1937–38 Colchester United F.C. season

The 1937–38 season was Colchester United's first ever season after the formation as a professional club from amateur predecessors Colchester Town. Alongside competing in the Southern League, the club also participated in the Southern League Mid-Week Section and Southern League Cup. The club did not enter the FA Cup, but did win the Southern League Cup at the first attempt. Colchester finished 6th position in the league, and finished as runners-up to Millwall Reserves in the Mid-Week Section.

Colchester United
1937–38 season
ChairmanMaurice Pye[1]
ManagerTed Davis
StadiumLayer Road
Southern League6th
Southern League
Mid-Week Section		2nd
Southern League CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Alec Cheyne (19)
All:
Alec Cheyne (35)
Highest home attendance11,000 (estimate)
v Ipswich Town, 4 September 1937[2]
Lowest home attendance2,500 (estimate)
v Norwich City Reserves, 16 September 1937[3]
Average home league attendance5,167[4]
Biggest win8–0
v Newport County Reserves, 30 April 1938
Biggest defeat2–5
v Norwich City Reserves, 23 April 1938

Season overview

During a transitional period from the amateur organisation at Colchester Town to a professional club, twelve directors formed the board, appointing former Huddersfield Town goalkeeper and Bath City manager Ted Davis to take charge of team affairs. On 14 July 1937, the announcement was publicly made that the new club would be named Colchester United. A week after his appointment, Davis had already organised for the club to play in the same blue and white striped kit as his former club Huddersfield.

With trial matches taking place between 19 and 26 August 1937, Colchester United played their first ever professional match on 28 August 1937, travelling to The Huish to face Yeovil & Petters United. The game ended 3–0 to Yeovil, but Colchester made amends in their first game at Layer Road against Davis' old side Bath City on 2 September in the Mid-Week Section. The U's thrashed their counterparts 6–1, with Reg Smith registering the club's first hat-trick. Proficient bugle and cornet player Ronnie Dunn, Colchester's goalkeeper, welcomed the players of both sides to the pitch with a rendition of the post horn galop, a tradition which would remain throughout the club's years at Layer Road. The attendance was recorded as £250 instead of numbers of supporters, with the amount equating to an approximate attendance of 3,500. Two days later, an estimated 11,000 came to Layer Road to witness a 3–3 draw in the first meeting between Colchester United and nearby rivals Ipswich Town.

Reg Smith was sold to Wolverhampton Wanderers in October 1937 for £250, and with a deal agreed for Cliff Fairchild to join Arsenal at the end of the season for £500, Davis used his entrepreneurial skills to arrange for both First Division clubs to contest the Colchester Challenge Cup at Layer Road. The friendly fixture proved to be a success, with 17,584 seeing Wolves beat Arsenal 1–0.

Following an excellent beginning to Colchester United's existence spelt a swift demise for Colchester Town. With the Oysters suffering financial difficulty, the amateur club folded in 1937, having joined the six-club Essex Senior League. The club re-emerged briefly in January 1938 to complete an Essex Senior Cup tie in order to avoid a fine, but the withdrawal of Town meant that United could enter a reserve side into the Eastern Counties League one month later, with the reserve squad boosted by many of those previously on the books with Colchester Town.

Layer Road suffered severe damage to the roof in January 1938 during a severe gale, with a recently erected corrugated iron roof and timber structure damaging nearby buildings, causing the ground to be closed for two days to clear the debris.

The return match with Ipswich saw 8,000 Colchester fans set a new Portman Road ground record attendance of 23,890, with United wearing a new orange and black away strip. They had worn these kits a week earlier in a friendly against Charlton Athletic to acclimatise themselves to the new strip.

