Chester 4
Wrexham 1
League (Division Three North)
Chester |
4 - 1
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Tommy Best (27) Ray Westwood (52) George Williamson (58) George Williamson (90) |
Dick Yates (74) |
| Team Managers | |
| Frank Brown |
Tom Williams |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. George Scales 2. Reg Butcher 3. Dave McNeil 4. George Williamson 5. Trevor Walters 6. Frank Marsh 7. Bobby Hamilton 8. Tommy Burden 9. Tommy Best 10. Ray Westwood 11. Roger Kirkpatrick |
Geoff Atherton .1 Eddie Tunney .2 John Mortimer .3 Les Speed .4 Peter Wilson .5 Gib Bellis .6 Jack Jones .7 Dick Yates .8 Jack Boothway .9 Norman Sharp .10 Billy Tunnicliffe .11 |
| Bench | |
| None. | None. |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
H. Hartles (Runcorn) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at February 28th, 1948)
| 1947-48 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Geoff Atherton (GK) | 24 |
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13 | - | 3 | - | 13 | - | 3 | - | 16 | - | |||
| John Mortimer | 24 |
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12 | - | 3 | - | 19 | - | 4 | - | 23 | - | |||
| Les Speed | 24 |
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14 | - | 2 | - | 17 | - | 3 | - | 20 | - | |||
| Eddie Tunney | 32 |
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31 | - | 4 | - | 118 | - | 34 | - | 152 | - | |||
| Peter Wilson | 23 |
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12 | - | 1 | - | 12 | - | 1 | - | 13 | - | |||
| Gib Bellis | 28 |
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30 | - | 4 | - | 59 | 1 | 22 | - | 81 | 1 | |||
| Norman Sharp | 28 |
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31 | 7 | 3 | - | 61 | 12 | 7 | - | 68 | 12 | |||
| Jack Boothway | 29 |
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16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 34 | |||
| Jack Jones | 26 |
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15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 4 | |||
| Billy Tunnicliffe | 28 |
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31 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 18 | |||
| Dick Yates | 26 |
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12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | |||
League Table & Results (as at February 28th, 1948)
| Other Wrexham matches played on February 28th, 1948: |
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| Cheshire County League | ||
|---|---|---|
| Wrexham Reserves | 2-2 | Stalybridge C. |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 28th February 1948 |
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| Carlisle United | 1-2 | Bradford City |
| Chester | 4-1 | Wrexham |
| Crewe Alex. | 1-2 | Barrow |
| Darlington | 1-3 | Lincoln City |
| Gateshead AFC | 4-2 | Accrington S. |
| Hartlepools United | 3-1 | Hull City |
| Mansfield Town | 3-1 | Halifax Town |
| Oldham | 3-0 | New Brighton |
| Rotherham Utd | 4-1 | Stockport Co. |
| Tranmere R. | 2-2 | Southport |
| York City | 0-0 | Rochdale |
| Division Three (North) 1947-48 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lincoln City | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 1.839 | 43 |
| 2. | Rotherham United | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1.762 | 40 |
| 3. | Gateshead AFC | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 1.333 | 37 |
| 4. | Carlisle United | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 1.207 | 37 |
| 5. | WREXHAM | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 1.250 | 36 |
| 6. | Barrow | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1.462 | 35 |
| 7. | Hull City | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 1.333 | 34 |
| 8. | Mansfield Town | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 1.281 | 34 |
| 9. | Accrington Stanley | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 1.064 | 33 |
| 10. | Tranmere Rovers | 31 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 1.021 | 33 |
| 11. | Rochdale | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 0.771 | 32 |
| 12. | York City | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 1.136 | 30 |
| 13. | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 0.848 | 29 |
| 14. | Bradford City | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 0.980 | 28 |
| 15. | Oldham Athletic | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 1.000 | 27 |
| 16. | Darlington | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 0.724 | 27 |
| 17. | Southport | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 0.769 | 24 |
| 18. | Hartlepools United | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 0.607 | 23 |
| 19. | Chester | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 0.917 | 22 |
| 20. | Stockport County | 28 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 0.696 | 20 |
| 21. | New Brighton | 31 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 0.558 | 19 |
| 22. | Halifax Town | 31 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 0.583 | 17 |