1929–30 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1929–30 season
Manager	Jack Peart
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North	10th
FA Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Tom Tippett; All: Tom Tippett
	← 1928–29 1930–31 →

The 1929–30 season saw Rochdale compete for their 9th season in the Football League Third Division North.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 3 North		FA Cup		Lancashire Cup		Manchester Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Len Crompton	12	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Phil Hope	16	1	13	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Tom Watson	44	0	39	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	James Parton	8	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Evan Hooker	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Barber	48	1	42	1	1	0	2	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	George Stott	46	16	39	13	1	0	2	1	4	2
	FW	ENG	Billy Bertram	47	15	41	14	1	0	2	1	3	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Milsom	17	15	14	13	1	1	2	1	0	0
	FW	WAL	Harry Lewis	36	7	32	6	0	0	1	0	3	1
	MF	SCO	Tom Lindsay	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Hall	14	0	8	0	1	0	2	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Lawrie Baker	38	0	34	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
	FW	WAL	Christopher Jones	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Tom Tippett	35	35	30	29	1	0	1	1	3	5
	MF	ENG	Dick Brown	46	12	39	10	1	0	2	0	4	2
	DF	ENG	Allan Murray	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	WAL	Thomas Lynch	37	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
	DF	ENG	Dougie Oliver	31	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
	MF	WAL	Idris Williams	19	1	15	1	0	0	0	0	4	0
	MF	ENG	Austin Trippier	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Henry Martin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts
8	Hartlepools United	42	13	4	4	50	24	4	7	10	31	50	1.095	45
9	Southport	42	11	5	5	49	31	4	8	9	32	43	1.095	43
10	Rochdale	42	14	3	4	57	30	4	4	13	32	61	0.978	43
11	Crewe Alexandra	42	12	5	4	55	28	5	3	13	27	43	1.155	42
12	Tranmere Rovers	42	12	4	5	57	35	4	5	12	26	51	0.965	41

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

31 August 1929 (1929 -08-31) 1	Lincoln City	0 – 0	Rochdale	Lincoln
		Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 6415

3 September 1929 (1929 -09-03) 2	Rochdale	2 – 1	Chesterfield	Rochdale
	Hope Barber	Report	Lee	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5878

7 September 1929 (1929 -09-07) 3	Rochdale	2 – 1	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Milsom Bertram	Report	Meston	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4403

14 September 1929 (1929 -09-14) 4	Halifax Town	2 – 3	Rochdale	Halifax
	Hickman	Report	Tippett Stott Wheelhouse (o.g.)	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 4982

17 September 1929 (1929 -09-17) 5	Rochdale	4 – 1	Darlington	Rochdale
	Brown Bertram Tippett	Report	Wrightson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5614

21 September 1929 (1929 -09-21) 6	Rochdale	1 – 2	Rotherham United	Rochdale
	Milsom	Report	Murden Smailes	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4700

28 September 1929 (1929 -09-28) 7	Wrexham	8 – 0	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Woodhouse Ascroft Longmuir Bamford	Report		Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 5445

5 October 1929 (1929 -10-05) 8	South Shields Adelaide Athletic	2 – 2	Rochdale	South Shields
	Maycock	Report	Bertram Stott	Stadium: Horsley Hill Attendance: 3876

12 October 1929 (1929 -10-12) 9	Rochdale	4 – 0	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Milsom Brown	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5362

19 October 1929 (1929 -10-19) 10	Rochdale	6 – 1	Barrow	Rochdale
	Milsom Bertram	Report	Rock	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4151

26 October 1929 (1929 -10-26) 11	Port Vale	3 – 3	Rochdale	Stoke-on-Trent
	Fishwick Pynegar (pen.) Griffiths	Report	Milsom Brown	Stadium: Old Recreation Ground Attendance: 8902

2 November 1929 (1929 -11-02) 12	Rochdale	5 – 0	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Bertram Milsom Lewis	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3136

9 November 1929 (1929 -11-09) 13	Stockport County	4 – 2	Rochdale	Stockport
	Lincoln Fielding Bocking Newton	Report	Milsom	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 12903

23 November 1929 (1929 -11-23) 14	Crewe Alexandra	6 – 1	Rochdale	Crewe
	Broome Scullion Gorringe	Report	Milsom	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 4011

14 December 1929 (1929 -12-14) 15	Rochdale	2 – 1	Wigan Borough	Rochdale
	Tippett Bertram	Report	Smith	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1826

21 December 1929 (1929 -12-21) 16	Wigan Borough	3 – 1	Rochdale	Wigan
	Welsby Smith	Report	Tippett	Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 2518

25 December 1929 (1929 -12-25) 17	Rochdale	2 – 4	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Tippett Bertram	Report	Smith Bott Patterson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2996

26 December 1929 (1929 -12-26) 18	Doncaster Rovers	3 – 1	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Patterson Wadsworth Gregory	Report	Tippett	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 7799

28 December 1929 (1929 -12-28) A	Rochdale	1 a 1	Lincoln City	Rochdale
		^[1]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

