1945/46 War Competition

First Team Overall First Team Appearances & Scorers Reserves Youth

President: Sir Charles Mander.

Directors: James S Baker (Chairman), RH Archer (Vice Chairman), J Evans, CH Hunter, M Matthews, AH Oakley, JT Howley (Assistant Secretary).
Secretary Manager: Ted Vizard.
Captain: Stan Cullis.

Playing Staff: Emilio Aldecoa, Jim Alderton, Peter Alexander, Derek Ashton, Arthur Bainbridge, George Bainbridge, Stanley Ball, Harry Barratt, Ted Batchelor, Alan Bates, Billy Baxter, Ron Bennett, Richard Betts, Roy Bicknell, William Brookes, Henry Brown, Joe Brown, Cameron Buchanan, James Buckley, Timothy Bunn, Thomas Burden, Walter Caddick, Charles Campbell, Robert Carr, David Caunt, Ray Chatham, Maurice Chequer, Francis Christopher, John Churchill, Sid Clewlew, Norman Clifton, Raymond Clutton, Arthur Coley, Roy Conway, Cornelius Corbett, Ivan Craddock, Walter Craddock, George Crilly, Stanley Critchlow, Alf Crook, Billy Crook, Roy Cross, Vernon Crowe, George Cryle, Stan Cullis, Richards Cummings, James Cunningham, John Dailey, Kenneth Daines, Douglas Darby, Wilfred D’Arcy, Fred Davenport, Bernard Davies, Don Davies, Derek Davies, John Davies, Lawrence Davies, Ronald Davies, Dickie Dorsett, Ernest Dowen, Jimmy Dunn, Joe Dunn, Arthur Dyke, Hugh Eaglesfield, Ted Elliott, Brian Forrester, Tom Galley, Joe Gardiner, Colin Gibson, Fred Gibson, Philip Giles, Raymond Goddard, Arthur Goldthorpe, Barrie Green, Billy Green, George Griffiths, Horace Griffiths, Walter Griffiths, James Gunning, Robert Halford, Cyril Hannaby, Fred Harris, John Harris, Roy Harris, Victor Harris, James Harrison, Gerald Hayes, Ralph Hayward, David Hazelton, Ralph Hewitt, Tieron Hill, Trevor Hill, Reg Hipkin, Jack Hodgson, Harold Holden, Dennis Hollingshead, Tom Holmes, Frederick Homer, Bert Hoyle, Robert Hubble, Ken Hudson, Ernest Hughes, James Jackman, Ronald James, Alan Jones, Arthur Jones, James Jones, Edward Jukes, Jack Kaye, Lawrence Kelly, Michael Kelly, Bobby King, Reginald Kirkham, Thomas Larkin, Jimmy Lee, Kenneth Lee, Peter Leek, Joseph Livesey, Edward Lockwood, Dennis Love, Dennis Lowe, Jordan Lund, Teddy Maguire, Kenneth Malcolm, John Marshall, Gerry McAloon, Alexander McIntosh, Gus McLean, Doug McMahon, Dennis Melvin, Irvine Methley, Dave Miller, Fred Mitchell, Arthur Morby, Bill Morgan, Bill Morris, Desmond Morris, George Morris, Arthur Moss, Jimmy Mullen, Les Mynard, Arthur Oakley, Royston Oakley, Leslie Packer, Eric Pantley, William Park, David Parker, Sidney Parkes, John Parr, Dennis Parsons, John Paxton, A Pershore, Norman Phillips, Leonard Pickard, Sid Plunkett, Sidney Powell, Roy Pritchard, Fred Ramscar, William Reed, Edward Richardson, Ernest Rivers, Jeffrey Robbins, Douglas Roberts, Stanley Roberts, John Robinson, Leslie Rotherham, William Rowland, Jack Rowley, Eddie Russell, Ron Russon, John Sanderson, Alex Scott, William Shergold, Bill Shorthouse, Cyril Sidlow, Albert Singleton, Barney Singleton, Billy Skidmore, Brian Smallwood, Derek Smith, Les Smith, William Smith, Alf Somerfield, Terry Springthorpe, Royston Starr, Alan Steen, Arnold Stephens, Tom Stevens, Ernie Stevenson, John Stewart, Frank Taylor, Raymond Taylor, Sidney Taylor, Dennis Thornhill, Alonzo Thornton, Joseph Tinney, Raymond Townrow, Ben Turner, Leonard Turner, Norman Wakefield, Alfred Walker, Donald Walker, Johnny Walker, Henry Walters, John Wardle, Horace Welham, Dennis Westcott, Thomas White, Crad Wilcox, Horace Wilkes, Joseph Willetts, Bert Williams, Richard Williams, George Willis, Dennis Wilshaw, James Wilson, Marshall Woodward, Ray Wright, Billy Wright, John Wycherley, Joseph Zeraschi.

