1942-1943 Summary
Appearances and Goals

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The normal Football League and FA Cup had been suspended when World War II broke out.
The Football League was replaced with regional leagues - and in 1942/43 Everton played in the Northern Division,
which ended on December 25 1942, with 48 teams competing but only playing 18 games each (9 at home and 9 away).
After that date the 54 teams from the Northern and Western Divisions combined for a 10-game
League War North Cup qualifying competition.
Each club played 5 others, home and away, with the opponents being selected by the Football League.
The 32 teams with the best records qualified for the knock-out stages.
All of the games played in the Cup qualifying competition and the knock-out rounds, together with other
non-War Cup fixtures, counted towards the War Football League Northern Division 2nd Championship,
which comprised all 54 teams who had competed in the pre-Xmas Northern and Western Divisions,
although clubs did not all play the same number of games.
In 1942/43 London and Southern clubs played in the War Football League Southern Division and
in their own Football League War South Cup.
Match, appearance and goal statistics are not counted in any official records.
Appearances and Goals
  
War Football
League
Northern Division
War Football
League
Northern Division
2nd Championship
Football League
War North Cup*
Total
  
Apps
Gls
Apps
Gls
Apps
Gls
Apps
Gls
Alex Stevenson
16
3
19
7
12
5
35
10
Norman Greenhalgh
15
0
19
0
12
0
34
0
George Mutch (Preston)†
17
7
16
8
11
6
33
15
Stan Bentham
16
4
15
1
11
1
31
5
George Burnett
18
0
6
0
1
0
24
0
George Jackson
11
5
13
0
6
0
24
5
Billy Cook
13
2
10
1
10
1
23
3
Gordon Watson
17
0
5
0
1
0
22
0
Harry Jones (West Brom)†
14
4
6
4
6
4
20
8
Tommy Fowler
8
4
9
4
6
3
17
8
John 'Jack' Humphreys
3
0
12
0
8
0
15
0
Ronnie Dellow (Tranmere)†
7
3
6
2
4
2
13
5
Joe Mercer
5
0
7
2
7
2
12
2
Tommy Lawton
3
4
9
11
5
8
12
15
Wilf Birkett
0
0
11
0
10
0
11
0
Jack Jones
4
0
6
0
2
0
10
0
George Curwen
0
0
9
1
6
1
9
1
Tommy 'TG' Jones
5
0
3
0
2
0
8
0
Alf Anderson (Third Lanark)†
6
2
1
1
1
1
7
3
Frank Curran (Bristol Rov)†
6
9
1
1
0
0
7
10
Cecil Wyles
1
1
5
5
3
4
6
6
Wally Boyes
2
0
3
0
2
0
5
0
Tommy Fairfoull
2
0
1
0
1
0
3
0
Jack Lyon
2
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
Matt McDonnell
1
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
Jackie Grant
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
Norman Higham
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
Tom Urmston (Bury)†
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
Johnny Carey (Man Utd)†
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
Billy Lowe
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
Jimmy McIntosh‡ (Preston)†
0
0
2
2
0
0
2
2
Lew Ashcroft (Tranmere)†
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
Wally Owen
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
Abe Rosenthal (Tranmere)†
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
Bobby Beattie (Preston)†
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
Robert Dunkley (Stoke)†
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
John Linaker
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
George Makin
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
Edgar Williams (C Palace)†
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0

* All of the Football League War North Cup games also counted towards the War Football League Northern Division 2nd Championship.
  Games played and goals scored in these 'dual matches' have only been included once in the players' overall totals.

† Teams were allowed to use guest players in wartime matches.
  The actual clubs that Everton's guest players belonged to is indicated where appropriate.

‡ Jimmy McIntosh played for the club as a guest during the war and later signed permanently in March 1949.

Players in bold only played wartime games for Everton; they never played in a normal Football League
or FA Cup match for the club.