1933–34 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1933–34 season
Chairman	Walter Parker
Manager	Bartley Wilson; Ben Watts-Jones (from March 1934)
Division Three South	22nd
FA Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	Quarter Finals
Third Division South Cup	1st round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Eli Postin (13); All: ; Eli Postin; Jim Henderson (13)
Highest home attendance	16,175 (v Newport County, 28 October 1933)
Lowest home attendance	2,660 (v Aldershot, 25 April 1934)
Average home league attendance	7,959
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1932–33 1934–35 →

The 1933–34 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 15th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Three South, then the third tier of English football, finishing bottom of the division and having to seek re-election.

Season review

Football League Third Division South

Partial league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
18	Newport County	42	8	17	17	49	70	0.700	33
19	Bristol City	42	10	13	19	58	85	0.682	33	Welsh Cup winners
20	Torquay United	42	13	7	22	53	93	0.570	33
21	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	9	9	24	60	102	0.588	27	Re-elected
22	Cardiff City	42	9	6	27	57	105	0.543	24	Re-elected

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L
Position	~	~	4	11	5	9	7	10	7	10	15	13	15	15	17	19	21	21	22	22	21	22	22	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

Source: ^[1]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Players

First team squad. ^[1] ^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	GK	ENG	Bob Adams
--	GK	EIR	Tom Farquharson
--	DF	SCO	Bob Calder
--	DF	SCO	Jack Durkan
--	DF	SCO	Jack Galbraith
--	DF	WAL	Enoch Mort
--	DF	ENG	George Russell
--	MF	ENG	Leslie Adlam
--	MF	SCO	John Duthie
--	MF	WAL	Harold Friend
--	MF	WAL	Eddie Jenkins
--	MF	WAL	Ernest Lewis
--	MF	SCO	Bill Marshalsey
--	MF	ENG	Peter Molloy


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	FW	WAL	Ernie Curtis
--	FW	SCO	Jim Henderson
--	FW	SCO	Alex Hutchinson
--	FW	WAL	Freddie Hill
--	FW	SCO	Les Jones
--	FW	ENG	Reg Keating
--	FW	ENG	Tom Maidment
--	FW	ENG	Ted Marcroft
--	FW	WAL	Tommy Paget
--	FW	WAL	Harry Perks
--	FW	ENG	Eli Postin
--	FW	WAL	Thomas Rogers
--	FW	ENG	Joe West

Fixtures and results

Third Division South

26 August 1933 (1933-08-26) 1	Watford	1–2	Cardiff City	Watford
			Alex Hutchinson Alex Hutchinson	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 11,561

28 August 1933 (1933-08-28) 2	Cardiff City	2–0	Reading	Cardiff
	Jim Henderson Jim Henderson (pen.)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,824

2 September 1933 (1933-09-02) 3	Cardiff City	1–1	Charlton Athletic	Cardiff
	Eli Postin			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,513

6 September 1933 (1933-09-06) 4	Reading	3–1	Cardiff City	Reading
			Tom Maidment	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 9,198

9 September 1933 (1933-09-09) 5	Bournemouth	1–3	Cardiff City	Bournemouth
			Jim Henderson Jim Henderson Eli Postin	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 9,315

16 September 1933 (1933-09-16) 6	Cardiff City	0–1	Torquay United	Cardiff
				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,666

23 September 1933 (1933-09-23) 7	Cardiff City	2–1	Exeter City	Cardiff
	Ted Marcroft Alex Hutchinson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,241

30 September 1933 (1933-09-30) 8	Gillingham	6–2	Cardiff City	Gillingham
			Jim Henderson Alex Hutchinson	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 8,907

7 October 1933 (1933-10-07) 9	Cardiff City	4–0	Crystal Palace	Cardiff
	Eli Postin Eli Postin Les Jones Jim Henderson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,022

14 October 1933 (1933-10-14) 10	Bristol Rovers	3–1	Cardiff City	Bristol
			Ted Marcroft	Stadium: Eastville Attendance: 11,860

21 October 1933 (1933-10-21) 11	Queens Park Rangers	4–0	Cardiff City	London
				Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,169

28 October 1933 (1933-10-28) 12	Cardiff City	1–1	Newport County	Cardiff
	Les Jones		Emlyn John	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,175

4 November 1933 (1933-11-04) 13	Norwich City	2–0	Cardiff City	Norwich
				Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 10,698

11 November 1933 (1933-11-11) 14	Cardiff City	1–5	Bristol City	Cardiff
	Jack Galbraith		Syd Homer Leo Loftus Jimmy Heale Gordon Reed Gordon Reed	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,090

18 November 1933 (1933-11-18) 15	Clapton Orient	4–2	Cardiff City	London
			Jim Henderson Freddie Hill	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 8,402

2 December 1933 (1933-12-02) 16	Brighton & Hove Albion	4–0	Cardiff City	Brighton
				Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 5,612

16 December 1933 (1933-12-16) 17	Luton Town	3–1	Cardiff City	Luton
			Joe West	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 5,984

23 December 1933 (1933-12-23) 18	Cardiff City	1–3	Northampton Town	Cardiff
	Ernie Curtis (pen.)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,168

