World War II
Total Appearances and Goals

(Click for Individual WWII Seasons:    1939/40     1940/41     1941/42     1942/43     1943/44     1944/45     1945/46)

The 1939/40 Football League was abandoned after 3 games when World War II broke out.
After that - up to and including the 1945/46 season - it was replaced with regional leagues.
The normal FA Cup competition was suspended (it returned during the 1945/46 season).
Teams competed in the Football League War Cup instead.
From 1941/42 to 1944/45 inclusive, games played in the War Cup also counted as War League games.
Games played and goals scored in these 'dual matches' have only been included once in the players' overall totals.
The appearance and goal statistics below are not counted in any official records.

† Teams were allowed to use guest players in wartime matches.
The actual clubs that Everton's guest players belonged to is indicated where appropriate.

Players in bold only played wartime games for Everton; they never played in a normal Football League
or FA Cup match for the club.

Huge thanks to the incomparable David France for providing many of the lesser-known players' first names!
Appearances and Goals
 
  

 Abandoned
1939/40
Football League

War
Football League
1939/40 - 45/46

Football League
War Cup
1939/40 & 40/41
Football League/
War Cup
Dual Games
1941/42 - 44/45

Total
  
Apps
Gls
Apps
Gls
Apps
Gls
Apps
Gls
Apps
Gls
Norman Greenhalgh
3
0
241
2
12
0
45
0
256
2
Stan Bentham
3
1
197
50
12
2
39
8
212
53
Alex Stevenson
3
0
193
89
10
2
47
17
206
91
George Jackson
0
0
197
18
7
0
39
2
204
18
Gordon Watson
3
0
180
1
9
0
26
0
192
1
George Burnett
0
0
181
0
0
0
35
0
181
0
Tommy 'TG' Jones
3
0
129
  27*
10
3
31
9
142
31
Wally Boyes
3
0
115
28
7
1
12
1
125
29
Joe Mercer
3
0
105
21
11
1
23
6
119
22
Tommy Lawton
3
4
100
134
10
14
25
38
113
152
Billy Cook
3
0
87
12
6
0
25
4
96
12
Jackie Grant
0
0
91
6
0
0
23
1
91
6
Harry Catterick
0
0
66
52
5
3
5
2
71
55
Eddie Wainwright
0
0
66
36
0
0
13
7
66
36
Ted Sagar
3
0
46
0
12
0
5
0
61
0
Cecil Wyles
0
0
57
    47**
2
1
9
11
59
   48**
Jimmy McIntosh*** (Preston)†
0
0
51
33
0
0
20
9
51
33
John 'Jack' Humphreys
0
0
50
0
0
0
8
0
50
0
Jack Jones
0
0
46
0
4
0
6
0
50
0
Harry Jones (West Brom)†
0
0
46
18
0
0
16
5
46
18
Syd Rawlings**** (Millwall)†
0
0
45
15
0
0
7
6
45
15
Alf Anderson (Third Lanark)†
0
0
41
8
0
0
16
4
41
8
Jack Lyon
0
0
36
10
4
1
3
0
40
11
Maurice Lindley
0
0
37
0
2
0
4
0
39
0
George Mutch (Preston)†
0
0
38
17
0
0
11
6
38
17
Wally 'Nobby' Fielding
0
0
34
3
0
0
0
0
34
3
Eric Keen (Derby)†
0
0
26
0
0
0
13
0
26
0
Wally Owen
0
0
26
9
0
0
8
0
26
9
George Makin
0
0
22
4
0
0
1
0
22
4
Percy Lovett
0
0
18
0
0
0
0
0
18
0
George Curwen
0
0
17
1
0
0
9
1
17
1
Tommy Fowler
0
0
17
8
0
0
6
3
17
8
Sid Simmons
0
0
16
8
1
0
0
0
17
8
Robert 'Bunny' Bell
0
0
14
7
0
0
0
0
14
7
Ronnie Dellow (Tranmere)†
0
0
13
5
0
0
4
2
13
5
Jackie Arthur
0
0
12
1
1
0
0
0
13
1
Maurice Hill
0
0
12
0
0
0
0
0
12
0
Torry Gillick
3
0
7
3
1
1
1
0
11
4
Wilf Birkett
0
0
11
0
0
0
10
0
11
0
Norman Sharp
0
0
8
0
0
0
4
0
8
0
Billy Lowe
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
Matt McDonnell
0
0
7
0
0
0
1
0
7
0
Cliff Britton
0
0
7
1
0
0
0
0
7
1
Frank Curran (Bristol Rov)†
0
0
7
10
0
0
0
0
7
10
Sam Jones (Blackpool)†
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
William Hallard (Bradford PA)†
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
Charlie Lewis
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
Billy Sumner
0
0
4
0
1
1
0
0
5
1
Arthur Barber
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
0
5
0
Thomas Elliott
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
0
4
1
Billy Higgins
0
0
4
2
0
0
0
0
4
2
Albert Johnson
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
0
4
1
Fred Sweeney
0
0
4
2
0
0
0
0
4
2
Jock Thomson
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
James Caskie
0
0
3
0
1
0
2
0
4
0
John 'Jack' Boothway (Man City)†
0
0
3
2
0
0
3
2
3
2
Albert Williams
0
0
3
0
0
0
2
0
3
0
Jimmy 'Nat' Cunliffe
0
0
3
1
0
0
1
0
3
1
Tommy Fairfoull
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
Norman Higham
0
0
3
1
0
0
1
0
3
1
Leonard Wootton
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
Gordon Bailey
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
3
1
Leslie Doyle
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
John Linaker