1 January 1930 (1930 -01-01) 19	Chesterfield	2 – 0	Rochdale	Chesterfield
	Hunt Bullock	Report		Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 5293

4 January 1930 (1930 -01-04) 20	Tranmere Rovers	2 – 2	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Cartman Urmson	Report	Tippett Brown	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 3273

11 January 1930 (1930 -01-11) 21	Rochdale	2 – 2	Southport	Rochdale
	Tippett	Report	Cowen Hills	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2101

14 January 1930 (1930 -01-14) 22	Nelson	1 – 0	Rochdale	Nelson
	Hedley	Report		Stadium: Seedhill Attendance: 1359

18 January 1930 (1930 -01-18) 23	Rochdale	0 – 3	Halifax Town	Rochdale
		Report	Proctor Cooper	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2759

25 January 1930 (1930 -01-25) 24	Rotherham United	0 – 4	Rochdale	Rotherham
		Report	Tippett Stott Bertram	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 5915

1 February 1930 (1930 -02-01) 25	Rochdale	5 – 4	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Stott Tippett Lewis	Report	Rogers Bell Bamford	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2637

8 February 1930 (1930 -02-08) 26	Rochdale	2 – 0	South Shields Adelaide Athletic	Rochdale
	Tippett Stott	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3176

15 February 1930 (1930 -02-15) 27	Accrington Stanley	6 – 2	Rochdale	Accrington
	Pears Hawes Ferguson Parsons	Report	Bertram	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 4361

22 February 1930 (1930 -02-22) 28	Barrow	2 – 0	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Murray Millar	Report		Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3216

1 March 1930 (1930 -03-01) 29	Rochdale	0 – 0	Port Vale	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7177

8 March 1930 (1930 -03-08) 30	New Brighton	2 – 0	Rochdale	New Brighton
	Oakes Taylor	Report		Stadium: Sandheys Park Attendance: 4160

15 March 1930 (1930 -03-15) 31	Rochdale	3 – 1	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Williams Tippett	Report	Tompkinson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4516

22 March 1930 (1930 -03-22) 32	York City	6 – 0	Rochdale	York
	Gardner Fenoughty Millar Bottrill	Report		Stadium: Fulfordgate Attendance: 4720

29 March 1930 (1930 -03-29) 33	Rochdale	3 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Tippett Stott	Report	Pringle	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2370

5 April 1930 (1930 -04-05) 34	Southport	2 – 3	Rochdale	Southport
	Cowen Allen	Report	Lewis Stott	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 2703

8 April 1930 (1930 -04-08) 35	Rochdale	3 – 4	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Tippett	Report	Roberts Ellis	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1046

12 April 1930 (1930 -04-12) 36	Rochdale	4 – 1	Nelson	Rochdale
	Brown Bertram Stott	Report	Carmedy	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2621

18 April 1930 (1930 -04-18) 37	Rochdale	1 – 1	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Stott	Report	Pedwell	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2441

19 April 1930 (1930 -04-19) 38	Carlisle United	2 – 0	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Hutchison Henderson	Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 2987

21 April 1930 (1930 -04-21) 39	Hartlepools United	2 – 8	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Pedwell	Report	Brown Tippett	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3655

22 April 1930 (1930 -04-22) 40	Darlington	3 – 0	Rochdale	Darlington
	Wellock Brown Mitchell	Report		Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 3013

29 April 1930 (1930 -04-29) 41	Rochdale	2 – 0	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Stott	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1758

3 May 1930 (1930 -05-03) 42	Rochdale	4 – 2	York City	Rochdale
	Lewis Tippett Brown	Report	Gardner Bottrill	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1564

FA Cup

30 November 1929 (1929 -11-30) 1	Accrington Stanley	3 – 1	Rochdale	Accrington
	Jepson Armstrong	Report	Milsom	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 5500

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Lancashire Cup

9 September 1929 (1929 -09-09) 1	Nelson	3 – 4	Rochdale	Nelson
		^[3]	Milsom Tippett Bertram Stott	Stadium: Seedhill

16 October 1929 (1929 -10-16) 2	Manchester United	5 – 0	Rochdale	Manchester
		^[4]		Stadium: Old Trafford

Manchester Cup

4 March 1930 (1930 -03-04) 3	Ashton National	1 – 6	Rochdale	Ashton-under-Lyne
		^[5]	Tippett Brown Lewis Stott	Stadium: National Park Attendance: 3300

1 April 1930 (1930 -04-01) SF	Rochdale	3 – 3	Wigan Borough	Rochdale
	Tippett Stott	^[6]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

9 April 1930 (1930 -04-09) SF - Replay 1	Wigan Borough	0 – 0	Rochdale	Wigan
		^[7]		Stadium: Springfield Park

30 April 1930 (1930 -04-30) SF - Replay 2	Rochdale	1 – 2	Wigan Borough	Rochdale
	Tippett	^[8]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

References

^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}
^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

[1] Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

[2] "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}

[3] Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

[4] Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

[5] Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

[6] Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

[7] Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

[8] Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

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