1930–31 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1930–31 season
Manager	Will Cameron
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North	21st
FA Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Tom Tippett; All: Tom Tippett
	← 1929–30 1931–32 →

The 1930–31 season saw Rochdale compete for their 10th season in the Football League Third Division North.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 3 North		FA Cup		Lancashire Cup		Manchester Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Jack Prince	16	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Tom Watson	21	0	18	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Dougie Oliver	21	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	WAL	Idris Williams	38	2	34	2	0	0	2	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Barber	39	0	35	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	George Grierson	36	0	31	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	George Stott	34	11	31	10	0	0	2	1	1	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Bertram	23	4	20	3	1	0	2	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Tom Tippett	44	18	40	18	1	0	2	0	1	0
	FW	WAL	Harry Lewis	22	6	20	6	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Frank Hargreaves	10	4	9	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
	DF	ENG	Thomas Corcoran	27	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Albert Latham	9	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	IRL	Jack Everest	17	2	16	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Percy Hellyer	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Craddock	39	10	34	10	1	0	2	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Fred Fitton	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	David Cowan	26	3	24	2	1	1	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Fred Appleyard	5	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	William Blackburn	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Harry Platt	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	George Turnbull	11	2	10	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	George Ward	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Thomas Warburton	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	WAL	Thomas Lynch	31	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Harry Bruce	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Adam Plunkett	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Austin Trippier	10	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Francis Chorlton	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Henry Martin	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		George Lillywhite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
18	Crewe Alexandra	42	13	2	6	52	35	1	4	16	14	58	0.710	34
19	New Brighton	42	12	4	5	36	25	1	3	17	13	51	0.645	33
20	Hartlepools United	42	10	2	9	47	37	2	4	15	20	49	0.779	30
21	Rochdale	42	9	1	11	42	50	3	5	13	20	57	0.579	30	Re-elected
22	Nelson	42	6	7	8	28	40	0	0	21	15	73	0.381	19	Failed re-election^[a]

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ Nelson lost their bid for re-election, and were replaced by Chester in the following season.

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

30 August 1930 (1930 -08-30) 1	Rochdale	5 – 4	Nelson	Rochdale
	Hargreaves Tippett Stott Dixon (o.g.)	Report	Bate Carmedy	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4822

1 September 1930 (1930 -09-01) 2	Rochdale	2 – 3	Chesterfield	Rochdale
	Stott Everest	Report	Taylor Lee	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4384

6 September 1930 (1930 -09-06) 3	Crewe Alexandra	3 – 1	Rochdale	Crewe
	Owen Millington Watson (o.g.)	Report	Latham	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3635

8 September 1930 (1930 -09-08) 4	Barrow	0 – 0	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
		Report		Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 6873

13 September 1930 (1930 -09-13) 5	Rochdale	4 – 3	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Bertram Craddock Stott Tippett	Report	Mustard Bamford	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5073

15 September 1930 (1930 -09-15) 6	Rochdale	4 – 2	Barrow	Rochdale
	Stott Tippett	Report	Moon Millar	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3957

20 September 1930 (1930 -09-20) 7	Tranmere Rovers	7 – 3	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Dixon Kennedy Watts Everest (o.g.)	Report	Hargreaves Lewis	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5700

27 September 1930 (1930 -09-27) 8	Rochdale	1 – 3	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Bertram	Report	Hutchison McConnell	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3165

4 October 1930 (1930 -10-04) 9	York City	3 – 0	Rochdale	York
	Fenoughty Sharpe Laycock	Report		Stadium: Fulfordgate Attendance: 4308

11 October 1930 (1930 -10-11) 10	Rochdale	6 – 1	Rotherham United	Rochdale
	Everest Lewis Craddock Tippett Bertram	Report	Hick	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3480

18 October 1930 (1930 -10-18) 11	Rochdale	0 – 4	Wigan Borough	Rochdale
		Report	Jepson (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6975

25 October 1930 (1930 -10-25) 12	Darlington	1 – 1	Rochdale	Darlington
	Wellock	Report	Craddock	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 3234

1 November 1930 (1930 -11-01) 13	Rochdale	4 – 2	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Tippett Stott Craddock	Report	Lax Kitching	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4307

8 November 1930 (1930 -11-08) 14	Hull City	3 – 1	Rochdale	Hull
	Barber (o.g.) Alexander	Report	Stott	Stadium: Anlaby Road Attendance: 7719

15 November 1930 (1930 -11-15) 15	Rochdale	3 – 5	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Lewis	Report	Bott Smith Gladwin	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2985

22 November 1930 (1930 -11-22) 16	Gateshead	0 – 2	Rochdale	Gateshead
		Report	Lewis Tippett	Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 1129

6 December 1930 (1930 -12-06) 17	New Brighton	2 – 1	Rochdale	New Brighton
	Stevens	Report	Williams	Stadium: Sandheys Park Attendance: 2369