At the end of the season, Colchester finished mid-table, but did reach the Southern League Cup final. They lost the first leg 2–1 at Yeovil, but triumphed 3–1 at Layer Road to win 4–3 on aggregate and secure the club's first ever trophy. The club then adopted the nickname "The U's" to differentiate themselves from "The Oysters" of Colchester Town. Across the season, Colchester found the back of the net 155 times in all competitions, with Alec Cheyne scoring 35 goals, Arthur Pritchard 29 goals and Jack Hodge 24 goals helping the U's to that total. With professional football proving to be a success, the same applied for Colchester's neighbours and rivals Ipswich Town, who were elected to the Football League for the 1938–39 season.[5]

Players
As of match played 7 May 1938.[6]
Name Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth Apps Goals Signed from Date signed Fee
Goalkeepers
Ronnie DunnGKSouthall (1908-11-24)24 November 1908 (aged 28)00 Crystal Palace3 July 1937Free transfer
Don YoungsGK00 Martlesham RAF5 November 1937Free transfer
Defenders
Jimmy BakerCB/RHTrethomas (1904-05-05)5 May 1904 (aged 33)00 Bristol City9 July 1937Free transfer
Cliff FairchildRBGreat Yarmouth (1917-10-23)23 October 1917 (aged 19)00 Northfleet United28 August 1937[lower-alpha 1]Free transfer
Syd FieldusDFRomford (1909-05-27)27 May 1909 (aged 28)00 Brentford3 July 1937Free transfer
Ian HaleyRBNorth Bierley00 Colchester Town1 January 1938[lower-alpha 1]Free transfer
George LeslieCBSlough (1907-07-09)9 July 1907 (aged 29)00 Guildford City9 July 1937Free transfer
Alexander WoodLB Lochgelly (1907-06-12)12 June 1907 (aged 29)00 Nottingham Forest16 July 1937Free transfer
Midfielders
Jimmy CollinsLH/RHBrentford (1903-07-14)14 July 1903 (aged 33)00 West Ham United3 July 1937Free transfer
George RitchieLHMaryhill (1904-01-16)16 January 1904 (aged 33)00 Leicester City12 August 1937Free transfer
George SmithRHConnah's Quay00 Bath City27 October 1937Free transfer
Forwards
Bill BarracloughOLKingston upon Hull (1909-01-03)3 January 1909 (aged 28)00 Chelsea7 August 1937Free transfer
Albert BennettCF00 Colchester Town25 November 1937[lower-alpha 1]Free transfer
Alec CheyneIHGlasgow (1907-04-28)28 April 1907 (aged 30)00 Chelsea13 August 1937£3,000
George CrispWGPontypool (1911-06-30)30 June 1911 (aged 25)00 Newport County28 August 1937[lower-alpha 1]Undisclosed
Jack HodgeORPlymouth00 Luton Town13 July 1937Free transfer
Ken MayesIL/OLWickford (1910-10-08)8 October 1910 (aged 26)00 Fulham3 July 1937£500
Bill PendergastCF/ILPenygroes (1915-04-13)13 April 1915 (aged 22)00 Bristol Rovers9 December 1937Free transfer
Arthur PritchardCFNewport (1917-10-22)22 October 1917 (aged 19)00 Yeovil & Petters United28 August 1937[lower-alpha 1]Free transfer
Ivan ThackerCFLowestoft00 Lowestoft Town18 February 1938Free transfer
George WallisIFSawley00 Bath City28 February 1938Free transfer
George WilliamsIR/CF00 Ipswich Town17 July 1937Free transfer
  1. Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

Transfers

In
Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
Summer 1937 GK Ted Platt None Free transfer [7]
23 June 1937 CF Reg Smith Bristol City Free transfer [8]
3 July 1937 LH/RH Jimmy Collins West Ham United Free transfer [9]
3 July 1937 GK Ronnie Dunn Crystal Palace Free transfer [10]
3 July 1937 DF Syd Fieldus Brentford Free transfer [11]
3 July 1937 IL/OL Ken Mayes Fulham £500 [12]
9 July 1937 CB/RH Jimmy Baker Bristol City Free transfer [13]
9 July 1937 CB George Leslie Guildford City Free transfer [14]
13 July 1937 OR Jack Hodge Luton Town Free transfer [15]
16 July 1937 LB Alexander Wood Nottingham Forest Free transfer [16]
17 July 1937 IR/CF George Williams Ipswich Town Free transfer [17]
7 August 1937 OL Bill Barraclough Chelsea Free transfer [18]
12 August 1937 LH George Ritchie Leicester City Free transfer [19]
13 August 1937 IH Alec Cheyne Chelsea £3,000 [20]
28 August 1937 RB Cliff Fairchild Northfleet United Free transfer [21][lower-alpha 1]
28 August 1937 WG George Crisp Newport County Undisclosed [22][lower-alpha 1]
28 August 1937 CF Arthur Pritchard Yeovil & Petters United Free transfer [23][lower-alpha 1]
7 October 1937 DF John Ormesher Colchester Town Free transfer [24][lower-alpha 1]
27 October 1937 RH George Smith Bath City Free transfer [25]
5 November 1937 GK Don Youngs Martlesham RAF Free transfer [26]
17 November 1937 CF Tully Day Harwich & Parkeston Free transfer [27][lower-alpha 1]
25 November 1937 CF Albert Bennett Colchester Town Free transfer [28][lower-alpha 1]
9 December 1937 CF/IL Bill Pendergast Bristol Rovers Free transfer [29]
1 January 1938 RB Ian Haley Colchester Town Free transfer [30][lower-alpha 1]
18 February 1938 CF Ivan Thacker Lowestoft Town Free transfer [31]
28 February 1938 IF George Wallis Bath City Free transfer [32]
23 April 1938 OR Sam Simnett Ipswich Town Free transfer [33][lower-alpha 1]
  • Total spending: ~ £3,500
  1. Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

