1934–35 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City

1934–35 season

Chairman

Dr Alex Brownle
Tudor Steer

Manager

19th

1st round

Quarter Finals

Third Division South Cup

1st round

Top goalscorer

League:
Reg Keating (19)
All:
Reg Keating (19)

Highest home attendance

18,608 (v Luton Town, 27 August 1934)

Lowest home attendance

5,053 (v Bournemouth, 6 October 1934)

Average home league attendance

9,908

Home colours

← 1933–34

1935–36 →

The 1934–35 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 19th.

Season review

Football League Third Division South

Partial league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
17	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	15	7	20	54	71	0.761	37
18	Aldershot	42	13	10	19	50	75	0.667	36
19	Cardiff City	42	13	9	20	62	82	0.756	35
20	Gillingham	42	11	13	18	55	75	0.733	35
21	Southend United	42	11	9	22	65	78	0.833	31	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	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	L
Position	~	~	9	10	8	5	7	11	12	8	9	9	10	11	11	12	9	9	12	11	14	16	15	17	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	17	18	19	18	19

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	GK	EIR	Tom Farquharson
--	GK	SCO	Jock Leckie
--	DF	ENG	Billy Bassett
--	DF	ENG	Harry Bland
--	DF	EIR	Jack Everest
--	DF	SCO	Jack Galbraith
--	DF	WAL	Arthur Granville
--	DF	ENG	Edward Lane
--	DF	WAL	Enoch Mort
--	MF	WAL	Len Attley
--	MF	ENG	Wally Jennings
--	MF	ENG	Peter Molloy
--	MF	WAL	Billy Moore


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	WAL	Tommy Vaughan
--	FW	WAL	Syd Fursland
--	FW	WAL	Phil Griffiths
--	FW	WAL	Stan Griffiths
--	FW	WAL	Freddie Hill
--	FW	ENG	Billy Jackson
--	FW	WAL	Glyn Jones
--	FW	ENG	Reg Keating
--	FW	WAL	Wilf Lewis
--	FW	WAL	Reg Pugh
--	FW	ENG	Harold Riley
--	FW	ENG	Fred Whitlow

Fixtures and results

Third Division South

25 August 1934 (1934-08-25) 1	Cardiff City	2–1	Charlton Athletic	Cardiff
	Reg Keating Harold Riley			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17,193

27 August 1934 (1934-08-27) 2	Cardiff City	1–0	Luton Town	Cardiff
	Phil Griffiths			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 18,608

1 September 1934 (1934-09-01) 3	Crystal Palace	6–1	Cardiff City	London
			Jack Everest	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 17,641

3 September 1934 (1934-09-03) 4	Luton Town	4–0	Cardiff City	Luton
				Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 9,392

8 September 1934 (1934-09-08) 5	Cardiff City	2–1	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
	Harold Riley Reg Keating			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,663

10 September 1934 (1934-09-10) 6	Cardiff City	2–0	Southend United	Cardiff
	Harold Riley Reg Keating			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,922

15 September 1934 (1934-09-15) 7	Torquay United	5–2	Cardiff City	Torquay
			Freddie Hill Wilf Lewis	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 4,309

22 September 1934 (1934-09-22) 8	Cardiff City	1–3	Swindon Town	Cardiff
	Phil Griffiths 65'		20' Frank Peters 55' Rollo Jack 80' Harry Bowl	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,111 Referee: WP Harper

29 September 1934 (1934-09-29) 9	Aldershot	2–0	Cardiff City	Aldershot
				Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 4,996

6 October 1934 (1934-10-06) 10	Cardiff City	2–1	Bournemouth	Cardiff
	Harold Riley Billy Bassett			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,053

13 October 1934 (1934-10-13) 11	Cardiff City	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Cardiff
				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,957

20 October 1934 (1934-10-20) 12	Watford	1–3	Cardiff City	Watford
			Freddie Hill Tommy Vaughan Tommy Vaughan	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 7,844

27 October 1934 (1934-10-27) 13	Cardiff City	3–4	Newport County	Cardiff
	Freddie Hill Reg Keating Tommy Vaughan		Charlie Whitehouse Tommy Green Billy Burgess Reg Weaver	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,131

3 November 1934 (1934-11-03) 14	Reading	1–1	Cardiff City	Reading
			Reg Keating	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 8,272

10 November 1934 (1934-11-10) 15	Cardiff City	2–2	Northampton Town	Cardiff
	Harold Riley Freddie Hill			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,378

17 November 1934 (1934-11-17) 16	Millwall	2–2	Cardiff City	London
			Reg Pugh Reg Keating	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 11,047

1 December 1934 (1934-12-01) 17	Clapton Orient	0–1	Cardiff City	London
			Fred Whitlow	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 8,145

