Durham County Schools FA

Results and Players 1940-41 to 1949-50

1947-1948

1948-1949

1949-1950

Season 1945-1946

The general feeling of the meeting (24th July 1945) was "that football may be resumed as far as possible by local arrangements but that no County competitions be organised".

Season 1946-1947

The meeting of 5th June 1946 unanimously agreed to "resume County activities and revert, as far as possible, to pre-war conditions".

Durham	3 - 1	Northumberland
Northumberland	0 - 1	Durham

Players		Apps	Goals	Association
Beadnell		1		Sunderland SFA
Garland		1		Bishop Auckland SFA
Hellieve		1		South Shields SFA
Johnson		2		Deerness Valley SFA
Lumley		1		Derwent Valley SFA
Morton	K	1		Derwent Valley SFA
Morton	A	2		Jarrow, Hebbburn & Felling SFA
Napper		2		Lambton & Hetton SFA
Oliver		1		Sunderland SFA
Patterson	J	2		South Shields SFA
Stonebank		1		East Durham SFA
Watson	G	2		Crook SFA
Webb		1		Sunderland SFA
Willis	George	1		East Durham SFA
Wilson	J	2		South Shields SFA
Wilson		2		Sunderland SFA

Season 1947-1948

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Northumberland	4 - 0	Durham

Players		Apps	Goals	Association
Burnham	J	1		Sunderland SFA
Catherall		1		Spennymoor SFA
Lewis	C	1		Derwent Valley SFA
Lydon	Michael	1		Sunderland SFA
Lynn	J	1		Derwent Valley SFA
Pigg	J	1		Sunderland SFA
Renwick	T	1		Chester-le-Street SFA
Ward		1		Sunderland SFA
Whitfield	T	1		Lambton & Hetton SFA
Willis	George	1		East Durham SFA
Young	T	1		West Stanley SFA

In September 1947 the County "unanimously decided" to invite Kent CSFA to tour Durham at Easter.

Easter Tour of Durham by Kent CSFA
Durham	2 - 0	Kent	Parkin, Lynn
Durham	2 - 1	Kent	Lydon, Lynn
Durham	2 - 0	Kent	Wilson, Forster
Durham	1 - 0	Kent	Lynn -- Game abandoned in 2nd half

The following teams were selected to play Kent CSFA on their 1948 Easter Tour:

at Chopwell: McFarlane (Derwent Valley), Morgan (South Shields), Whitfield (Lambton & Hetton), Alderson (East Durham), Catherall (Spennymoor), Pigg (Sunderland), Dale (Darlington), Lynn (Derwent Valley), Lewis (Derwent Valley), Michael Lydon (Sunderland), Parkin (Chester-le-Street)

at Roker Park, Sunderland FC: Shepherd J (Sunderland), Morgan (South Shields), Whitfield (Lambton & Hetton), Alderson (East Durham), Ward (Sunderland), Pigg (Sunderland), Hellier (South Shields), Lynn (Derwent Valley), Lewis (Derwent Valley), Michael Lydon (Sunderland), Parkin (Chester-le-Street)

at Birtley: Young (West Stanley), Gregg (Chester-le-Street), Burnham (Sunderland), O'Cain (Sunderland), Catherall (Spennymoor), Smith (Derwent Valley), Forster (Chester-le-Street), George Willis (East Durham), Wilson (Lambton & Hetton), Felgate (Billingham), Parkin (Chester-le-Street)

at Darlington: Holmes (East Durham), Morgan (South Shields), Whitfield (Lambton & Hetton), Stan Anderson (East Durham), Catherall (Spennymoor), Pigg (Sunderland), Lynn (Derwent Valley), Dale (Darlington), Lewis (Derwent Valley), Michael Lydon (Sunderland), George Willis (East Durham)

A report, in the Sunderland Echo, of the match held at Roker Park, gave the attendance as 14,124 which is still considered to be the highest gate for Schools' Inter-county football.

