03-05-71: Hull City (a) 6-7 (HT ?) Crowd (28,250)

For Leeds Jack Charlton scored twice, Mick Jones and Norman Hunter also got one each and Rod Belfitt scored twice after coming on as a substitute, times unknown. For Hull City, Chris Chilton and Ken Wagstaff both scored hat-tricks and goalkeeper Ian McKechnie got the other when he was playing in the outfield in place of Ian Butler. Other substitutes were Paddy Greenwood, who replaced Billy Wilkinson, Roger Devries, who replaced Terry Neill at Centre-Half, and Steve Holbrook, who came on for Malcolm Lord. Maurice Fussey (Retford, Nottinghamshire) was the referee.(Hull City team, courtesy of Steve Bell)

Profile

Christopher Roy (Chris) Chilton was born on 25th June 1943 in Sproatley, Yorkshire. His original intention was to go to Art College but he arrived at Boothferry Park from Bilton FC in August 1968 as a raw youngster who had withstood the buffeting of local non-League football and still managed to score goals. Chilton gave over ten years loyal service to the club after making his League debut in a 4-0 thrashing at Colchester United on 20th August 1960. He was not even the club's first choice as centre-forward. That honour went to another debutant, Peter Nicholson, who never played another first team game for the Tigers, whilst Chilton went on to make the number 9 shirt his own in four hundred and seventy-seven League and Cup games. His rawness was evident but his prowess in the air and in front of goal was awesome. He quickly learned his trade from the experienced professionals at the club and scored twenty goals in fifty appearances in his first season. he soon matured into the finished article and put his six foot and twelve stone frame to good use, becoming a willing worker for the team with a happy knack for scoring goals. He managed to average a goal every other game which attracted scouts from other clubs and the heavy marking of opposing defenders. He formed a devastating striking partnership with Ken Wagstaff, who arrived from Mansfield Town in the middle of the 1964-65 season and in that season they scored thirty-eight goals between them and followed that up with twenty-seven and twenty-five goals respectively as City won the Third Division Championship, his only medal, and enjoyed a long run in the F.A. Cup. International recognition never came but he was selected as Captain of the F.A. XI against Guernsey in 1968 and marked the occasion with a hat-trick. He later toured Australia in 1971 with the F.A. XI. He remained with Hull City for most of his career, turning down the chance to join Tottenham Hotspur and Leeds United but in August 1971 he joined Coventry City for a fee of £90,000, but a recurring back injury caused him to retire one year later. He had a short spell in South African football with Highlands Park FC, from 1974 to 1978, before he returned to England and took up a variety of coaching positions at Hull City and was, on two occasions, Assistant Manager and once Caretaker Manager.

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