 Match day attendances at The Hawthorns for the
1944-45 season.
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Highest League Attendance:
25, 487 v Aston Villa (1-5)
Lowest League Attendance: 4,742 v Wolves (1-1
Average League Attendance: 10,198
League
Aggregate: 132,579 from 13 matches
Highest Cup
Tie Average: 21,995 v Aston Villa (1-3) an aggregate of 79,722 from seven games.
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1944/45 : During This Season
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This season, W.G. Richardson scored his 350th senior goal for Albion v Northampton (4-1) on the 26th August.
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Albion reserves played and beat a Smethwick league team 17-0 in a friendly on the 13th January 1945 in front of 1,105 fans. Tommy Bowen scored seven, Ray Barlow six, Roy Finch three and George Dudley the other one.
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Ike Clarke, scored 29 goals in league and cup matches this season.
Midland Regional League |
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Opponent |
Home |
Away |
Home |
Away |
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Aston Villa |
1-5 |
2-2 |
2-4 |
4-3* |
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Birmingham |
1-4 |
0-2 |
2-3 |
1-4 |
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Coventry City |
4-1 |
1-1 |
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Leicester City |
1-1 |
2-0 |
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Northampton |
3-1 |
4-1 |
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Port Vale |
2-1 |
0-0 |
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| Stoke City |
2-3 |
3-2 |
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| Wolves |
3-2 |
2-3 |
1-1 |
0-1 |
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Walsall |
3-0 |
2-1 |
1-1 |
2-1 |
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* this game with Aston Villa was abandoned after 81 minutes because of fog. however, after a meeting, the League Committee allowed the result to stand and Albion collected 2 points
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Albion's Regional League Record 1944-45
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Summary |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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Home |
13 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
26 |
27 |
13 |
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Away |
13 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
23 |
21 |
15 |
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Totals |
26 |
11 |
6 |
9 |
49 |
48 |
28 |
After the Midlands, North West and North East groups had been merged together, Huddersfield town were declared the 44/45 League Champions. Albion finished 10th
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Football League Cup
(Qualifying Games) |
Opponents |
Home |
Away |
Aton Villa |
1-3 |
2-6 |
Birmingham |
4-0 |
1-1 |
Coventry City |
1-1 |
3-0 |
Northampton |
6-0 |
2-2 |
Walsall |
0-2 |
0-0 |
Albion qualified with 10 points from 10 games, winning a total of 3 games form home and away games.
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League Cup Proper
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| Round/opponent |
Home |
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Agg |
1. Bristol City |
3-3 |
2-5 |
5-8 |
The 44/45 league cup went to Bolton Wanderers, the Midland cup to
Leicester City.
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Ike Clarke |
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