Division Three (North) Cup

1937-38

 

 

Winners: Southport

Runners-up: Bradford City

Winners from previous season: Chester

 

First round
21 September 1937Rochdale2-3Oldham Athletic1,000Spotland, Rochdale
 Wally Hunt (2)
   Paddy Robbins (2), Bert Blackshaw
  
19 October 1937Southport1-1Carlisle United1,400Haig Avenue, Southport
 Arthur Atkinson
   Charlie MacCartney
  
21 October 1937Hull City1-1Hartlepools United4,000Anlaby Road, Kingston-upon-Hull
 Jack Fryer
   Johnny Wigham
  
20 October 1937Chester4-2Crewe Alexandra1,100Sealand Road, Chester
 Tom Alderson, Charlie Sargeant, Bill Chambers (2)
   Jack Waring (2)
  
21 October 1937New Brighton2-0Wrexham2,000Sandheys Park, New Brighton
 Jack Montgomery (2)
      
11 October 1937Port Vale1-1Tranmere Rovers900Old Recreation Ground, Hanley
 Charlie Rattray
   Tom 'Pongo' Waring
  
29 September 1937Bradford City5-2Darlington1,722Valley Parade, Bradford
 Stuart Swales (2), Jack Gallon (2), Arthur Buttery   David Smyth, Reg Chester
  
1 November 1937Rotherham United0-1Gateshead Millmoor, Rotherham
     Tom Smith
  
20 September 1937Barrow4-3Accrington Stanley1,704Holker Street, Barrow-in-Furness
 John Renwick (2), Patrick McCamon, Dan Samuel
   Bob Mortimer (3)
  
28 October 1937Doncaster Rovers7-2Lincoln City2,544Belle Vue, Doncaster
 Tommy Dutton (2 - 1 pen.), Ron Morgan (3), George Little (2)
   Willie White, Jock Kerr
  
20 October 1937Halifax Town4-1York City2,000The Shay, Halifax
 Andrew Pritchard, Tommy Barkas, Ernie Hoyland, Adam Dawson   Sammy Gledhill
  
Replays
3 January 1938Carlisle United2-3Southport1,800Brunton Park, Carlisle
 Frank Beresford, Sydney Hamilton
   Harry Hampson, Joe Patrick (2)
  
27 October 1937Hartlepools United3-0Hull City1,900Victoria Park, Hartlepool
 Sam English, Eddie Embleton, Jack Proctor (pen.)      
10 November 1937Tranmere Rovers2-0Port Vale1,000Prenton Park, Birkenhead
 Bert King, Tom 'Pongo' Waring
      

Second round

9 February 1938Chester5-0New Brighton1,600

Sealand Road, Chester

 Clem Smith, Charlie Sargeant (pen.), Bill Horsman (3)
     

 

17 January 1938Doncaster Rovers4-1Halifax Town1,072

Belle Vue, Doncaster

 Adam Mitchell, Harry Brooks (3)
   Harold Jackson (pen.)
 

 

15 February 1938Southport6-0Hartlepools United1,000

Haig Avenue, Southport

 Harry Hampson (2), Horace Baker (2), Joe Patrick (2)
     

 

ByeBarrow     

 

ByeBradford City     

 

ByeGateshead     

 

ByeOldham Athletic     

 

ByeTranmere Rovers     

 

Quarter-finals

9 February 1938Bradford City1-1Gateshead1,471

Valley Parade, Bradford

 Jack Deakin   George Neilson
 

 

28 March 1938Barrow1-2Doncaster Rovers989Holker Street, Barrow-in-Furness
 Jim Baker
   George Little, Ron Morgan
  
16 March 1938Chester2-2Tranmere Rovers1,700

Sealand Road, Chester

 Charlie Sargeant, Bill Horsman
   Tommy Davis, John McCreary (og)
 

 

15 March 1938Oldham Athletic1-1Southport 1,066

Boundary Park, Oldham 

 Patrick McCormick
   Harry Hampson 

 

Replays

16 February 1938Gateshead1-4Bradford City2,000

Redheugh Park, Gateshead

 Tom Smith
   Stan Scrimshaw, Arthur Buttery, Roland Bartholomew, Alf Whittingham 
 

 

30 March 1938Tranmere Rovers3-2Chester1,300

Prenton Park, Birkenhead

 Tom 'Pongo' Waring, Ossie Jones, Jim Cassidy
   John McCreary, Bill Chambers
 

 

29 March 1938Southport3-0Oldham Athletic1,600

Haig Avenue, Southport

 Tommy McKay, Albert Stapleton, Joe Patrick
     

 

Semi-finals

20 April 1938Southport1-0Tranmere Rovers3,100Haig Avenue, Southport
 Joe Patrick
      
6 April 1938Bradford City2-1Doncaster Rovers1,684

Valley Parade, Bradford

(aet)

 Joseph Dalton, Les Gore   Tommy Dutton
 

 

Final

4 May 1938Southport4-1Bradford City4,642

Haig Avenue, Southport

 Harry Hampson (2), Joe Patrick (2)
   Alf Whittingham