Out
Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
25 October 1937 CF Reg Smith Wolverhampton Wanderers £500 [32]
January 1938 DF John Ormesher Free agent Released [24]
March 1938 GK Ted Platt Arsenal Free transfer [7]
19 April 1938 CF Tully Day Harwich & Parkeston Free transfer [27][lower-alpha 1]
23 April 1938 OR Sam Simnett Free agent Released [33][lower-alpha 1]
  • Total incoming: ~ £500
  1. Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club

Match details

Friendlies
27 September 1937 (1937-09-27) Friendly Colchester United 0–4 Portsmouth Colchester
Report Beattie  10', 65'
Smith  35', 90'		 Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 3,500
14 October 1937 (1937-10-14) Friendly Colchester United 3–1 Queens Park Rangers Colchester
Pritchard  16', 40'
Cheyne 		Report McCarthy  85' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 1,500
16 October 1937 (1937-10-16) Friendly Colchester United 1–4 Chelsea Reserves Colchester
15:15 Cheyne  12' Report Lewis  11', 57'
Sherbourne  33', 71'		 Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: V. Asherwood
22 January 1938 (1938-01-22) Friendly Colchester United 0–1 Charlton Athletic XI Colchester
Report Barron  50' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 4,731
24 March 1938 (1938-03-24) Friendly Colchester United 2–1 Crystal Palace Colchester
Williams  5', 65' Report Waldron Stadium: Layer Road

