Rochdale 2
Wrexham 1
League (Division Three North)


Rochdale 

2 - 1
HT: 1-0

Wrexham


League
(Division Three North)
Saturday, January 3rd, 1948
Spotland
Attendance: 9,687
2:15pm kick-off


Goalscorers
Ron Johnston (43)
Jackie Moss (75)
Billy Tunnicliffe (63)

Team Managers
Ted Goodier Tom Williams

Starting Eleven
1. Les Bywater
2. Len Jackson
3. Bill Byrom
4. Joe McCormick
5. Walter Birch
6. Jimmy Britton
7. Cyril Lawrence
8. Dick Withington
9. Ron Johnston
10. Jackie Moss
11. Hugh O'Donnell
Geoff Atherton .1
Eddie Tunney .2
Ronald Jackson .3
Jack Leyfield .4
Billy Tudor .5
Gib Bellis .6
Dennis Grainger .7
Vince Pritchard .8
Dick Yates .9
Norman Sharp .10
Billy Tunnicliffe .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

W. Prescott (Southport) (Referee)



Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at January 3rd, 1948)


1947-48 All Time
League Cups All
Geoff Atherton (GK) 5 - 1 - 6 -
Ronald Jackson 13 - 0 - 56 -
Billy Tudor 1612 - 832
Eddie Tunney 23 - 2 - 142 -
Gib Bellis 22 - 2 - 711
Jack Leyfield 410 - 111
Norman Sharp 2362 - 5911
Dennis Grainger 5 - 1 - 6 -
Vince Pritchard 5 - 0 - 287
Billy Tunnicliffe 2311222513
Dick Yates 440 - 65







League Table & Results (as at January 3rd, 1948)


Other Wrexham matches played on January 3rd, 1948:
Cheshire County League
Wrexham Reserves5-0Runcorn

Results of league matches played since last match
1st January 1948
Accrington S.1-2Rochdale
Carlisle United3-1Mansfield Town
Darlington1-3Southport
Gateshead AFC3-0Tranmere R.
Hartlepools United3-1Oldham
New Brighton0-1Lincoln City
Rotherham Utd3-2York City
3rd January 1948
Accrington S.2-4Hull City
Carlisle United1-1Gateshead AFC
Chester4-0Tranmere R.
Crewe Alex.4-1Darlington
Halifax Town0-1York City
Lincoln City3-0Stockport Co.
Mansfield Town1-1Oldham
New Brighton1-1Barrow
Rochdale2-1Wrexham
Rotherham Utd3-2Hartlepools United
Southport1-2Bradford City


Division Three (North) 1947-48
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Rotherham United 25 12 8 5 1.697 32
2. Lincoln City 23 13 5 5 1.900 31
3. Barrow 23 11 7 5 1.455 29
4. Carlisle United 24 12 5 7 1.311 29
5. Accrington Stanley 24 14 1 9 1.235 29
6. Hull City 22 11 6 5 1.571 28
7. WREXHAM 23 11 4 8 1.219 26
8. Gateshead AFC 24 8 9 7 1.222 25
9. Crewe Alexandra 22 10 5 7 0.971 25
10. Mansfield Town 23 8 8 7 1.037 24
11. Rochdale 22 9 6 7 0.800 24
12. York City 23 9 4 10 1.156 22
13. Bradford City 23 9 4 10 1.029 22
14. Tranmere Rovers 23 10 2 11 0.850 22
15. Oldham Athletic 23 6 8 9 0.933 20
16. Darlington 23 7 6 10 0.690 20
17. Chester 23 7 5 11 0.944 19
18. Southport 24 8 2 14 0.721 18
19. Stockport County 22 5 7 10 0.735 17
20. New Brighton 23 4 7 12 0.625 15
21. Hartlepools United 21 5 5 11 0.500 15
22. Halifax Town 23 4 6 13 0.619 14