8 December 1934 (1934-12-08) 18	Cardiff City	0–2	Gillingham	Cardiff
				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,463

15 December 1934 (1934-12-15) 19	Exeter City	2–1	Cardiff City	Exeter
			Reg Pugh	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,439

22 December 1934 (1934-12-22) 20	Cardiff City	3–3	Bristol City	Cardiff
	Harold Riley Billy Bassett Reg Keating			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,043

26 December 1934 (1934-12-26) 21	Southend United	2–1	Cardiff City	Southend
			Jack Galbraith	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 9,438

29 December 1934 (1934-12-29) 22	Charlton Athletic	3–1	Cardiff City	London
			Reg Keating	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 12,101

5 January 1935 (1935-01-05) 23	Cardiff City	2–0	Crystal Palace	Cardiff
	Ted Owens (og) Reg Pugh			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,648

16 January 1935 (1935-01-16) 24	Cardiff City	2–4	Coventry City	Cardiff
	Reg Keating Reg Keating			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,235

19 January 1935 (1935-01-19) 25	Queens Park Rangers	2–2	Cardiff City	London
			Freddie Hill Reg Pugh	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 5,548

26 January 1935 (1935-01-26) 26	Cardiff City	1–1	Torquay United	Cardiff
	Freddie Hill			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,034

2 February 1935 (1935-02-02) 27	Swindon Town	2–1	Cardiff City	Swindon
	Alan Fowler 30' Tommy Armstrong 37' (pen)		45' (pen) Jack Everest	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,043 Referee: WP Harper

9 February 1935 (1935-02-09) 28	Cardiff City	1–1	Aldershot	Cardiff
	Freddie Hill			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,563

16 February 1935 (1935-02-16) 29	Bournemouth	3–1	Cardiff City	Bournemouth
			(pen) Jack Everest	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 4,764

23 February 1935 (1935-02-23) 30	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–1	Cardiff City	Brighton
			Reg Pugh	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 5,828

2 March 1935 (1935-03-02) 31	Cardiff City	2–1	Watford	Cardiff
	Harold Riley Wilf Lewis			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,247

9 March 1935 (1935-03-09) 32	Newport County	4–0	Cardiff City	Newport
	Reg Weaver Reg Weaver Alfie Clarke Alfie Clarke			Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 8,461

16 March 1935 (1935-03-16) 33	Cardiff City	1–1	Reading	Cardiff
	Stan Griffiths			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,684

23 March 1935 (1935-03-23) 34	Northampton Town	3–0	Cardiff City	Northampton
				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,476

30 March 1935 (1935-03-30) 35	Cardiff City	3–1	Millwall	Cardiff
	Wilf Lewis Wilf Lewis Len Attley			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,282

6 April 1935 (1935-04-06) 36	Coventry City	2–0	Cardiff City	Coventry
				Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 8,176

13 April 1935 (1935-04-13) 37	Cardiff City	3–0	Clapton Orient	Cardiff
	Reg Keating Wilf Lewis Len Attley			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,453

19 April 1935 (1935-04-19) 38	Cardiff City	4–1	Bristol Rovers	Cardiff
	Reg Keating Reg Keating Reg Pugh Freddie Hill			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,392

20 April 1935 (1935-04-20) 39	Gillingham	1–0	Cardiff City	Gillingham
				Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,820

22 April 1935 (1935-04-22) 40	Bristol Rovers	3–2	Cardiff City	Bristol
			Reg Keating Reg Keating	Stadium: Eastville Attendance: 10,222

27 April 1935 (1935-04-27) 41	Cardiff City	5–0	Exeter City	Cardiff
	Reg Keating Reg Keating Reg Keating Reg Keating Harry Webb (og)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,016

4 May 1935 (1935-05-04) 42	Bristol City	4–0	Cardiff City	Bristol
	Albert Banfield Ernie Brinton Ted Harston Leo Loftus			Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 5,558

FA Cup

24 November 1934 (1934-11-24) Round 1	Cardiff City	1–2	Reading	Cardiff
	Wilf Lewis			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,733

Welsh Cup

13 February 1935 (1935-02-13) Round 6	Cardiff City	3–2	Newport County	Cardiff
	Harold Riley Harold Riley Wilf Lewis		Tony Bird Wally Reynolds	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,000

27 March 1935 (1935-03-27) Quarter Final	Cardiff City	2–2	Chester City	Cardiff
	Johnny Burke (og) Jack Everest			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,000

10 April 1935 (1935-04-10) Quarter Final (Replay)	Chester City	3–0	Cardiff City	Chester
				Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 5,000

Third Division South Cup

17 October 1934 (1934-10-17) Round 1	Crystal Palace	3–1	Cardiff City	London
			Tommy Vaughan	Stadium: Selhurst Park

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: 1935". 11v11. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ "Welsh Cup 1934/35". 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".

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