Southern League
Main article: 1937–38 Southern Football League

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
4 Yeovil & Petters United 34 14 14 6 72 45 1.600 42
5 Norwich City II 34 15 11 8 77 55 1.400 41
6 Colchester United 34 15 8 11 90 58 1.552 38
7 Bristol Rovers II 34 14 8 12 63 62 1.016 36
8 Swindon Town II 34 14 7 13 70 76 0.921 35
Source:
Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Matches
28 August 1937 (1937-08-28) 1 Yeovil & Petters United 3–0 Colchester United Yeovil
15:15 Halliday  30', 49', 70' Report Stadium: Huish Athletic Ground
Referee: E. Davis
4 September 1937 (1937-09-04) 2 Colchester United 3–3 Ipswich Town Colchester
Crisp  41'
Wood  43'
Cheyne  75'		 Report Williams  2'
Alsop  15'
Perrett  80' (pen.)		 Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 11,000
11 September 1937 (1937-09-11) 3 Colchester United 0–0 Yeovil & Petters United Colchester
15:15 Report Stadium: Layer Road
18 September 1937 (1937-09-18) 4 Colchester United 5–0 Guildford City Colchester
15:15 Crisp  16'
R. Smith  37'
Pritchard  38', 53', 57'		 Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 5,000
25 September 1937 (1937-09-25) 5 Aldershot Reserves 0–0 Colchester United Aldershot
Report Stadium: Recreation Ground
29 September 1937 (1937-09-29) 6 Torquay United Reserves 2–2 Colchester United Torquay
15:30 Shelley  3', 53' Report Baker  18'
R. Smith  30'		 Stadium: Plainmoor
9 October 1937 (1937-10-09) 7 Plymouth Argyle Reserves 5–4 Colchester United Plymouth
Dougan  13'
McHarg  33', 38', 40', 75'		 Report Mitcheson  25' (o.g.)
Cheyne  46'
Pritchard  90'
R. Smith 		Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 3,000
23 October 1937 (1937-10-23) 8 Colchester United 3–2 Cheltenham Town Colchester
15:15 Crisp  4'
Fieldus  75'
Ritchie  86'		 Report Ray  50'
Thornley  62'		 Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 4,500
6 November 1937 (1937-11-06) 9 Newport County Reserves 2–2 Colchester United Newport
Chadwick  75' (pen.)
Owen  85'		 Report G. Smith  12'
Cheyne  65'
Barraclough 		Stadium: Somerton Park
13 November 1937 (1937-11-13) 10 Colchester United 2–2 Norwich City Reserves Colchester
Crisp  2'
G. Smith  47'		 Report Cassidy  43', 88' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 4,000
20 November 1937 (1937-11-20) 11 Folkestone 2–4 Colchester United Folkestone
Cheesmur  25'
Caswell  44'		 Report Hodge  56', 75'
Cheyne
Fieldus 		Stadium: Cheriton Road
27 November 1937 (1937-11-27) 12 Colchester United 2–0 Aldershot Reserves Colchester
14:35 Hodge  54'
Fieldus  78'		 Report Stadium: Layer Road
4 December 1937 (1937-12-04) 13 Swindon Town Reserves 1–5 Colchester United Swindon
Emery Report Pritchard  10'
Hodge  60'		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 1,000
18 December 1937 (1937-12-18) 14 Colchester United 7–1 Folkestone Colchester
14:30 Hodge  8', 57'
Day  25', 54', 73'
Cheyne  27'
Pritchard  65'		 Report Jones  87' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 3,000
25 December 1937 (1937-12-25) Exeter City Reserves P–P Colchester United Exeter
Report Stadium: St James Park
27 December 1937 (1937-12-27) 15 Colchester United 3–1 Exeter City Reserves Colchester
Barraclough  18'
Day  53'
Cheyne  79'		 Report McGill  45' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 8,000
