631.032 +247
13Tranmere Rovers 4621 52065631.032 +247
14Halifax Town 4616151568681.000 047
15Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 4616141662561.107 +646
16Bradford City 4614181475800.938 –546
17Hartlepools United 4616141657610.934 –446
18Mansfield Town 4616141655620.887 –746
19Barrow 4616121866710.930 –544
20Chester4611152064850.753–2137
21Darlington 4614 62658960.604–3834
22Rochdale 4614 52762830.747–2133
23Workington 4611102555910.604–3632
24Accrington Stanley 46 8112739890.438–5027

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGAvPtsWDLGFGAPtsWDLGFGAPts
46 11 15 20 64 85 0.753 37 10 7 6 39 27 27 1 8 14 25 58 10

Source: rsssf.com

Results by matchday

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
Result L D W D L D W D L L L L D W L D D W D L W L W L D L L L W D L L W W W D L D D D L L L D L W
Position 17 20 14 13 18 17 11 11 16 18 20 20 21 20 21 21 19 18 18 19 17 19 17 18 20 20 20 21 20 20 21 21 21 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20

Source: statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
23 August Stockport County A L1–4 Travis 10,467
27 August York City H D1–1 Richardson 6,530
30 August Bradford City H W2–0 Deakin, Bullock 6,365
1 September York City A D0–0 8,759
6 September Rochdale A L1–3 Richardson 6,557
11 September Scunthorpe & Lindsey United A D1–1 Travis 6,695
13 September Darlington H W6–3 Bullock (2), Matt Costello, Travis, Windle, Richardson 5,519
17 September Scunthorpe & Lindsey United H D1–1 Matt Costello 5,004
20 September Gateshead A L1–4 Windle 6,186
24 September Oldham Athletic H L0–1 5,678
5 January Hartlepools United H L0–1 4,110
29 September Crewe Alexandra A L1–4 Bullock 5,698
4 October Carlisle United A D1–1 Bullock 9,421
11 October Tranmere Rovers H W3–2 Bullock, Travis, Deakin 9,045
18 October Chesterfield A L1–2 Richardson 8,675
25 October Workington H D1–1 Travis 5,009
1 November Accrington Stanley A D1–1 Bullock 5,903
8 November Halifax Town H W2–1 Deakin, Travis 5,235
15 November Mansfield Town A D2–2 Hilton, Coffin 6,390
29 November Bradford Park Avenue A L0–1 8,145
6 December Rochdale H W3–0 Bullock, Travis, Kirkpatrick 3,324
13 December Barrow A L0–3 3,744
20 December Stockport County H W4–0 Morement, Travis, Bullock, Windle 3,144
26 December Southport A L0–2 6,000
3 January Bradford City A D2–2 Travis, Windle 9,172
13 January Grimsby Town A L4–5 Tony Spink (2), Morement (pen.), Windle 6,204
24 January Darlington A L2–3 Hilton, Travis 4,243
31 January Grimsby Town H L0–2 4,005
7 February Gateshead H W2–0 Travis (2) 5,075
14 February Hartlepools United A D2–2 Travis, Windle 6,499
21 February Carlisle United H L1–2 Travis 5,987
28 February Tranmere Rovers A L0–4 8,633
7 March Chesterfield H W2–0 Deakin, Astbury 3,794
14 March Workington A W2–1 Travis (2) 8,466
21 March Accrington Stanley H W2–0 Deakin, Travis 3,818
25 March Southport H D0–0 2,744
28 March Halifax Town A L1–3 Travis 3,296
3 April Port Vale A D1–1 Sutcliffe 19,413
4 April Mansfield Town H D2–2 Morement (2) 5,082
6 April Port Vale H D2–2 Morement, Travis 10,553
11 April Oldham Athletic A L1–2 Travis 19,058
15 April Wrexham H L1–2 Sutcliffe 11,371
18 April Bradford Park Avenue H L0–3 4,441
22 April Crewe Alexandra H D2–2 Travis (2) 3,468
25 April Wrexham A L0–7 11,082
29 April Barrow H W2–1 Travis (2) 1,941

FA Cup

Main article: 1952–53 FA Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
First round 22 November Hartlepools United (3N) H L0–1 6,773

Welsh Cup

Main article: 1952–53 Welsh Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
Fifth round 31 December Wrexham (3N) A W4–3 Frank Tomlinson (2), Morement, Windle 5,044
Sixth round 4 February Pwllheli & District (WLN) H W2–0 Bullock, Sutcliffe 1,600
Quarterfinal 18 February Lovell's Athletic (SFL) H W5–0 Astbury, Bullock, Travis (3) 1,700
Semifinal 1 April Connah's Quay Nomads (WLN) N W5–0 Morement (2, 1pen.), Deakin, Hilton, Travis 5,218
Final 27 April Rhyl (CCL) N L1–2 Travis 8,539

Season statistics

Nat Player Total League FA
Cup
Welsh
Cup
A G A G A G A G
Goalkeepers
Bernard Port 4 3 1
Dick Wright 48 43 1 4
Field players
Wales Tommy Astbury 35 2 30 1 5 1
Norman Bullock 27 11 24 9 3 2
Geoff Coffin 25 1 23 1 1 1
Matt Costello 9 2 9 2
Billy Deakin 30 6 27 5 1 2 1
Leo Dickens 7 7
England Ray Gill 52 46 1 5
Joe Hilton 33 3 28 2 1 4 1
Wales Ron Hughes 30 27 1 2
Roger Kirkpatrick 2 1 2 1
England Eric Lee 39 34 1 4
John Molyneux 6 5 1
Ralph Morement 41 8 38 5 3 3
Sam Morris 4 4
George Pilkington 20 16 1 3
Fred Richardson 16 4 16 4
England Harry Smith 1 1
England Tony Spink 9 2 8 2 1
England Fred Sutcliffe 25 3 21 2 4 1
Frank Tomlinson 14 2 11 3 2
Don Travis 47 29 41 24 1 5 5
Phil Whitlock 4 4
Billy Windle 44 7 38 6 1 5 1
Own goals
Total 52 81 46 64 1 5 17

References

  1. "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

Sumner, Chas (1 November 2011). 125 Years on the Borderline: The Complete History of Chester City F.C. 1885-2010. Yore Publications. ISBN 978-0956984821. 

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