Club Finances: For the 1945/46 season the club made a profit of £3,405.

 
August

15 (a) Aston Villa L 1-3 Details [Friendly]
16 (H) Aston Villa W 3-2 Details [Friendly]
18 (H) Pre Season Practice Match Details
25 (a) Tottenham Hotspur W 4-1 Details
27 (H) Charlton Athletic W 2-1 Details

September

1 (H) Tottenham Hotspur W 4-2 Details
3 (H) Arsenal D 1-1 Details
8 (H) Brentford W 1-0 Details
15 (a) Brentford D 0-0 Details
22 (a) Chelsea D 1-1 Details
26 (@ Hanover) Combined Services XI L 3-6 Details [Friendly]
26 (H) Forces Match Details
29 (H) Chelsea W 1-0 Details

October

6 (H) Millwall L 1-2 Details
13 (a) Millwall L 0-2 Details
20 (a) Southampton W 4-2 Details
27 (H) Southampton W 3-2 Details

November

3 (H) Derby County W 1-0 Details
10 (a) Derby County L 0-2 Details
17 (a) Leicester City W 2-1 Details
24 (H) Leicester City W 3-0 Details

December

1 (H) Coventry City W 1-0 Details
8 (a) Coventry City L 0-1 Details
15 (a) Luton Town L 0-1 Details
22 (H) Luton Town W 3-0 Details
25 (H) Aston Villa L 1-2 Details
26 (a) Aston Villa D 1-1 Details
29 (a) Arsenal L 2-3 Details

January

5 (a) Lovells Athletic W 4-2 Details [FAC3/1]
9 (H) Lovells Athletic W 8-1 Details [FAC3/2]
12 (a) Fulham L 1-3 Details
19 (H) Fulham W 2-0 Details
26 (a) Charlton Athletic L 2-5 Details FAC4/1]
30 (H) Charlton Athletic W 1-1 Details FAC4/2]

February

2 (a) Plymouth Argyle L 2-3 Details
9 (a) Portsmouth W 2-0 Details
16 (H) Portsmouth W 4-0 Details
23 (H) Nottingham Forest W 4-0 Details

March

2 (a) Nottingham Forest D 0-0 Details
9 (a) Newport County W 3-1 Details
16 (H) Newport County W 5-2 Details
23 (a) Swansea Town W 5-2 Details
30 (H) Swansea Town W 1-0 Details

April

3 (@ Dusseldorf) British Army L 1-3 Details [Friendly]
6 (H) West Ham United D 3-3 Details
13 (a) West Ham United L 1-2 Details
20 (H) Birmingham City D 3-3 Details
22 (H) West Bromwich Albion D 0-0 Details
23 (a) West Bromwich Albion D 1-1 Details
27 (a) Birmingham City W 1-0 Details
29 (H) Plymouth Argyle D 1-1 Details

May

4 (a) Charlton Athletic D 1-1 Details
6 (a) Aston Villa L 2-3 Details [Friendly]

June

19 (a) Gothenburg XI L 0-3 Details [Friendly]
23 (a) Sundull W 7-1 Details [Friendly]
25 (a) Gavle D 2-2 Details [Friendly]
30 (a) Stockholm XI L 1-3 Details [Friendly]

July

4 (a) Malmo W 3-2 Details [Friendly]