1949/1950

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Manager(s)

R. Gray; E. A. Hapgood

Final league position

6th of 22 in Football League Division 3 (South)

Average league attendance

Home: 12,213
Away: 14,546

Home-and-away league doubles for Watford

Aldershot, Bristol City, Nottingham Forest

Home-and-away league doubles against Watford

Exeter City, Port Vale

Goals from penalty kicks

H. S. Oliver - 21, 27

Match-by-match details

							Manager: Gray, R.	Manager: Hapgood, E. A.	Own goals	Brown, T. G.►	Cumner, R. H.	Davies, W.■	Day, A.►■	Drury, G. B.■	Eggleston, T.	Fisher, K. D. W.	Harper, J. J.	Hartburn, J.►	Hunt, G. H.■	Jackett, F.►	Jones, T.►■	Morton, G. D.	Nolan, P.	Oliver, H. S.	Paton, T. G.	Pilkington, L.►	Stockley, K. S.►■	Thomas, D. W. J.	Woodroffe, L. C.	Worthington, E. S.►
Appearances - League							10	32		42	22	7	4	2	35	34	42	34	12	2	15	42	3	37	42	3	1	42	17	23
Substitute Appearances - League										0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goals - League									1	5	2	3	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	3	4
Appearances - Other Competitions							0	5		5	4	2	0	0	5	3	5	4	0	0	1	5	0	5	5	0	1	5	0	5
Substitute Appearances - Other Competitions										0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goals - Other Competitions									1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0
1	Sat 20 Aug	Leyton Orient	A	Lge	0-0	16,522		X		X►	X			X	X		X		X			G		X	X			X	X
2	Thu 25 Aug	Reading	H	Lge	1-1	12,671		X		X	X				X		X		X			G		X	X			X	X	X1►
3	Sat 27 Aug	Exeter City	H	Lge	1-2	11,869		X		X	X				X		X		X			G		X	X			X	X1	X
4	Wed 31 Aug	Reading	A	Lge	0-1	15,460		X		X			X►			X	X		X		X►	G		X	X			X	X
5	Sat 03 Sep	Ipswich Town	A	Lge	1-1	14,410		X		X			X1			X	X	X►	X			G		X	X			X	X
6	Wed 07 Sep	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	Lge	0-0	16,318		X		X			X			X	X	X	X			G		X	X			X	X
7	Sat 10 Sep	Port Vale	H	Lge	0-2	11,583		X		X			X■			X	X	X	X			G		X	X			X	X
8	Thu 15 Sep	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	Lge	4-1	7,564		X		X1						X	X	X	X			G		X	X			X2	X1	X
9	Sat 17 Sep	Notts County	A	Lge	0-1	33,962		X		X						X	X	X	X			G		X	X			X	X	X
10	Sat 24 Sep	Southend United	H	Lge	1-0	11,244		X		X						X	X	X	X		X	G		X	X			X1		X
11	Sat 01 Oct	Bristol Rovers	A	Lge	2-0	14,906		X		X					X	X	X	X	X		X	G			X			X2		X
12	Sat 08 Oct	Swindon Town	A	Lge	1-0	14,298		X		X					X	X	X	X	X■		X1	G			X			X		X
13	Sat 15 Oct	Torquay United	H	Lge	1-0	13,133		X		X					X	X	X	X			X	G		X	X			X1		X
14	Sat 22 Oct	Aldershot	A	Lge	1-0	7,932		X		X					X	X	X	X			X1	G		X	X			X		X
15	Sat 29 Oct	Nottingham Forest	H	Lge	1-0	17,467		X		X					X	X	X	X1			X	G		X	X			X		X
16	Sat 05 Nov	Northampton Town	A	Lge	0-0	9,783		X		X					X	X	X	X			X	G		X	X			X		X
17	Sat 12 Nov	Norwich City	H	Lge	0-0	16,065		X		X					X	X	X	X			X	G		X	X			X		X
18	Sat 19 Nov	Newport County	A	Lge	3-3	11,884		X		X					X	X	X	X1			X	G		X	X			X2		X
19	Sat 26 Nov	Bromley	A	FA1	2-1	8,750		X		X					X	X	X	X1			X1	G		X	X			X		X
20	Sat 03 Dec	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	Lge	1-2	9,775		X		X					X	X	X	X			X	G		X	X			X1		X
21	Sat 10 Dec	Netherfield	H	FA2	6-0	15,545		X	1	X1	X				X	X	X	X1				G		X1(P)	X			X2		X
22	Sat 17 Dec	Leyton Orient	H	Lge	2-1	9,500		X		X	X1				X	X	X	X				G		X	X			X		X1
23	Sat 24 Dec	Exeter City	A	Lge	1-3	7,565		X		X	X1			X■	X		X	X				G		X	X			X		X
24	Mon 26 Dec	Crystal Palace	A	Lge	0-2	15,056		X		X	X				X		X	X		X►		G		X	X			X		X
25	Tue 27 Dec	Crystal Palace	H	Lge	0-0	16,985		X		X	X				X		X	X		X		G		X	X			X		X
26	Sat 31 Dec	Ipswich Town	H	Lge	6-0	10,638		X		X1	X				X		X	X1				G		X	X		X►	X2		X2
27	Sat 07 Jan	Preston North End	H	FA3	2-2	25,019		X		X	X				X		X	X				G		X1(P)	X		X■	X1		X
28	Wed 11 Jan	Preston North End	A	FA3	1-0	27,000		X		X	X	X			X		X	X				G		X	X			X1		X
29	Sat 14 Jan	Port Vale	A	Lge	0-2	17,429		X		X	X	X			X		X	X			X	G		X	X			X
30	Sat 21 Jan	Notts County	H	Lge	2-1	17,611		X	1	X	X	X1			X	X	X				X	G	X		X			X
31	Sat 28 Jan	Manchester United	H	FA4	0-1	32,384		X		X	X	X			X	X	X					G		X	X			X		X
32	Sat 04 Feb	Southend United	A	Lge	1-1	11,736		X		X1	X	X			X	X	X					G		X	X			X		X
33	Sat 11 Feb	Walsall	H	Lge	3-0	10,984		X		X	X	X1			X	X	X					G		X	X			X2		X
34	Sat 18 Feb	Bristol Rovers	H	Lge	0-2	14,591		X		X	X	X			X	X	X					G		X	X			X		X
35	Sat 25 Feb	Swindon Town	H	Lge	1-2	11,214		X		X	X				X	X	X	X				G	X		X			X1	X
36	Sat 04 Mar	Torquay United	A	Lge	1-2	8,556		X		X	X				X	X	X	X				G	X		X			X1	X
37	Sat 11 Mar	Aldershot	H	Lge	1-0	10,981		X		X1	X				X	X	X	X			X	G		X	X			X
38	Sat 18 Mar	Nottingham Forest	A	Lge	1-0	17,288	X			X					X	X	X	X1			X■	G		X	X			X	X
39	Sat 25 Mar	Northampton Town	H	Lge	0-0	13,630	X			X					X	X	X	X				G		X	X	X►		X	X
40	Sat 01 Apr	Norwich City	A	Lge	1-2	20,014	X			X	X				X	X	X	X				G		X	X			X1	X
41	Fri 07 Apr	Millwall	A	Lge	3-1	26,158	X			X1	X				X	X	X	X				G		X	X			X1	X1
42	Sat 08 Apr	Newport County	H	Lge	0-1	11,729	X			X	X				X	X	X	X				G		X	X			X	X
43	Mon 10 Apr	Millwall	H	Lge	0-0	7,199	X			X					X	X	X	X				G		X	X			X	X	X
44	Sat 15 Apr	Bristol City	A	Lge	1-0	12,394	X			X	X	X1			X	X	X	X				G		X	X			X
45	Thu 20 Apr	Bristol City	H	Lge	2-0	8,977	X			X	X				X1	X	X	X1				G		X	X	X		X
46	Sat 22 Apr	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	Lge	0-0	10,845	X			X	X	X■			X	X	X	X				G		X	X			X
47	Sat 29 Apr	Walsall	A	Lge	1-1	4,017	X			X					X	X	X	X1				G		X	X	X		X
							Manager: Gray, R.	Manager: Hapgood, E. A.	Own goals	Brown, T. G.►	Cumner, R. H.	Davies, W.■	Day, A.►■	Drury, G. B.■	Eggleston, T.	Fisher, K. D. W.	Harper, J. J.	Hartburn, J.►	Hunt, G. H.■	Jackett, F.►	Jones, T.►■	Morton, G. D.	Nolan, P.	Oliver, H. S.	Paton, T. G.	Pilkington, L.►	Stockley, K. S.►■	Thomas, D. W. J.	Woodroffe, L. C.	Worthington, E. S.►

