1944-45 season London Combination League

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With Greyhound Racing held on most Saturday afternoons during the winter at Stamford Bridge, it would appear that virtually all of the Chelsea Reserve fixtures were played away.

Contents 1 League table 2 Matches 3 Squad statistics 4 Note

League table

Football Combination

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
	Queens Park Rangers	18	14	2	2	65	14	30
	Chelsea	17	10	3	4	38	23	23
	Watford	18	10	1	7	44	36	21
	Millwall	18	9	2	7	46	42	20
	Fulham	16	7	4	5	26	27	18
	Charlton Athletic	17	7	1	9	38	41	15
	Brentford	14	7	0	7	45	43	14
	Crystal Palace	18	6	2	10	34	47	14
	West Ham United	17	4	1	12	32	67	9
	Clapton Orient	17	3	0	14	35	63	6

There were 5 fixtures unplayed. It is not known what happened to Chelsea in the Cup, although Clapton Orient beat Fulham in the Final.

Matches

Season	Day	D	M	Year	Competition	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1944-45	Sat	2	Sep	1944	LON	Brentford	Away	Won	3-2
1944-45	Sat	16	Sep	1944	LON	Crystal Palace	Away	Drew	0-0
1944-45	Sat	23	Sep	1944	LON	Queens Park Rangers	Away	Drew	2-2
1944-45	Sat	30	Sep	1944	LON	Clapton Orient	Away	Won	4-0
1944-45	Sat	14	Oct	1944	LON	Charlton Athletic	Away	Won	5-0
1944-45	Sat	21	Oct	1944	LON	Millwall	Away	Won	2-1
1944-45	Sat	4	Nov	1944	LON	Watford	Away	Won	3-2
1944-45	Sat	18	Nov	1944	LON	Queens Park Rangers	Away	Lost	0-4
1944-45	Sat	2	Dec	1944	LON	Brentford	Away	Won	4-2
1944-45	Sat	6	Jan	1945	LON	Brentford	Away		-	Could this have been a Cup match?
1944-45	Sat	20	Jan	1945	LON	Crystal Palace	Away	Won	2-2
1944-45	Sat	27	Jan	1945	LON	Clapton Orient	Away	Won	4-1
1944-45	Sat	3	Feb	1945	LON	Watford	Away	Lost	0-1
1944-45	Sat	10	Feb	1945	LON	Fulham	Away	Drew	0-0
1944-45	Sat	17	Feb	1945	LON	Millwall	Away	Won	5-4
1944-45	Sat	14	Apr	1945	LON	Fulham	Away	Lost	0-1
1944-45	Sat		Apr	1945	LON	West Ham United	Home		-	This match was played sometime after the 21st. April
1944-45	Sat	23	May	1945	LON	West Ham United	Away		-	Possibly lost 2-1
1944-45	Sat				LON	Charlton Athletic	Home		-	No details known

The Full line-up is known in respect of just 5 games played.
All bar 10 of the scorers of the known goals are known.
Here are the known (and identified) figures in respect of appearances and goalscorers.

Squad statistics

Note

Unfortunately I do not have a final league table for this season, but see above.

Name	Foot Com			Com Cup
	Apps	Goals Known	Goals Idenified	Apps	Goals Known
Alex Anderson	2	0	0	0	0
Arnold	1	0	0	0	0
Harry Bearryman	1	0	0	0	0
Sidney Bidewell	3	0	4	0	0
Ian Black	1	0	0	0	0
Clark	1	0	0	0	0
Cooper	1	0	0	0	0
F J Cronk	1	0	0	0	0
Donaldson	1	0	1	0	0
Douglas	3	0	0	0	0
Ellis	1	0	0	0	0
Gordon	1	0	0	0	0
Hammersley	2	0	2	0	0
R Hendley	1	0	0	0	0
Hope	1	0	0	0	0
Hough	1	0	0	0	0
Houghton	1	0	0	0	0
Jenkins	2	0	1	0	0
Kerridge	1	0	0	0	0
Langford	1	0	0	0	0
Latimer	1	0	0	0	0
Alex Machin	1	0	0	0	0
Maestro	1	0	0	0	0
McLennan	1	0	2	0	0
A Mitchell	7	0	3	0	0
H B Phillips	3	0	2	0	0
Potter	1	0	0	0	0
J Prentice	2	0	1	0	0
Pugh	1	0	0	0	0
D Ramage	1	0	0	0	0
Shevelling	1	0	0	0	0
Simpson	5	0	6	0	0
R Smith	1	0	0	0	0
T Smith	1	0	0	0	0
Smith	2	0	1	0	0
L Taylor	4	0	1	0	0
Richard Toop	1	0	0	0	0
Eric Williams	2	0	0	0	0
Willis	2	0	1	0	0
Andy Wilson Junior	1	0	0	0	0
Opponents			1
Unknown	121	0	10	0	0