1 January 1938 (1938-01-01) 16 Colchester United 6–1 Barry Town Colchester
Cheyne  6'
Hodge  19'
Pendergast  21', 42', 70'
Day  32'		 Report Carless  82' Stadium: Layer Road
8 January 1938 (1938-01-08) 17 Cheltenham Town 2–2 Colchester United Cheltenham
14:30 Ray
Rushforth 		Report Pendergast  4'
Cheyne 		Stadium: Whaddon Road
Referee: R. Griffin
15 January 1938 (1938-01-15) 18 Colchester United 2–0 Dartford Colchester
Pritchard
Pendergast 		Report Stadium: Layer Road
5 February 1938 (1938-02-05) 19 Ipswich Town 3–2 Colchester United Ipswich
Astill  44'
Perrett  85'
Little  89'		 Report Pritchard  27'
Cheyne  70'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 23,890
12 February 1938 (1938-02-12) 20 Barry Town 2–1 Colchester United Barry
Dakin  5', 15' Report Cheyne Stadium: Jenner Park Stadium
19 February 1938 (1938-02-19) 21 Dartford 3–0 Colchester United Dartford
Smithson  65'
Catlin
Moseley 		Report Stadium: Watling Street
24 February 1938 (1938-02-24) 22 Colchester United 3–1 Tunbridge Wells Rangers Colchester
Hodge  23'
Cheyne  77'
Barraclough  82'		 Report Kavanagh  85' Stadium: Layer Road
26 February 1938 (1938-02-26) 23 Colchester United 1–0 Bristol Rovers Reserves Colchester
Pritchard  13' Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 6,238
5 March 1938 (1938-03-05) 24 Bristol Rovers Reserves 2–1 Colchester United Bristol
Charles
Sullivan 		Report Wallis  10' Stadium: Eastville Stadium
26 March 1938 (1938-03-26) 25 Colchester United 4–0 Torquay United Reserves Colchester
Wallis  46', 51', 73'
Cheyne  62'		 Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 5,312
2 April 1938 (1938-04-02) 26 Guildford City 3–2 Colchester United Guildford
R. Brown  45'
Bytheway  80'
J. Brown  86'		 Report Cheyne  26'
Hodge  39'		 Stadium: St Joseph's Road
Attendance: 4,000
9 April 1938 (1938-04-09) 27 Exeter City Reserves 2–1 Colchester United Exeter
Farrell  40'
Pollard  83'		 Report Hodge  65' Stadium: St James Park
15 April 1938 (1938-04-15) 28 Bath City 2–3 Colchester United Bath
15:15 Weale  27'
Davis 		Report Day  25', 70', 89' Stadium: Twerton Park
16 April 1938 (1938-04-16) 29 Colchester United 7–1 Swindon Town Reserves Colchester
15:15 Crisp  30' (pen.), 39', 75' (pen.)
Cheyne  39', 80'
Hodge
Day 		Report Hunt Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 6,782
18 April 1938 (1938-04-18) 30 Colchester United 1–1 Bath City Colchester
15:15 Cheyne  40' Report Curtis  85' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 8,000
21 April 1938 (1938-04-21) 31 Norwich City Reserves 5–2 Colchester United Norwich
Law  32', 37'
O'Reilly  35'
Morris  68'
Burley  82'		 Report Crisp  46'
Pritchard  89'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 1,596
23 April 1938 (1938-04-23) 32 Tunbridge Wells Rangers 3–0 Colchester United Royal Tunbridge Wells
Kavanagh  5', 40', 50' Report Stadium: Down Farm
30 April 1938 (1938-04-30) 33 Colchester United 8–0 Newport County Reserves Colchester
Wallis  3'
Crisp  5'
Cheyne  9'
Pritchard  18', 65', 67', 78'
Hodge  88'		 Report Stadium: Layer Road
7 May 1938 (1938-05-07) 34 Colchester United 2–3 Plymouth Argyle Reserves Colchester
15:15 Cheyne  36', 38' (pen.) Report Connor  55', 58'
Dougan  61'		 Stadium: Layer Road

