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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

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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

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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 Dunn GK   Southall (1908-11-24)24 November 1908 (aged 28) 0 0   Crystal Palace 3 July 1937 Free transfer
Don Youngs GK   0 0   Martlesham RAF 5 November 1937 Free transfer
Defenders
Jimmy Baker CB/RH   Trethomas (1904-05-05)5 May 1904 (aged 33) 0 0   Bristol City 9 July 1937 Free transfer
Cliff Fairchild RB   Great Yarmouth (1917-10-23)23 October 1917 (aged 19) 0 0   Northfleet United 28 August 1937[a] Free transfer
Syd Fieldus DF   Romford (1909-05-27)27 May 1909 (aged 28) 0 0   Brentford 3 July 1937 Free transfer
Ian Haley RB   North Bierley 0 0   Colchester Town 1 January 1938[a] Free transfer
George Leslie CB   Slough (1907-07-09)9 July 1907 (aged 29) 0 0   Guildford City 9 July 1937 Free transfer
Alexander Wood LB     Lochgelly (1907-06-12)12 June 1907 (aged 29) 0 0   Nottingham Forest 16 July 1937 Free transfer
Midfielders
Jimmy Collins LH/RH   Brentford (1903-07-14)14 July 1903 (aged 33) 0 0   West Ham United 3 July 1937 Free transfer
George Ritchie LH   Maryhill (1904-01-16)16 January 1904 (aged 33) 0 0   Leicester City 12 August 1937 Free transfer
George Smith RH   Connah's Quay 0 0   Bath City 27 October 1937 Free transfer
Forwards
Bill Barraclough OL   Kingston upon Hull (1909-01-03)3 January 1909 (aged 28) 0 0   Chelsea 7 August 1937 Free transfer
Albert Bennett CF 0 0   Colchester Town 25 November 1937[a] Free transfer
Alec Cheyne IH   Glasgow (1907-04-28)28 April 1907 (aged 30) 0 0   Chelsea 13 August 1937 £3,000
George Crisp WG   Pontypool (1911-06-30)30 June 1911 (aged 25) 0 0   Newport County 28 August 1937[a] Undisclosed
Jack Hodge OR   Plymouth 0 0   Luton Town 13 July 1937 Free transfer
Ken Mayes IL/OL   Wickford (1910-10-08)8 October 1910 (aged 26) 0 0   Fulham 3 July 1937 £500
Bill Pendergast CF/IL   Penygroes (1915-04-13)13 April 1915 (aged 22) 0 0   Bristol Rovers 9 December 1937 Free transfer
Arthur Pritchard CF   Newport (1917-10-22)22 October 1917 (aged 19) 0 0   Yeovil & Petters United 28 August 1937[a] Free transfer
Ivan Thacker CF   Lowestoft 0 0   Lowestoft Town 18 February 1938 Free transfer
George Wallis IF   Sawley 0 0   Bath City 28 February 1938 Free transfer
George Williams IR/CF 0 0   Ipswich Town 17 July 1937 Free transfer
  1. ^ a b c d e Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

Transfers

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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][a]
28 August 1937 WG   George Crisp   Newport County Undisclosed [22][a]
28 August 1937 CF   Arthur Pritchard   Yeovil & Petters United Free transfer [23][a]
7 October 1937 DF   John Ormesher   Colchester Town Free transfer [24][a]
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][a]
25 November 1937 CF Albert Bennett   Colchester Town Free transfer [28][a]
9 December 1937 CF/IL   Bill Pendergast   Bristol Rovers Free transfer [29]
1 January 1938 RB   Ian Haley   Colchester Town Free transfer [30][a]
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][a]
  • Total spending:   ~ £3,500
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

Out

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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][a]
23 April 1938 OR   Sam Simnett Free agent Released [33][a]
  • Total incoming:   ~ £500
  1. ^ a b Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club

Match details

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Friendlies

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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

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Main article: 1937–38 Southern Football League

League table

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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: [citation needed]
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

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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

Southern League Mid-Week Section

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League table

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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: [citation needed]
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) Champions

Matches

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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

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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

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Appearances and goals

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[6][34]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Southern League Southern League
Mid-Week Section		 Southern League
Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   ENG Ronnie Dunn 51 0 31 0 15 0 5 0
GK   ENG Don Youngs 7 0 3 0 3 0 1 0
DF   WAL Jimmy Baker 31 2 17 1 10 1 4 0
DF   ENG Cliff Fairchild 52 0 30 0 16 0 6 0
DF   ENG Syd Fieldus 21 3 13 3 4 0 4 0
DF   ENG Ian Haley 9 0 5 0 4 0 0 0
DF   ENG George Leslie 43 0 24 0 16 0 3 0
DF   USA Alexander Wood 54 1 32 1 16 0 6 0
MF   ENG Jimmy Collins 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO George Ritchie 31 1 20 1 7 0 4 0
MF   WAL George Smith 24 2 15 2 9 0 0 0
FW   ENG Bill Barraclough 26 4 19 2 6 2 1 0
FW    Albert Bennett 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
FW   SCO Alec Cheyne 54 35 32 19 16 9 6 7
FW   WAL George Crisp 39 14 19 9 15 4 5 1
FW   ENG Jack Hodge 51 24 30 12 15 7 6 5
FW   ENG Ken Mayes 37 0 19 0 12 0 6 0
FW   WAL Bill Pendergast 11 6 8 5 3 1 0 0
FW   WAL Arthur Pritchard 37 29 22 17 11 8 4 4
FW   ENG Ivan Thacker 4 1 2 0 2 1 0 0
FW   ENG George Wallis 16 7 10 5 6 2 0 0
FW    George Williams 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
DF   ENG John Ormesher 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW   ENG Tully Day 15 15 7 9 4 2 4 4
FW   ENG Sam Simnett 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW   ENG Reg Smith 14 10 8 3 5 5 1 2

Goalscorers

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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References

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General

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Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.

Specific

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  1. ^ Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 278. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
  2. ^ "Colchester Utd 3–3 Ipswich Town". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Colchester Utd 7–3 Norwich City Reserves". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  5. ^ Hudson, Matt (11 August 2013). "The 1930s and 1940s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  7. ^ a b Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
  8. ^ "Reg Smith". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Jimmy Collins". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  10. ^ "Ronnie Dunn". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  11. ^ "Syd Fieldus". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  12. ^ "Kenny Mayes". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  13. ^ "James Baker". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  14. ^ "George Leslie". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  15. ^ "Jack Hodge". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  16. ^ "Alex Wood". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  17. ^ "George Williams". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  18. ^ "Bill Barraclough". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  19. ^ "George Ritchie". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  20. ^ "Alec Cheyne". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  21. ^ "Cliff Fairchild". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  22. ^ "George Crisp". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  23. ^ "Arthur Pritchard". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  24. ^ a b "John Ormesher". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  25. ^ "George Smith". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  26. ^ "Don Youngs". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  27. ^ a b "Tully Day". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  28. ^ "Albert Bennett". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  29. ^ "Will Pendergast". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  30. ^ "Ian Haley". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  31. ^ "Ivan Thacker". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  32. ^ a b "Geo Wallis". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  33. ^ a b "Sam Simnett". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  34. ^ a b "Goals". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  35. ^ "Discipline". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  36. ^ "All matches". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  37. ^ "Clean sheets (1st team)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  38. ^ "Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
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