Tranmere Rovers 2
Wrexham 3
League (Division Three North)
Tranmere R. |
2 - 3
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Harry Lamb (1) Billy Tudor (o.g.) (46) |
Jack Boothway (18) Dick Yates (25) Jack Boothway (43) |
| Team Managers | |
| Ernie Blackburn |
Tom Williams |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. George Payne 2. Ted Anderson 3. Eric Hornby 4. Gillie Alldis 5. Harold Bell 6. John Malcolm 7. Harry Lamb 8. Percy Steele 9. Harold Atkinson 10. Len Salmon 11. Harold Bridges |
Geoff Atherton .1 Eddie Tunney .2 Ronald Jackson .3 Les Speed .4 Billy Tudor .5 Gib Bellis .6 Dennis Grainger .7 Norman Sharp .8 Dick Yates .9 Jack Boothway .10 Billy Tunnicliffe .11 |
| Bench | |
| None. | None. |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
E.W. Baker (Manchester) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at January 10th, 1948)
| 1947-48 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
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| Geoff Atherton (GK) | 24 |
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6 | - | 1 | - | 6 | - | 1 | - | 7 | - | |||
| Ronald Jackson | 28 |
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14 | - | 0 | - | 45 | - | 12 | - | 57 | - | |||
| Les Speed | 24 |
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7 | - | 0 | - | 10 | - | 1 | - | 11 | - | |||
| Billy Tudor | 29 |
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17 | 1 | 2 | - | 51 | 2 | 33 | - | 84 | 2 | |||
| Eddie Tunney | 32 |
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24 | - | 2 | - | 111 | - | 32 | - | 143 | - | |||
| Gib Bellis | 28 |
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23 | - | 2 | - | 52 | 1 | 20 | - | 72 | 1 | |||
| Norman Sharp | 28 |
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24 | 6 | 2 | - | 54 | 11 | 6 | - | 60 | 11 | |||
| Jack Boothway | 28 |
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9 | 5 | 2 | - | 31 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 30 | |||
| Dennis Grainger | 27 |
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6 | - | 1 | - | 6 | - | 1 | - | 7 | - | |||
| Billy Tunnicliffe | 28 |
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24 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13 | |||
| Dick Yates | 26 |
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5 | 5 | 0 | - | 5 | 5 | 0 | - | 5 | 5 | |||
League Table & Results (as at January 10th, 1948)
| Other Wrexham matches played on January 10th, 1948: |
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| Cheshire County League | ||
|---|---|---|
| Wrexham Reserves | 6-1 | Altrincham |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 10th January 1948 |
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| Carlisle United | 2-5 | Lincoln City |
| Darlington | 4-1 | Halifax Town |
| Gateshead AFC | 5-0 | Rochdale |
| Hartlepools United | 1-0 | New Brighton |
| Tranmere R. | 2-3 | Wrexham |
| York City | 3-3 | Bradford City |
| Division Three (North) 1947-48 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lincoln City | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1.955 | 33 |
| 2. | Rotherham United | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1.697 | 32 |
| 3. | Barrow | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1.455 | 29 |
| 4. | Accrington Stanley | 24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 1.235 | 29 |
| 5. | Carlisle United | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1.220 | 29 |
| 6. | Hull City | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1.571 | 28 |
| 7. | WREXHAM | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 1.235 | 28 |
| 8. | Gateshead AFC | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1.407 | 27 |
| 9. | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0.971 | 25 |
| 10. | Mansfield Town | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1.037 | 24 |
| 11. | Rochdale | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 0.700 | 24 |
| 12. | York City | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 1.143 | 23 |
| 13. | Bradford City | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 1.027 | 23 |
| 14. | Tranmere Rovers | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 0.837 | 22 |
| 15. | Darlington | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 0.767 | 22 |
| 16. | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 0.933 | 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. | Hartlepools United | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.523 | 17 |
| 21. | New Brighton | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0.610 | 15 |
| 22. | Halifax Town | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 0.587 | 14 |