1950–51 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 1950–51 season saw Rochdale compete for their 23rd season in the Football League Third Division North.

Rochdale
1950–51 season
ManagerTed Goodier
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Division 3 North11th
F.A. Cup3rd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jack Connor
All: Jack Connor

Statistics
No. Pos Nat Player TotalDivision 3 NorthF.A. CupLancashire Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Trevor Churchill 2802800000
DF Bill Watson 4404202000
DF Harry Hubbick 3002900010
MF George McGeachie 4243843010
DF Wally Birch 4614313000
MF David Reid 90900000
MF Jackie Arthur 3953543110
FW Jack Livesey 421238113110
FW Jack Connor 271726161100
FW Cyril Brown 2432232000
MF Alan Steen 3563253100
GK Bert Lomas 120903000
FW Jimmy Whitehouse 35113292210
MF Gordon Medd 51510000
GK Archie Hughes 100900010
MF Eric Wood 90801000
MF Don Partridge 70501010
FW Bert Foulds 71610010
MF Bob Smyth 41310010
FW Alan Middleborough 18111592111
DF Harry Boyle 2001703000
DF Ron Rothwell 30200010
MF Bill Heaton 60501000
MF Ken Crowther 20200000
FW Alex McNichol 1731730000
MF Alastair Buchan 1901900000
DF Eric Downes 40400000
MF Eric Barber 51510000
FW Harry Mills 10100000

Final league table
Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GR Pts
9 Crewe Alexandra 46 11 5 7 38 26 8 5 10 23 34 1.017 48
10 Stockport County 46 15 3 5 45 26 5 5 13 18 37 1.000 48
11 Rochdale 46 11 6 6 38 18 6 5 12 31 44 1.113 45
12 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United[lower-alpha 1] 46 10 12 1 32 9 3 6 14 26 48 1.018 44
13 Chester 46 11 6 6 42 30 6 3 14 20 34 0.969 43
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. New club in the league

