1950/51 First Division

First Team Overall First Team Appearances & Scorers Reserves Youth 1 Youth 2

Directors: James S Baker (Chairman), J Evans, CH Hunter, M Matthews, AH Oakley, JT Howley (Assistant Secretary).
Manager: Stan Cullis.
Trainers: Joe Gardiner, Jack Dowen, George Palmer.
Captain: Billy Wright.

Playing Staff: Adams, Denys Alblas, Alder, Ronald Allen, John Anslow, Norman Aplin, Henry Archer, Phillip Aston, Bailey, Ernest Baker, Leslie Baldwin, Billy Baxter,  Arthur Beck, Colin Booth, Peter Broadbent, Leslie Brookes, Wesley Brookes,  Albert Brown, Gordon Brown, Kenneth Brownhill, Candlin, Ivan Cartwright, Terence Casey, Herbert Chambers, Ray Chatham, Frederick Christie, Eddie Clamp, Ian Clark, John Clark,  Malcolm Clews,  Benjamin Cole,  Donald Collins, Reg Cooper, Terence Copeland, Arthur Corbett, Billy Crook, Crumpton,  Stanley Cutler, Thomas Cutler, A Davies, Windsor Davies,  Fred Deakin, Norman Deeley, Donald Dore, Ronald Dugmore, Jimmy Dunn, Tom Dunn, Dennis Evans, Ron Flowers, Derek Ford, Keith Foster, Jesse Gaden, Len Gibbons, Gilbert, Tony Gormon, Douglas Goulding, Eric Gray, Terence Greenwood, Bill Guttridge, Johnny Hancocks, John Hancox, Brian Hardeman, Charles Harrison, James Hewett, Frank Hewitt, Ron Hewitt, Kenneth Higginson,  William Hill, Albert Hilton, Terrance Hodgkiss, William Hodgkiss,  Bill Holmes, Edward Hopkins, J Howett, Kenneth Hurley,  William James, Raymond Johnson, Lawrence Kelly, James Kerr, Harry King,  Edward Landford, Henry Leary, Donald Lee, Lees, Walter Lefevre, Eric Lister,  Anthony Lloyd, Ralph Lockwood, Trevor Long,  Lowe, Philip Mason,  Gus McLean, John Miller, Arthur Morgan, Jimmy Mullen, Dick Neal, Nuttall, Graham Oakley, Redvers Oakley, Ronald O’Donnell, Parry, Dennis Parsons, Derek Parton, James Patrick, Roy Pearce, Ronald Powell, Preece, Frank Price, William Price, Roy Pritchard, Jesse Pye, Peter Radford,  Bryan Ramsden, Peter Reid, Peter Rimmer, Joseph Robinson, Raymond Rodgers, Ken Rowley, William Rowley,  Eddie Russell, William Russell, Graham Salisbury, Gordon Samwell, Jack Short, Bill Shorthouse, George Showell, Kenneth Shute, Derek Simpson,  David Sims, Alan Skitt, Johnny Skull, A Smith, Leonard Smith, Les Smith, Sammy Smyth, Thomas Southan, William Sowerby, John Spanswick, Speed, Malcolm Spencer, Terry Springthorpe, David Starrer, Eddie Stuart, Kenneth Sulley, Stanley Swain, Roy Swinbourne, Arthur Tattershall,  Doug Taylor, Joe Thomas, John Thomas, Norman Tickle, Geoffrey Tomlinson, Tucker, Roy Turley, George Turner, John Venn, Johnny Walker, John Ward, Donald Watson, Ken Weare, Weare (II), Arthur Weaver, Kenneth Webb, William Webb, Richard Western, Ken Whitfield, Lionel Wilkes, Bert Williams, Frank Williams, Dennis Wilshaw, Graham Wood, Billy Wright, Harold Wright.

Club Finances: Profit: £21,993; Surplus on previous year of £22,368; Dividend: 5 percent.

 
August

12 (a) Pre Season Practice Match Details
19 (H) Liverpool W 2-0 Details
23 (a) Derby County W 2-1 Details
26 (a) Fulham L 1-2 Details
28 (H) Derby County L 2-3 Details

September

2 (H) Bolton Wanderers W 7-1 Details
6 (H) Sunderland W 2-1 Details
9 (a) Blackpool D 1-1 Details
16 (H) Tottenham Hotspur W 2-1 Details
23 (a) Charlton Athletic L 2-3 Details
30 (H) Manchester United D 0-0 Details

October

7 (H) Middlesbrough L 3-4 Details
14 (a) Sheffield Wednesday D 2-2 Details
21 (H) Chelsea W 2-1 Details
28 (a) Portsmouth W 4-1 Details

November

1 (a) Antwept XI D 2-2 Details [Friendly]
4 (H) Arsenal L 0-1 Details
11 (a) Burnley L 0-2 Details
18 (H) Everton W 4-0 Details
25 (a) Stoke City W 1-0 Details

December

2 (H) West Bromwich Albion W 3-1 Details
9 (a) Newcastle United D 1-1 Details
16 (a) Liverpool W 4-1 Details
23 (H) Fulham D 1-1 Details
25 (a) Huddersfield Town W 2-1 Details
26 (H) Huddersfield Town W 3-1 Details
30 (a) Bolton Wanderers P-P Details

January

6 (a) Plymouth Argyle W 2-1 Details [FAC3]
13 (H) Blackpool W 1-1 Details
20 (a) Tottenham Hotspur L 1-2 Details
27 (H) Aston Villa W 3-1 Details [FAC4]

February

3 (H) Charlton Athletic L 2-3 Details
10 (H) Huddersfield Town W 2-0 Details [FAC5]
17 (a) Manchester United L 1-2 Details
24 (a) Sunderland D 1-1 Details [FAC6]
28 (H) Sunderland W 3-1 Details [FAC6R]

March

3 (H) Sheffield Wednesday W 4-0 Details
7 (a) Inter Services Match Details
10 (N) Newcastle United D 0-0 Details [FACsf]
14 (N) Newcastle United L 1-2 Details [FACsfR]
17 (H) Portsmouth L 2-3 Details
24 (a) Arsenal L 1-2 Details
26 (H) Aston Villa L 2-3 Details
27 (a) Aston Villa L 0-1 Details
31 (H) Burnley L 0-1 Details

April

7 (a) Everton D 1-1 Details
11 (a) Middlesbrough W 2-1 Details
14 (H) Stoke City L 2-3 Details
21 (a) West Bromwich Albion L 2-3 Details
25 (a) Chelsea L 1-2 Details
28 (a) Bolton Wanderers L 1-2 Details

May

2 (H) Newcastle United L 0-1 Details
5 (a) Sunderland D 0-0 Details
19 (a) Southern Transvaal W 4-1 Details [Friendly]
24 (a) Orange Free State & Basutoland W 4-0 Details [Friendly]
26 (a) Natal W 3-1 Details [Friendly]
31 (a) Northern Transvaal W 7-0 Details [Friendly]

June

2 (a) Western Province W 4-0 Details [Friendly]
6 (a) South West Districts W 11-0 Details [Friendly]
9 (a) Eastern Province W 5-1 Details [Friendly]
13 (a) Frontier State W 2-0 Details [Friendly]
16 (a) Eastern Transvaal W 13-0 Details [Friendly]
20 (a) Natal W 2-1 Details [Friendly]
23 (a) South Africa XI W 4-1 Details [Friendly]
30 (a) South Africa XI W 1-0 Details [Friendly]