1918-1919
Summary
Appearances and Goals
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Appearances and Goals
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The
normal Football League and FA Cup competitions were suspended at the end
of the 1914/15 season due to World War I.
The Football League was replaced with regional leagues - a Lancashire Section and a Midlands Section.
In 1917/18 and 1918/19 the winners of the 2 Sections met home and away to decide who would be League Champions.
In 1918/19 Everton played in the Lancashire Section Principal Tournament up until March 29 1919.
After that date they competed in a further Lancashire Section Subsidiary Tournament - which itself was
sub-regionalised into 4 Groups, with Everton in Group D.
The 4 Group winners qualified for the Lancashire Senior Cup.
(One of the Subsidiary Tournament matches - at home to Liverpool - actually took place
earlier than March 1919 - in January 1919 in fact).
In 1918/19 London clubs formed their own 'London Combination'.
Early in 1919, some North-Eastern, Midland and London clubs also participated in, respectively, the
Northern Victory League, the Midland Victory League and the London Victory Cup.
The FA Cup was not replaced.
Match, appearance and goal statistics are not counted in any official records.
The Football League was replaced with regional leagues - a Lancashire Section and a Midlands Section.
In 1917/18 and 1918/19 the winners of the 2 Sections met home and away to decide who would be League Champions.
In 1918/19 Everton played in the Lancashire Section Principal Tournament up until March 29 1919.
After that date they competed in a further Lancashire Section Subsidiary Tournament - which itself was
sub-regionalised into 4 Groups, with Everton in Group D.
The 4 Group winners qualified for the Lancashire Senior Cup.
(One of the Subsidiary Tournament matches - at home to Liverpool - actually took place
earlier than March 1919 - in January 1919 in fact).
In 1918/19 London clubs formed their own 'London Combination'.
Early in 1919, some North-Eastern, Midland and London clubs also participated in, respectively, the
Northern Victory League, the Midland Victory League and the London Victory Cup.
The FA Cup was not replaced.
Match, appearance and goal statistics are not counted in any official records.
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Appearances
and Goals
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War Football League
Lancashire Section Principal Tournament |
War Football League
Championship Play-Off |
War Football League
Lancashire Section Subsidiary Tournament |
Total
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Apps
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Gls
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Apps
|
Gls
|
Apps
|
Gls
|
Apps
|
Gls
|
|
| Frank Mitchell |
30
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
37
|
0
|
| Frank Jefferis |
29
|
7
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
1
|
36
|
8
|
| Bill Wareing |
29
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
36
|
2
|
| Joe Clennell |
28
|
30
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
34
|
30
|
| Billy Robinson |
28
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
34
|
0
|
| Alan Grenyer |
28
|
6
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
33
|
6
|
| Tom Fleetwood |
29
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
32
|
2
|
| Ernie Gault* |
27
|
38
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
32
|
40
|
| Jimmy Miller** (Grimsby)† |
22
|
7
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
28
|
7
|
| Joe Donnachie*** (Oldham)† |
26
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
27
|
7
|
| Joseph Smith (West Brom)† |
20
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
23
|
0
|
| Billy Kirsopp |
10
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
11
|
2
|
| Bob Thompson |
8
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
10
|
0
|
| Jack Page |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
| Bert Rigsby**** (South Liverpool)† |
2
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
5
|
| Owen Williams |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
| Edward Cotter (Kirkdale FC)† |
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
| George Harrison |
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
| Joe Peacock |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
| Sam Chedgzoy |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
| J Evans |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
| Bert Pearson (Liverpool)† |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| John Blair |
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
| Jock Maconnachie |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Peter Quinn (Blackpool)† |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| C Baker |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Dick Carlisle |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Dagnall (Preston)† |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Tommy Fern |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Horace Howarth |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Sam Spruce (Rochdale)† |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
† Teams were allowed to use guest players in wartime matches.
The actual clubs that Everton's guest players belonged to is indicated where appropriate.
* Ernie Gault played for Everton in 1912/13 and again in 1919/20.
During the war he played for the club as a guest in 1916/17 before signing permanently
at the end of that season.
** Jimmy Miller played 18 Principal Tournament matches as a guest, scoring 6 goals, before
signing permanently for Everton at the end of January 1919.
*** Joe Donnachie played for Everton from 1905/06 - 1908/09 and again in 1919/20.
During the war he played for the club as a guest.
**** Bert Rigsby guested for Everton during the war and afterwards signed for the club in May 1919.
Players in bold only played wartime games for Everton; they never played in a normal Football League
or FA Cup match for the club.