25 December 1933 (1933-12-25) 19	Coventry City	4–1	Cardiff City	Coventry
			Tom Maidment	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 27,589

26 December 1933 (1933-12-26) 20	Cardiff City	3–3	Coventry City	Cardiff
	Eli Postin Ernie Curtis Charlie Bisby (o.g.)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,729

30 December 1933 (1933-12-30) 21	Cardiff City	4–1	Watford	Cardiff
	Thomas Rogers Les Jones Ernie Curtis Eli Postin			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,010

6 January 1934 (1934-01-06) 22	Charlton Athletic	2–0	Cardiff City	London
				Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 11,020

17 January 1934 (1934-01-17) 23	Cardiff City	0–1	Swindon Town	Cardiff
			Frank Peters	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,859

20 January 1934 (1934-01-20) 24	Cardiff City	4–2	Bournemouth	Cardiff
	Jim Henderson Jim Henderson Joe West Ernie Curtis			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,261

27 January 1934 (1934-01-27) 25	Torquay United	3–1	Cardiff City	Torquay
			Bill Marshalsey	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 3,091

3 February 1934 (1934-02-03) 26	Exeter City	4–0	Cardiff City	Exeter
				Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 6,091

10 February 1934 (1934-02-10) 27	Cardiff City	1–3	Gillingham	Cardiff
	Eli Postin			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,194

17 February 1934 (1934-02-17) 28	Crystal Palace	3–2	Cardiff City	London
			Jim Henderson Ernie Curtis	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 6,290

24 February 1934 (1934-02-24) 29	Cardiff City	1–5	Bristol Rovers	Cardiff
	Eli Postin			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,591

3 March 1934 (1934-03-03) 30	Cardiff City	3–1	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
	Jim Henderson Jim Henderson Ernie Curtis			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,140

10 March 1934 (1934-03-10) 31	Newport County	2–2	Cardiff City	Newport
	Wally Reynolds Billy Burgess		Eli Postin Eli Postin	Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 10,438

17 March 1934 (1934-03-17) 32	Cardiff City	0–2	Norwich City	Cardiff
				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,630

24 March 1934 (1934-03-24) 33	Bristol City	3–0	Cardiff City	Bristol
	Joe Riley Joe Riley Tommy Foy			Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 7,186

30 March 1934 (1934-03-30) 34	Cardiff City	1–1	Southend United	Cardiff
	Eli Postin			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,890

31 March 1934 (1934-03-31) 35	Cardiff City	1–2	Clapton Orient	Cardiff
	Eli Postin			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,154

2 April 1934 (1934-04-02) 36	Southend United	1–1	Cardiff City	Southend
			Eli Postin	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 9,303

7 April 1934 (1934-04-07) 37	Swindon Town	6–3	Cardiff City	Swindon
	Tommy Armstrong 3' Tommy Armstrong 7' Fred Fisher 30' Fred Fisher 35' Fred Fisher 75' Cecil Blakemore 60'		15' Reg Keating 20' Reg Keating 85' Ernest Lewis	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,163 Referee: JM Wiltshire (Dorset)

14 April 1934 (1934-04-14) 38	Cardiff City	1–4	Brighton & Hove Albion	Cardiff
	Reg Keating			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,237

21 April 1934 (1934-04-21) 39	Aldershot	1–3	Cardiff City	Aldershot
			Reg Keating Reg Keating Reg Keating	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 2,484

25 April 1934 (1934-04-25) 40	Cardiff City	1–2	Aldershot	Cardiff
	Harry Perks			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,660

28 April 1934 (1934-04-28) 41	Cardiff City	0–4	Luton Town	Cardiff
				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,080

5 May 1934 (1934-05-05) 42	Northampton Town	2–0	Cardiff City	Northampton
				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,992

FA Cup

25 November 1933 (1933-11-25) Round 1	Cardiff City	0–0	Aldershot	Cardiff
				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,000

29 November 1933 (1933-11-29) Round 1 (Replay)	Aldershot	3–1	Cardiff City	Aldershot
			Freddie Hill	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 6,000

Third Division South Cup

1 January 1934 (1934-01-01) Round 1	Cardiff City	0–1	Aldershot	Cardiff
				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,000

Welsh Cup

14 February 1934 (1934-02-14) Round 6	Cardiff City	2–2	Bristol City	Cardiff
	Jim Henderson Ernie Curtis			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,500

26 February 1934 (1934-02-26) Round 6 (Replay)	Bristol City	1–0	Cardiff City	Bristol
				Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 900

Source ^[1] ^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Cardiff City 1933–34 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1934". 11v11. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ "Welsh Cup 1933/34". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

Bibliography

Crooks, John (1986). Cardiff City Chronology 1920-86. John Crooks. ISBN 0-9511984-0-8.
Crooks, John (1992). Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds. Yore Publications. ISBN 0-9513321-8-X.
Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
Shepherd, Richard (2002). The Definitive Cardiff City F.C. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899-46817-X.
Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 1-9054110-4-9.
"Football Club History Database – Cardiff City".

[results-1] "Cardiff City 1933–34 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

[2] "All Cardiff City football club players: 1934". 11v11. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

[3] "Welsh Cup 1933/34". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

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