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Millwall Reserves (C) 18 13 3 2 59 21 2.810 29 Southern League Midweek Section champions
2 Colchester United 18 13 1 4 42 23 1.826 27
3 Aldershot Reserves 18 11 3 4 38 29 1.310 25
4 Folkestone 18 7 6 5 32 36 0.889 20
5 Norwich City Reserves 18 9 1 8 45 39 1.154 19
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Number of goals scored. The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champion.

Matches
2 September 1937 (1937-09-02) 1 Colchester United 6–1 Bath City Colchester
R. Smith  5', 13', 60'
Pritchard  25', 41'
Hodge  40'		 Report Brown  89' Stadium: Layer Road
23 September 1937 (1937-09-23) 2 Colchester United 1–0 Folkestone Colchester
Baker  35' Report Stadium: Layer Road
2 October 1937 (1937-10-02) 3 Bath City 3–4 Colchester United Bath
Davis  44', 88'
Dransfield  80' (pen.)		 Report Pritchard  26'
Hodge  50', 57'
Crisp 		Stadium: Twerton Park
7 October 1937 (1937-10-07) 4 Colchester United 1–2 Tunbridge Wells Rangers Colchester
R. Smith  72' Report Finnan  13'
Langley 		Stadium: Layer Road
20 October 1937 (1937-10-20) 5 Portsmouth 'A' 3–4 Colchester United Portsmouth
Cook  12'
Price  30'
Beaumont  79'		 Report Pritchard  6'
Cheyne  11', 14'
R. Smith  70'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
30 October 1937 (1937-10-30) 6 Dartford 1–2 Colchester United Dartford
Moseley  89' Report Cheyne  15'
Pritchard  60'		 Stadium: Watling Street
17 November 1937 (1937-11-17) 7 Aldershot Reserves 3–1 Colchester United Aldershot
Simpson  1'
Court  49', 75'		 Report Crisp  78' Stadium: Recreation Ground
25 November 1937 (1937-11-25) 8 Norwich City Reserves 2–1 Colchester United Norwich
Burley  71'
Church  74'		 Report Barraclough  65'
Barraclough 		Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 1,518
11 December 1937 (1937-12-11) 9 Colchester United 1–0 Aldershot Reserves Colchester
Cheyne  17' Report Stadium: Layer Road
29 January 1938 (1938-01-29) 10 Colchester United 2–1 Portsmouth 'A' Colchester
15:00 Cheyne  29'
Pendergast  40'		 Report Cunnington  25' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 4,632
31 January 1938 (1938-01-31) 11 Millwall Reserves 2–0 Colchester United Millwall
15:00 Osborne  30'
Walsh  60' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: The Den
3 March 1938 (1938-03-03) 12 Colchester United 1–0 Dartford Colchester
Barraclough  89' Report Stadium: Layer Road
10 March 1938 (1938-03-10) 13 Colchester United 5–0 Guildford City Colchester
Hodge  10'
Wallis  40'
Day  79'
Cheyne 		Report Stadium: Layer Road
12 March 1938 (1938-03-12) 14 Folkestone 2–2 Colchester United Folkestone
Cheesmur  51'
Halls  87'		 Report Crisp  26'
Cheyne  67'		 Stadium: Cheriton Road
19 March 1938 (1938-03-19) 15 Colchester United 3–0 Norwich City Reserves Colchester
15:15 Thacker  2'
Cheyne  12'
Hodge  72'		 Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 6,215
23 March 1938 (1938-03-23) 16 Tunbridge Wells Rangers 0–1 Colchester United Royal Tunbridge Wells
Report Hodge  25' Stadium: Down Farm
2 May 1938 (1938-05-02) 17 Guildford City 1–4 Colchester United Guildford
Atherton Report Crisp  20'
Pritchard  23', 28'
Hodge  43'		 Stadium: St Joseph's Road
5 May 1938 (1938-05-05) 18 Colchester United 3–2 Millwall Reserves Colchester
Wallis  5'
Cheyne  58'
Pritchard  61'		 Report Mangnall  5', 30' Stadium: Layer Road

Southern League Cup
16 September 1937 (1937-09-16) 1st round Colchester United 7–3 Norwich City Reserves Colchester
Cheyne  22', 40'
R. Smith  27', 80'
Pritchard  35', 87'
Hodge  76'		 Report Reilly  18'
Fairchild  20' (o.g.)
Church  71'		 Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 2,500
16 December 1937 (1937-12-16) 2nd round Colchester United 2–0 Guildford City Colchester
Day  50'
Cheyne  83'		 Report Stadium: Layer Road
30 March 1938 (1938-03-30) Semi-final 1st leg Dartford 0–2 Colchester United Chelmsford
17:20 Report Hodge  35'
Day  75'		 Stadium: New Writtle Street
Attendance: 3,000
7 April 1938 (1938-04-07) Semi-final 2nd leg Colchester United 8–1
(10–1 agg.)		 Dartford Colchester
Hodge  4', 65'
Day  21', 30'
Cheyne  35', 50'
Crisp  70'		 Report Prout  20' (pen.) Stadium: Layer Road
19 April 1938 (1938-04-19) Final 1st leg Yeovil & Petters United 2–1 Colchester United Yeovil
18:30 Attley  20'
Manns  40'		 Report Cheyne  84' Stadium: Huish Athletic Ground
Attendance: 1,600
27 April 1938 (1938-04-27) Final 2nd leg Colchester United 3–1
(4–3 agg.)		 Yeovil & Petters United Colchester
18:30 Cheyne  25'
Pritchard  35', 84'		 Report Appleby  68' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 7,500

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

[6][34]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSouthern LeagueSouthern League
Mid-Week Section		Southern League
Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Ronnie Dunn 51031015050
GK Don Youngs 70303010
DF Jimmy Baker 31217110140
DF Cliff Fairchild 52030016060
DF Syd Fieldus 2131334040
DF Ian Haley 90504000
DF George Leslie 43024016030
DF Alexander Wood 54132116060
MF Jimmy Collins 30300000
MF George Ritchie 3112017040
MF George Smith 2421529000
FW Bill Barraclough 2641926210
FW Albert Bennett 10001000
FW Alec Cheyne 5435321916967
FW George Crisp 391419915451
FW Jack Hodge 5124301215765
FW Ken Mayes 37019012060
FW Bill Pendergast 116853100
FW Arthur Pritchard 3729221711844
FW Ivan Thacker 41202100
FW George Wallis 1671056200
FW George Williams 40301000
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
DF John Ormesher 20101000
FW Tully Day 1515794244
FW Sam Simnett 10100000
FW Reg Smith 1410835512

