1945-46 not known (anyone have a F.L. handbook for this season?)
46-47 245, 65 of whom went on become F.L. referees (not known how many of these were new to the line list as 45-46 is missing)
47-48 239, 63 became refs, 28 of whom were new
48-49 245, 51, 16
49-50 273, 50, 18
50-51 285, 61, 20
51-52 286, 54, 15
52-53 296, 56, 12
53-54 305, 51, 8
54-55 311, 48, 17
55-56 331, 52, 15
56-57 347, 56, 18
57-58 359, 59, 13