1931–32 Chester F.C. season

Chester

1931–32 season
Manager	Charlie Hewitt
Stadium	Sealand Road
Football League Third Division North	3rd
FA Cup	Second round
Welsh Cup	Semifinal
Top goalscorer	League: Tom Jennings (30) All: Tom Jennings (34)
Highest home attendance	13,658 vs Wrexham (30 September)
Lowest home attendance	4,618 vs Carlisle United (30 April)
Average home league attendance	7,952 2nd in division[1]
Home colours

The 1931–32 season was the first season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

Chester was elected to the Football League in the second round of voting surpassing Nelson after the first voting ended in a draw.^[2]

Football League

Main article: 1931–32 Football League Third Division North

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Lincoln City	40	16	2	2	65	13	10	3	7	41	34	2.255	57	Division Champions, promoted
2	Gateshead	40	15	3	2	59	20	10	4	6	35	28	1.958	57
3	Chester[a]	40	16	2	2	54	22	5	6	9	24	38	1.300	50
4	Tranmere Rovers	40	15	4	1	76	23	4	7	9	31	35	1.845	49
5	Barrow	40	16	1	3	59	23	8	0	12	27	36	1.458	49

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. New club in the league; elected from Cheshire County League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
40	21	8	11	78	60	1.3	50	16	2	2	54	22	34	5	6	9	24	38	16

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
Result	D	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W
Position	11	17	16	11	16	13	15	16	13	12	9	9	7	6	5	7	5	6	6	7	8	7	8	8	7	6	8	6	6	6	6	5	7	7	5	3	4	3	5	3

Source: Statto.com
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
29 August	Wigan Borough	H	W	4–0†	Cresswell, Ranson, Jennings, Hedley	12,770
2 September	Wrexham	A	D	1–1	Jennings	19,000
5 September	Darlington	A	L	1–4	Jennings	4,222
9 September	Hartlepools United	A	D	2–2	Cresswell, Jennings	4,717
12 September	Halifax Town	H	W	3–1	Hedley (2), A. Ferguson	6,824
16 September	Hartlepools United	H	L	2–3	Ranson, Cresswell	8,417
19 September	Walsall	A	D	1–1	Jennings	4,455
26 September	Gateshead	H	D	1–1	C. Matthews	10,195
30 September	Wrexham	H	L	2–5	Thompson, Jennings	13,658
3 October	New Brighton	A	W	1–0	Hedley	5,105
10 October	Barrow	H	W	4–2	Cresswell, Thompson, Jennings (2)	8,322
17 October	Accrington Stanley	H	W	1–0	Jennings	7,094
24 October	Stockport County	A	D	0–0		8,811
31 October	Rotherham United	H	W	2–1	Robson, Hedley	6,704
7 November	Tranmere Rovers	A	D	2–2	Jennings, Robson	11,578
14 November	York City	H	W	3–0	Mercer, Hedley, Robson	7,207
21 November	Southport	A	D	1–1	Valentine	6,023
5 December	Rochdale	A	W	3–0	Cresswell, Hedley, Jennings	3,199
19 December	Carlisle United	A	L	3–4	Hedley, Robson, Mercer	4,220
25 December	Lincoln City	H	W	2–1	Cresswell, Reilly	10,184
26 December	Lincoln City	A	L	0–4		12,856
9 January	Doncaster Rovers	H	D	1–1	Bennett (pen.)	5,466
16 January	Darlington	H	W	3–1	Jennings, Mercer (2)	5,480
23 January	Halifax Town	A	L	1–2	Hedley	3,703
30 January	Walsall	H	W	5–1	Jennings (5)	5,198
6 February	Gateshead	A	W	2–1	Mercer, Jennings	7,688
13 February	New Brighton	H	W	2–0	Cresswell, Jennings	6,294
20 February	Barrow	A	L	0–4		6,557
27 February	Accrington Stanley	A	W	3–2	Jennings (2), Cresswell	3,981
5 March	Stockport County	H	W	2–1	Wyper (2)	6,759
12 March	Rotherham United	A	L	0–3		4,023
19 March	Tranmere Rovers	H	W	3–1	Gray (o.g.), Mercer, Herod (pen.)	8,810
25 March	Hull City	H	W	2–0	Jennings (2)	13,648
26 March	York City	A	L	1–3	Cresswell	5,368
28 March	Hull City	A	W	2–0	Robinson, Jennings	7,914
2 April	Southport	H	W	4–0	Mercer, Jennings (2), Wyper	7,775
6 April	Crewe Alexandra	H	W	1–0	Wyper	6,938
9 April	Doncaster Rovers	A	L	0–3		4,365
16 April	Rochdale	H	W	7–2	Mercer, Williams (o.g.), Jennings (4), Hedley	4,658
23 April	Crewe Alexandra	A	L	0–1		6,823
30 April	Carlisle United	H	W	4–1	Cresswell, Mercer, Jennings, Hedley	4,618

† - Wigan Borough later resigned from the league, record expunged

FA Cup

Main article: 1931–32 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	28 November	Hartlepools United (3N)	H	W	4–1	Hedley (2), Valentine, Bennett	8,403
Second round	12 December	Darwen (LanC)	A	L	1–2	Murray (o.g.)	6,500

Welsh Cup

Main article: 1931–32 Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
Fifth round	3 February	Oswestry Town (B&DL)	H	D	1–1	Jennings	2,000
Fifth round replay	11 February		A	W	4–0	Hedley (2), Jennings (2)	1,500
Quarterfinal	2 March	Cardiff City (3S)	H	W	2–1	Mercer, Jennings	9,400
Semifinal	13 April	Swansea Town (2)	H	L	0–2		10,234

Season statistics

Nat	Player	Total		League		FA Cup		Welsh Cup
		A	G	A	G	A	G	A	G
Goalkeepers
	Johnny Burke	12	–	11	–	–	–	1	–
	Bill Johnson	34	–	29	–	2	–	3	–
Field players
	Josh Atkinson	7	–	7	–	–	–	–	–
	Fred Bennett	44	2	38	1	2	1	4	–
	Frank Cresswell	45	9	39	9	2	–	4	–
	Spencer Evans	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Archie Ferguson	2	1	1	1	–	–	1	–
	Danny Ferguson	11	–	10	–	–	–	1	–
	Foster Hedley	41	14	35	10	2	2	4	2
	Baden Herod	46	1	40	1	2	–	4	–
	Tom Jennings	44	34	39	30	1	–	4	4
	Walter Jones	2	–	2	–	–	–	–	–
	Ernest Keeley	22	–	19	–	2	–	1	–
	Alex Lambie	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Billy Matthews	6	–	5	–	–	–	1	–
	Cyril Matthews	10	1	9	1	–	–	1	–
	Arthur Mercer	35	10	29	9	2	–	4	1
	Ernie Millsom	13	–	11	–	1	–	1	–
	Jack Ranson	8	1	8	1	–	–	–	–
	William Reilly	41	1	35	1	2	–	4	–
	Matt Robinson	6	1	6	1	–	–	–	–
	Cud Robson	16	4	13	4	2	–	1	–
	Harry Skitt	36	–	31	–	1	–	4	–
	Andy Thompson	7	2	7	2	–	–	–	–
	Albert Valentine	3	2	2	1	1	1	–	–
	Tommy Wyper	13	4	12	4	–	–	1	–
	Own goals	–	3	–	2	–	1	–	–
	Total	46	90	40	78	2	5	4	7

References

1. "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
2. "A history of admission to the Football League". nonleaguematters. Retrieved 21 July 2016.

Further reading

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.

External links

• Chester at the Football Club History Database