20 December 1930 (1930 -12-20) 18	Hartlepools United	4 – 0	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Pedwell Simmons J. Mordue T. Mordue	Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3083

25 December 1930 (1930 -12-25) 19	Southport	4 – 0	Rochdale	Southport
	Cowen Waterson Wilson	Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 6157

26 December 1930 (1930 -12-26) 20	Rochdale	0 – 4	Southport	Rochdale
		Report	Waterson Wilson Robinson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1934

27 December 1930 (1930 -12-27) 21	Nelson	0 – 0	Rochdale	Nelson
		Report		Stadium: Seedhill Attendance: 2774

1 January 1931 (1931 -01-01) 22	Accrington Stanley	2 – 3	Rochdale	Accrington
	Broome Abel	Report	Craddock Tippett	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 3724

3 January 1931 (1931 -01-03) 23	Rochdale	1 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Stott	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2326

10 January 1931 (1931 -01-10) 24	Rochdale	1 – 0	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Tippett	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2553

17 January 1931 (1931 -01-17) 25	Wrexham	1 – 1	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Taylor	Report	Stott	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 4405

24 January 1931 (1931 -01-24) 26	Rochdale	1 – 3	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Turnbull	Report	Dixon Meston	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3694

31 January 1931 (1931 -01-31) 27	Carlisle United	7 – 1	Rochdale	Carlisle
	McConnell Armes Hutchison Coulthard	Report	Turnbull	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 2224

7 February 1931 (1931 -02-07) 28	Rochdale	2 – 2	York City	Rochdale
	Craddock	Report	Cowie Evans	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2577

14 February 1931 (1931 -02-14) 29	Rotherham United	1 – 3	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Hick	Report	Cowan Tippett Craddock	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 5047

16 February 1931 (1931 -02-16) 30	Rochdale	2 – 3	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Tippett	Report	Betteridge Bain	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1118

21 February 1931 (1931 -02-21) 31	Wigan Borough	3 – 0	Rochdale	Wigan
	Jepson	Report		Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 3364

7 March 1931 (1931 -03-07) 32	Lincoln City	5 – 0	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Dinsdale Cartwright Pegg	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 6040

14 March 1931 (1931 -03-14) 33	Rochdale	1 – 0	Hull City	Rochdale
	Goldsmith (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3465

21 March 1931 (1931 -03-21) 34	Doncaster Rovers	4 – 0	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Vickers Smith Atkin	Report		Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 2997

28 March 1931 (1931 -03-28) 35	Rochdale	0 – 1	Gateshead	Rochdale
		Report	McNaughton	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1555

3 April 1931 (1931 -04-03) 36	Rochdale	1 – 6	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Williams	Report	Broome Agar Riley	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3024

4 April 1931 (1931 -04-04) 37	Stockport County	2 – 2	Rochdale	Stockport
	Lincoln	Report	Cowan Tippett	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 5046

6 April 1931 (1931 -04-06) 38	Chesterfield	4 – 1	Rochdale	Chesterfield
	Pynegar Binks	Report	Tippett	Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 5089

11 April 1931 (1931 -04-11) 39	Rochdale	2 – 0	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Tippett Trippier	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1855

18 April 1931 (1931 -04-18) 40	Halifax Town	1 – 0	Rochdale	Halifax
	McFarlane	Report		Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 2875

21 April 1931 (1931 -04-21) 41	Rochdale	1 – 2	Darlington	Rochdale
	Tippett	Report	Mitchell Wellock	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1573

25 April 1931 (1931 -04-25) 42	Rochdale	1 – 2	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Tippett	Report	Thompson Simmons	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1586

FA Cup

29 November 1930 (1930 -11-29) 1	Rochdale	1 – 2	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Cowan	Report	Bott Smith	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5526

^[1]

Lancashire Cup

30 September 1930 (1930 -09-30) 2	Rochdale	2–1	Bury	Rochdale
	Stott Bertram	^[2]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1700

11 November 1930 (1930 -11-11) 3	Rochdale	0–1	Manchester United	Rochdale
		^[2]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1950

Manchester Cup

4 March 1931 (1931 -03-04) 3	Manchester City	0–1	Rochdale	Manchester
		^[2]	Hargreaves	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 2300

15 April 1931 (1931 -04-15) SF	Manchester United	2–0	Rochdale	Manchester
		^[2]		Stadium: Old Trafford

References

^ "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Phillipps, Steven (2001). Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001. Harefield, Middlesex: Yore. ISBN 1-874427-09-7. OCLC 48531524.

[table_note_res_R0.52976201406203-1] Nelson lost their bid for re-election, and were replaced by Chester in the following season.

[2] "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}

[Phillipps-3] Phillipps, Steven (2001). Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001. Harefield, Middlesex: Yore. ISBN 1-874427-09-7. OCLC 48531524.

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