► = first appearance; ■ = last/most recent appearance.

G = goalkeeper; X = starting appearance; R = started, then replaced; S = substitute appearance, ! = sent off; 1 = goals scored; P = penalties scored.

Cup fixture rows have a grey background; home fixture rows have red text. Manager columns have a grey background.

Other matches

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result	Att	Team	Notes
Sat 06 Aug	Blues vs Whites	H	3-2	3,370	1: G.D.Morton (gk); J.J.Harper & H.S.Oliver; T.G.Paton, R.J.Eastway & T.Eggleston; L.Toseland [1 goal], W.J.Hicks, R.Ritchie [1 goal], K.S.Stockley [1 goal] & S.Moorton 2: R.Brown (gk); W.T.Harris & B.J.Jones; L.A.Dawes, G.H.Hunt & J.Kelly; A.Day, L.C.Woodroffe [2 goals], D.W.J.Thomas, T.G.Brown & R.H.Cumner	public trial match
Sat 13 Aug	Probables vs Possibles	H	3-2	3,493	No line-ups were published. ScorersÃÂ -ÃÂ Probables: R.H.Cumner [1 goal], D.W.J.Thomas [1 goal] & T.Eggleston [1 penalty goal]; Possibles: A.Day [1 goal] & E.S.Worthington [1 goal]	public trial match