Season 1948-1949

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Northumberland	1 - 2	Durham	Pigg, Lewis
Lancashire	1 - 2	Durham	Lewis, Wilson

Players		Apps	Goals	Association
Anderson	Stan	2		East Durham SFA
Black		2		Chester-le-Street SFA
Bowater	G	2		Lambton & Hetton SFA
Dale		2		Darlington SFA
Finan		2		Sunderland SFA
Foster		1		Gateshead SFA
Lewis		2	2	Derwent Valley SFA
Lydon	Michael	2		Sunderland SFA
Pigg	J	2	1	Sunderland SFA
Renwick		2		Chester-le-Street SFA
Scott	Jimmy	2		Lambton & Hetton SFA
Wilson		1	1	Lambton & Hetton SFA

Easter Tour of Kent by DCSFA
Kent	0 - 4	Durham
Kent	2 - 2	Durham
Kent	0 - 2	Durham
Kent	1 - 5	Durham

The minutes of June 1949 mention "a very successful Kent Tour".

Players who toured Kent		Association
Black		Chester-le-Street SFA
Bowater	J	Chester-le-Street SFA
Renwick		Chester-le-Street SFA
Dale		Darlington SFA
Bird		Derwent Valley SFA
Lewis		Derwent Valley SFA
Smith		Derwent Valley SFA
Anderson	Stan	East Durham SFA
Jones		Gateshead SFA
McNally		Gateshead SFA
G Bowater		Lambton & Hetton SFA
Scott	Jimmy	Lambton & Hetton SFA
Wilson		Lambton & Hetton SFA
Finan		Sunderland SFA
Lax		Sunderland SFA
Lydon	Michael	Sunderland SFA
Pigg		Sunderland SFA
Wilkinson		Sunderland SFA

Season 1949-1950

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Durham	3 - 1	Northumberland
Lancashire	2 - 1	Durham	Stones

Players		Apps	Goals	Association
Bright		1		Derwent Valley SFA
Brown	R	1		Gateshead SFA
Carmichael		1		Jarrow, Hebbburn & Felling SFA
Clark	Harry	1		Sunderland SFA
Coates		2		Chester-le-Street SFA
Cummings		1		Gaunless Valley SFA
Dawson		1		South Shields SFA
Fairlish		1		West Stanley SFA
Kipling		1		Bishop Auckland SFA
Lax	George	1		Sunderland SFA
Rayment		2		West Hartlepool SFA
Richardson		1		Jarrow, Hebbburn & Felling SFA
Rose		1		Sunderland SFA
Scott	J	1		Lambton & Hetton SFA
Slater		1		Spennymoor SFA
Stones		1	1	Billingham SFA
Thompson		1		South Shields SFA
Whitfield		1		Bishop Auckland SFA
Wilkinson		2		Bishop Auckland SFA

Easter Tour of Durham by Kent CSFA
Durham	0 - 0	Kent
Durham	3 - 1	Kent	Stones 2, Coates
Durham	3 - 1	Kent	Wilkinson 2, Lax
Durham	3 - 1	Kent	Lax, Coates, Wilkinson

The following teams were selected to play Kent CSFA on their 1950 Easter Tour:

at Spennymoor: Pettijean (Spennymoor), Carmichael (Jarrow, Hebburn & Felling), Dawson (South Shields), Wilkinson (Bishop Auckland), Kipling (Bishop Auckland), Bright (Derwent Valley), Rayment (West Hartlepool), Slater (Spennymoor), Taylor (South Shields), Coates (Chester-le-Street), Hymers (Jarrow, Hebburn & Felling)

at Eppleton: Cummings (Gaunless Valley), Carmichael (Jarrow, Hebburn & Felling), Dawson (South Shields), Hall (Lambton & Hetton), Stevens (Lambton & Hetton), Bright (Derwent Valley), Stones (Billingham), McGuigan (Jarrow, Hebburn & Felling), Storey (Lambton & Hetton), Coates (Chester-le-Street), Hymers (Jarrow, Hebburn & Felling)

at Stockton: Pettijean (Spennymoor), Dunne (West Hartlepool), Fellows (Stockton), Wilkinson (Bishop Auckland), Stevens (Lambton & Hetton), Whitfield (Bishop Auckland), Rayment (West Hartlepool), Wilkinson Stockton), Stones (Billingham), Coates (Chester-le-Street), Lax (Sunderland)

at Usworth: Richardson (Jarrow, Hebburn & Felling), Carmichael (Jarrow, Hebburn & Felling), Rose (Sunderland), Wilkinson (Bishop Auckland), Kipling (Bishop Auckland), Chappell (Chester-le-Street), Rayment (West Hartlepool), Wilkinson Stockton), Stones (Billingham), Coates (Chester-le-Street), Lax (Sunderland)

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