Goalscorers

[34]

Place Nationality Position Name Southern League SL Mid-Week Section Southern League Cup Total
1 IH Alec Cheyne 19 9 7 35
2 CF Arthur Pritchard 17 8 4 29
3 OR Jack Hodge 12 7 5 24
4 CF Tully Day 9 2 4 15
5 WG George Crisp 9 4 1 14
6 CF Reg Smith 3 5 2 10
7 IF George Wallis 5 2 0 7
8 CF/IL Bill Pendergast 5 1 0 6
9 OL Bill Barraclough 2 2 0 4
10 DF Syd Fieldus 3 0 0 3
11 CB/RH Jimmy Baker 1 1 0 2
RH George Smith 2 0 0 2
13 LH George Ritchie 1 0 0 1
CF Ivan Thacker 0 1 0 1
LB Alexander Wood 1 0 0 1
Own goals 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 0 0 0 155

Disciplinary record

[35]

Nationality Position Name Southern League SL Mid-Week Section Southern League Cup Total
OL Bill Barraclough 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
WG George Crisp 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2

Captains

Number of games played as team captain.[36]

Place Nationality Position Player Southern League SL Mid-Week Section Southern League Cup Total
1 LH George Ritchie 17 7 4 28
2 CB/RH Jimmy Baker 3 4 1 8
Not recorded
 14 7 1 22
TOTALS 34 18 6 58

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.[37]

Place Nationality Player Southern League SL Mid-Week Section Southern League Cup Total
1 Ronnie Dunn 7 4 2 13
2 Don Youngs 1 2 0 3
TOTALS 8 6 2 16

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.[38]

Position Nationality Player Date Opponent Ground Notes
GK Ronnie Dunn 28 August 1937 Yeovil & Petters United Huish Athletic Ground
LH/RH Jimmy Collins 28 August 1937 Yeovil & Petters United Huish Athletic Ground
RB Cliff Fairchild 28 August 1937 Yeovil & Petters United Huish Athletic Ground
CB George Leslie 28 August 1937 Yeovil & Petters United Huish Athletic Ground
LH George Ritchie 28 August 1937 Yeovil & Petters United Huish Athletic Ground
LB Alexander Wood 28 August 1937 Yeovil & Petters United Huish Athletic Ground
IH Alec Cheyne 28 August 1937 Yeovil & Petters United Huish Athletic Ground
WG George Crisp 28 August 1937 Yeovil & Petters United Huish Athletic Ground
OR Jack Hodge 28 August 1937 Yeovil & Petters United Huish Athletic Ground
CF Arthur Pritchard 28 August 1937 Yeovil & Petters United Huish Athletic Ground
CF Reg Smith 28 August 1937 Yeovil & Petters United Huish Athletic Ground
IL/OL Ken Mayes 2 September 1937 Bath City Layer Road
OL Bill Barraclough 11 September 1937 Yeovil & Petters United Layer Road
CB/RH Jimmy Baker 23 September 1937 Folkestone Layer Road
DF John Ormesher 7 October 1937 Tunbridge Wells Rangers Layer Road
DF Syd Fieldus 9 October 1937 Plymouth Argyle Reserves Home Park
RH George Smith 30 October 1937 Dartford Watling Street
CF Tully Day 17 November 1937 Aldershot Reserves Recreation Ground
CF Albert Bennett 25 November 1937 Norwich City Reserves Carrow Road
CF/IL Bill Pendergast 11 December 1937 Aldershot Reserves Layer Road
RB Ian Haley 1 January 1938 Barry Town Layer Road
IR/CF George Williams 31 January 1938 Millwall Reserves The Den
GK Don Youngs 24 February 1938 Tunbridge Wells Rangers Layer Road
CF Ivan Thacker 3 March 1938 Dartford Layer Road
IF George Wallis 3 March 1938 Dartford Layer Road
OR Sam Simnett 23 April 1938 Tunbridge Wells Rangers Down Farm

See also

References

General

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