Division 3 North
19 August  1950 (1950 -08-19) 1Darlington0 – 2RochdaleDarlington
Report Connor
Arthur 		Stadium: Feethams
Attendance: 10530
Referee: F. Walton
21 August  1950 (1950 -08-21) 2Bradford Park Avenue0 – 1RochdaleBradford
Report Arthur Stadium: Park Avenue
Attendance: 19058
Referee: HT Wright
26 August  1950 (1950 -08-26) 3Rochdale1 – 1Stockport CountyRochdale
Livesey Report Black Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 13075
Referee: J McCann
29 August  1950 (1950 -08-29) 4Rochdale1 – 2Bradford Park AvenueRochdale
Livesey Report Elliott
Wheat 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 10743
Referee: HT Wright
2 September  1950 (1950 -09-02) 5Halifax Town1 – 1RochdaleHalifax
Core Report Connor Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 10219
Referee: C Fletcher
5 September  1950 (1950 -09-05) 6Rochdale5 – 0Shrewsbury TownRochdale
Medd
Connor
Livesey 		Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8863
Referee: KA Collinge
9 September  1950 (1950 -09-09) 7Rochdale3 – 1Hartlepools UnitedRochdale
Connor
Whitehouse 		Report McGuigan Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 9146
Referee: WHE Evans
11 September  1950 (1950 -09-11) 8Shrewsbury Town0 – 2RochdaleShrewsbury
Report Connor Stadium: Gay Meadow
Attendance: 8017
Referee: KA Collinge
16 September  1950 (1950 -09-16) 9Gateshead4 – 1RochdaleGateshead
Wilbert
Winters
Callender  (pen.)		 Report Whitehouse Stadium: Redheugh Park
Attendance: 13607
Referee: PF Power
23 September  1950 (1950 -09-23) 10Rochdale1 – 1Crewe AlexandraRochdale
McGeachie Report Phillips Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8576
Referee: WHE Evans
30 September  1950 (1950 -09-30) 11New Brighton1 – 5RochdaleNew Brighton
Carter Report Steen
Livesey
McGeachie  (pen.) (pen.)
Brown 		Stadium: Tower Athletic Ground
Attendance: 4852
Referee: J Houston
7 October  1950 (1950 -10-07) 12Rochdale0 – 1York CityRochdale
Report Linaker Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8123
Referee: A Holland
14 October  1950 (1950 -10-14) 13Barrow4 – 3RochdaleBarrow-in-Furness
Keen
Miller
King 		Report Whitehouse
Middleborough
Brown 		Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 5645
Referee: F Thurman
21 October  1950 (1950 -10-21) 14Rochdale3 – 1Accrington StanleyRochdale
Connor
Birch  (pen.)
Smyth 		Report Keeley Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8027
Referee: H Jackson
28 October  1950 (1950 -10-28) 15Carlisle United4 – 0RochdaleCarlisle
Brown
McCue
Turner 		Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 13295
Referee: J Bell
4 November  1950 (1950 -11-04) 16Rochdale2 – 3Tranmere RoversRochdale
Arthur
Livesey 		Report Rosenthal
Wheeler
Bell 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7886
Referee: HT Wright
11 November  1950 (1950 -11-11) 17Southport1 – 1RochdaleSouthport
Rothwell Report Brown Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 6374
Referee: J Platt
18 November  1950 (1950 -11-18) 18Rochdale0 – 2Rotherham UnitedRochdale
Report Grainger
Guest 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7986
Referee: FL Overton
2 December  1950 (1950 -12-02) 19Rochdale2 – 0Scunthorpe & Lindsey UnitedRochdale
Middleborough Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5213
Referee: H Jackson
23 December  1950 (1950 -12-23) 20Stockport County2 – 2RochdaleStockport
Dick
Black 		Report Whitehouse
Middleborough 		Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 10152
Referee: J McCann
25 December  1950 (1950 -12-25) 21Lincoln City4 – 2RochdaleLincoln
Finch  7', 32', 60'
Garvie  54'		 Report Arthur  45'
Middleborough  65'		 Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 9873
Referee: T Seymour
13 January  1951 (1951 -01-13) 22Hartlepools United0 – 0RochdaleHartlepool
Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 7585
Referee: H Beacock
16 January  1951 (1951 -01-16) 23Rochdale2 – 3ChesterRochdale
Steen
Whitehouse 		Report Burgess
Devonshire 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1435
20 January  1951 (1951 -01-20) 24Rochdale2 – 0GatesheadRochdale
Livesey  (pen.)
Middleborough 		Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5612
Referee: PF Power
27 January  1951 (1951 -01-27) 25Chester1 – 3RochdaleChester
Astbury Report Livesey
Middleborough 		Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 4534
3 February  1951 (1951 -02-03) 26Crewe Alexandra3 – 1RochdaleCrewe
Phillips
Travis 		Report Livesey  (pen.) Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 6941
10 February  1951 (1951 -02-10) 27Rochdale0 – 1Oldham AthleticRochdale
Report McIlvenny Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 14238
17 February  1951 (1951 -02-17) 28Rochdale1 – 0New BrightonRochdale
Middleborough Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3689
24 February  1951 (1951 -02-24) 29York City2 – 2RochdaleYork
Linaker
Brown 		Report Livesey
Steen 		Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 7664
3 March  1951 (1951 -03-03) 30Rochdale1 – 0BarrowRochdale
Middleborough Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5509
10 March  1951 (1951 -03-10) 31Accrington Stanley1 – 2RochdaleAccrington
Keeley Report Whitehouse
Connor 		Stadium: Peel Park
Attendance: 4281
17 March  1951 (1951 -03-17) 32Rochdale4 – 1Carlisle UnitedRochdale
Steen
Connor
McNichol 		Report Jackson Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6190
24 March  1951 (1951 -03-24) 33Tranmere Rovers2 – 1RochdaleBirkenhead
Rosenthal Report McNichol Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 8328
26 March  1951 (1951 -03-26) 34Rochdale4 – 0Bradford CityRochdale
Connor
McNichol
Steen 		Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4233
27 March  1951 (1951 -03-27) 35Bradford City2 – 1RochdaleBradford
Williamson
Ward 		Report Connor Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 16164
31 March  1951 (1951 -03-31) 36Rochdale1 – 1SouthportRochdale
Whitehouse Report Graham Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3781
7 April  1951 (1951 -04-07) 37Rotherham United3 – 0RochdaleRotherham
Guest
Grainger
Williams 		Report Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 14202
10 April  1951 (1951 -04-10) 38Rochdale0 – 0Halifax TownRochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3342
14 April  1951 (1951 -04-14) 39Rochdale0 – 0Mansfield TownRochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4000
16 April  1951 (1951 -04-16) 40Mansfield Town1 – 0RochdaleMansfield
Reeve Report Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 11384
17 April  1951 (1951 -04-17) 41Rochdale3 – 0Lincoln CityRochdale
Livesey
McGeachie
Foulds 		Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3533
21 April  1951 (1951 -04-21) 42Scunthorpe & Lindsey United3 – 0RochdaleScunthorpe
Cumner
Comley 		Report Stadium: Old Show Ground
Attendance: 9229
24 April  1951 (1951 -04-24) 43Oldham Athletic2 – 0RochdaleOldham
Hardwick
Gemmell 		Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 13503
28 April  1951 (1951 -04-28) 44Rochdale2 – 0WrexhamRochdale
Barber
Middleborough 		Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3288
2 May  1951 (1951 -05-02) 45Wrexham3 – 1RochdaleWrexham
Beynon
Tunnicliffe
Fidler 		Report Whitehouse Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 3633
5 May  1951 (1951 -05-05) 46Rochdale0 – 0DarlingtonRochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3448

F.A. Cup
25 November  1950 (1950 -11-25) 1Rochdale3 – 1WillingtonRochdale
Whitehouse  (pen.)
Middleborough 		Report Dodds Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7657
9 December  1950 (1950 -12-09) 2Ashington1 – 2RochdaleAshington
Skeen Report Livesey
Steen 		Stadium: Portland Park
Attendance: 13191
Referee: G Black
9 January  1951 (1951 -01-09) 3Rochdale2 – 3ChelseaRochdale
Connor  40'
Arthur  86'		 Report Billington  5'
Bentley  16', 61'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 17817
Referee: JW Topliss

Lancashire Cup
11 October  1950 (1950 -10-11) Accrington Stanley2 – 1RochdaleAccrington
Middleborough Stadium: Peel Park
Attendance: 2000

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References
  1. Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
  2. http://www.enfa.co.uk/
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