1942/43 War Competition

First Team Overall First Team Appearances & Scorers First Team Tables Reserves

President: Sir Charles Mander.
Directors: B Matthews (Chairman), RH Archer, JS Baker, J Evans, AH Oakley, JT Howley (Assistant Secretary).
Secretary Manager: Major Frank Buckley.
Trainer: Jack Davies.

Playing Staff: Jim Alderton, William Allbones, Gordon Allcock, Allsop, Bernard Armstrong, George Arnett, Derek Ashton, George Attenborough, Arthur Bailey, Arthur Bainbridge, Stanley Ball, James Barnfield, Malcolm Barrass, Harry Barratt, Charles Battiste, Billy Baxter, John Beddows, Dennis Beesley, Richard Betts, Roy Bicknell, Don Bilton, Roland Boocock, Stanley Booth, Norman Bowden, Henry Brown, Nathan Brownswood, Cameron Buchanan, James Buckley, Thomas Burden, Leonard Burke, Frank Burns, Cyril Burton, Norman Butler, Charles Campbell, Robert Carr, Raymond Carter, Edwards Cartlidge, Sydney Cartwright, David Caunt, Douglas Caunt, Cawthorne, Ray Chatham, Francis Christopher, George Clarke, Sid Clewlew, Jeffrey Coley, Bryan Commons, Stanley Crawford, Alf Crook, Billy Crook, Vernon Crowe, Cryer, George Cryle, Stan Cullis, Douglas Darby, Wilfred D’Arcy, Fred Davenport, Ken Davies, Erwin Deller, Dickie Dorsett, Jack Dowen, Jimmy Dunn, Arthur Eades, Ted Elliott, Len Emanuel, Eric Etherington, John Evans, N Evans, Frank Fielding, Raymond Flower, Joseph Ford, Neil Franklin, Tom Galley, Joe Gardiner, George Garnham, Charles Goddard, Raymond Goddard, Arthur Goldthorpe, Gorton, Arthur Grainger, Billy Green, James Greenaway, Greening, Walter Griffiths, Arthur Hadley, John Hardisty, John Harris, David Hazelton, Hemmings, Raymond Hickman, Reg Hipkin, Roy Hobson, Wallace Hobson, Dennis Hodgkiss, Kenneth Holland, Frederick Hollingshead, Jimmy Hooks, Leonard Houghton, Hyde, James Jackman, Albert Jackson, Ronald James, Alan Jenkinson, Ivor Jones, Jack Kaye, Lawrence Kelly, Michael Kelly, John Kerigan, Bobby King, R King, Reginald Kirkham, Reginald Lambley, Thomas Larkin, Peter Leek, Joseph Lees, Edward Levett, Lowe, Teddy Maguire, Raymond Markhan, John Marshall, Neil Marshall, Thomas Martin, Gerry McAloon, McGerry, Thomas McGuinness, Alexander McIntosh, Thomas McIntosh, Gus McLean, Doug McMahon, McNeil, John Menzies, Irvine Methley, Reginald Michael, John Morby, Bill Morgan, Bill Morris, Gordon Morris, Jimmy Mullen, Jock Mulraney, John Murray, Jack Musk, Les Mynard, Joseph Noon, Charles Norton, O’Brien, Joseph O’Neill, Harold Parker, William Parker, John Parr, John Paxton, Pearson, Peebles, Eric Pell, John Petrie, Jack Pleasant, Sid Plunkett, Powell, James Pringle, Roy Pritchard, James Ramsey, Edward Ransom, Frank Rawcliffe, Tom Reece, George Reeves, Micky Reid, Oliver Reynolds, William Rhoden, Ronald Rice, Ernest Rivers, Douglas Roberts, Stanley Roberts, Eric Robinson, John Robinson, Walter Robinson, Leslie Rotherham, Peter Roughsedge, George Rowley, Leonard Sagar, John Sanderson, Alex Scott, Sheedy, Charles Shepherd, Shield, Shinton, Bill Shorthouse, Cyril Sidlow, Barney Singleton, Billy Skidmore, Jeffrey Smart, Arthur Smith, David Smith, Les Smith, Walter Smith, Alf Somerfield, James Southall, Peter Spacey, Terry Springthorpe, Alan Steen, Arnold Stephens, Albert Stevens, Ernie Stevenson, Bazil Stones, Sturgess, William Sykes, Frank Taylor, John Taylor, Walter Thomas, William Thomas, Dennis Thornhill, Alonzo Thornton, Joseph Tinney, William Tommy, Ben Turner, Leonard Turner, Donald Walker, Walley, Henry Walters, John Wardle, Raymond Washbrook, Harry Waugh, Charles Webb, Dennis Westcott, William Wheatley, Widdowson, Edward Williams, Edwin Williams, Percy Worthington, Billy Wright, Ray Wright, Reginald Wright, Ronald Yates, Jasper Yeuell.

Club Finances: At the end of the season it is announced the clubs have made loses of £1,221 5s 8d. Property and assets stand at £57,746 and the working capital £14,468.

 
Championships

1) First Northern Championship ended in 25 December.
2) League Cup qualifying ran between 26 December and 27 February.
3) Second North Championship 26 December to 1 May.

 

August

22 (a) Brampton Welfare W 3-0 Details [Friendly]
29 (a) Aston Villa L 0-2 Details

September

5 (H) Aston Villa L 1-2 Details
12 (H) Stoke City W 3-2 Details
19 (a) Stoke City L 0-1 Details
26 (H) West Bromwich Albion W 2-0 Details

October

3 (a) West Bromwich Albion L 2-6 Details
10 (H) Walsall W 3-2 Details
17 (a) Walsall L 1-5 Details
24 (a) Crewe Alexandra L 1-4 Details
31 (H) Crewe Alexandra W 3-2 Details

November

7 (a) Coventry City L 0-1 Details
14 (H) Coventry City D 1-1 Details
21 (H) Derby County W 8-1 Details
28 (a) Derby County L 1-3 Details

December

5 (H) Leicester City L 0-2 Details
12 (a) Leicester City L 0-5 Details
19 (H) Birmingham D 1-1 Details
25 (a) Birmingham L 0-1 Details
26 (a) Aston Villa* L 0-1 Details

January

2 (H) Aston Villa* L 0-4 Details
9 (H) Wrexham* W 4-0 Details
16 (a) Wrexham* D 3-3 Details
23 (H) Stoke City* D 4-4 Details
30 (a) Stoke City D* 2-2 Details

February

6 (a) Crewe Alexandra* W 3-0 Details
13 (H) Crewe Alexandra* W 6-1 Details
20 (H) West Bromwich Albion* W 1-0 Details
27 (a) West Bromwich Albion* L 0-2 Details

March

6 (a) Aston Villa L 2-5 Details [League North Cup]
13 (H) Aston Villa L 3-5 Details [League North Cup]
20 (a) Wrexham L 1-3 Details
27 (a) Rotax Cythfah W 5-3 Details [Friendly]

April

17 (a) Crewe Alexandra L 1-8 Details
24 (a) Stoke City W 4-1 Details
26 (a) Tranmere Rovers L 1-3 Details

May

1 (a) Derby County D 3-3 Details