1945-1946
Summary
Appearances and Goals
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Appearances and Goals
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The normal Football
League and FA Cup had been suspended when World War II broke out.
In 1945/46 the FA Cup resumed, with ties played on a home-and-away basis from the 1st Round proper
up to and including the Quarter-Finals.
The Football League was replaced with regional leagues - and in 1945/46 the pre-war 1st and 2nd Division
clubs were combined and split into North and South Divisions.
Everton played in the North Division, with 22 teams competing and playing each other home and away.
The FA Cup match, appearance and goal statistics are counted in official records.
The War Football League match, appearance and goal statistics are not counted in any official records.
In 1945/46 the FA Cup resumed, with ties played on a home-and-away basis from the 1st Round proper
up to and including the Quarter-Finals.
The Football League was replaced with regional leagues - and in 1945/46 the pre-war 1st and 2nd Division
clubs were combined and split into North and South Divisions.
Everton played in the North Division, with 22 teams competing and playing each other home and away.
The FA Cup match, appearance and goal statistics are counted in official records.
The War Football League 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
North Division |
FA Cup
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Total
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Apps
|
Gls
|
Apps
|
Gls
|
Apps
|
Gls
|
|
| Wally Boyes |
42
|
12
|
2
|
0
|
44
|
12
|
| George Burnett |
42
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
44
|
0
|
| George Jackson |
42
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
44
|
0
|
| Norman Greenhalgh |
41
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
43
|
1
|
| Gordon Watson |
37
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
37
|
1
|
| Wally 'Nobby' Fielding |
34
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
36
|
3
|
| Stan Bentham |
32
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
34
|
5
|
| Harry Catterick |
28
|
25
|
2
|
1
|
30
|
26
|
| Eddie Wainwright |
27
|
17
|
0
|
0
|
27
|
17
|
| Joe Mercer |
25
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
27
|
4
|
| John 'Jack' Humphreys |
22
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
24
|
0
|
| Syd Rawlings* (Millwall)† |
17
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
19
|
3
|
| Alex Stevenson |
18
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
18
|
2
|
| Jackie Grant |
10
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
1
|
| Tommy 'TG' Jones |
10
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
4
|
| Thomas Elliott |
4
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
2
|
| Robert 'Bunny' Bell |
5
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
2
|
| Tommy Lawton |
5
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
3
|
| George
Makin |
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
| Billy Higgins |
4
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
| Cecil Wyles |
4
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
| Billy Lowe |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
| Albert Johnson |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Tony Bond |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Jimmy Cookson |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| John McIlhatton |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
† Teams were allowed to use guest players in wartime matches (but not in the FA Cup).
The actual clubs that Everton's guest players belonged to is indicated where appropriate.
* Syd Rawlings played 4 League North matches as a guest, scoring once, before signing
permanently for Everton on 01/11/1945.
Players in bold only played wartime games for Everton; they never played in a normal Football League
or FA Cup match for the club.