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
Harry Penlington
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
Tom Peters (Doncaster)†
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
3
1
Tom 'Pongo' Waring (Tranmere)†
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
3
1
Charlie Gee
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
Johnny Carey (Man Utd)†
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
Cuthbert Tatters
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
Andy Smith (Hamilton)†
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
Alf Ashley
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
Harold Finnis
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
Norman Hankin
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
Fred Jones
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
Jack Scott-Lee (Man Utd)†
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
Ernie Steele (Stockport)†
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
Phil Turner
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
Tom Urmston (Bury)†
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
Lew Ashcroft (Tranmere)†
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Frank David (Bolton)†
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Billy Hall (Livepool)†
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Arthur Higgins
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Jimmy Morris (Stockport)†
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Abe Rosenthal (Tranmere)†
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Tommy Astbury (Chester)†
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Bobby Beattie (Preston)†
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Tony Bond
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Jimmy Cookson
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Jack Davies
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Gordon Dugdale
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Robert Dunkley (Stoke)†
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Cyril 'Chic' Heath
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Jack Hedley
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Dick Ireland
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Tommy King
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Bob Kinnell (Hearts)†
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Harry Lindeman
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Jimmy Logan (Rutherglen Gl)†
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Norman Low (Newport)†
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
John McIlhatton
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Johnnie Morley
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
George Murphy (Bradford C)†
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Jack Powell
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Fred Roberts (Bury)†
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Ehud 'Tim' Rogers (Wrexham)†
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
George Saunders
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Eddie Seddon
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Frank Soo (Stoke)†
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
Douglas Trentham
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
Edgar Williams (C Palace)†
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0

*     Jones scored an extra-time goal in a League Championship/League War Cup 'dual' match at Preston in April 1942.
      The score after 90 minutes was counted as the result of the League match, so the extra-time goal is included in these statistics
      as only a War Cup goal.

**   Wyles scored an extra-time goal in a War Football League/Lancashire Senior Cup 'dual' match at Chester in March 1945.
      The score after 90 minutes was counted as the result of the League match, so the extra-time goal isn't included in these statistics.

***  McIntosh played for the club as a guest during the war and later signed permanently in March 1949.

**** Rawlings played 32 War Football League matches for Everton as a guest, scoring 13 goals, before signing permanently for Everton in
       November 1945, after which he played 13 further War Football League games for the club, scoring twice more.