Accrington Stanley 1
Wrexham 2
League (Division Three North)
Accrington S. |
1 - 2
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Jimmy Kendall (90) |
Glyn Hughes (34) Billy Tunnicliffe (78) |
| Team Managers | |
| Walter Crook |
Peter Jackson |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Doug Daniels 2. Bill Mellor 3. Billy Robinson 4. John Brocklehurst 5. Syd Goodfellow 6. Jimmy Grummett 7. Des Collins 8. Jimmy Kendall 9. Billy Watkinson 10. Tommy Butler 11. Alan Bushell |
Bob Connor .1 Les Speed .2 Albert Parker .3 George Jones .4 Ron Wynn .5 Johnny Tapscott .6 Glyn Hughes .7 Ron Hewitt .8 Tommy Bannan .9 Tommy Tilston .10 Billy Tunnicliffe .11 |
| Bench | |
| None. | None. |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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J. Houston (St.Annes-on-Sea) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at December 27th, 1952)
| 1952-53 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| Bob Connor (GK) | 27 |
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14 | - | 2 | - | 54 | - | 9 | - | 63 | - | |||
| Albert Parker | 25 |
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20 | 1 | 2 | - | 28 | 1 | 6 | - | 34 | 1 | |||
| Les Speed | 29 |
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12 | - | 2 | - | 160 | - | 20 | - | 180 | - | |||
| Ron Wynn | 29 |
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22 | - | 2 | - | 99 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 110 | 15 | |||
| George Jones | 22 |
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19 | 2 | 2 | - | 69 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 78 | 5 | |||
| Johnny Tapscott | 24 |
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24 | 1 | 2 | - | 71 | 2 | 6 | - | 77 | 2 | |||
| Tommy Bannan | 22 |
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23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 63 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 72 | 28 | |||
| Ron Hewitt | 24 |
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23 | 8 | 2 | - | 61 | 23 | 8 | - | 69 | 23 | |||
| Glyn Hughes | 21 |
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24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 9 | |||
| Tommy Tilston | 26 |
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21 | 11 | 2 | - | 30 | 13 | 3 | - | 33 | 13 | |||
| Billy Tunnicliffe | 32 |
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23 | 9 | 2 | - | 234 | 72 | 28 | 16 | 262 | 88 | |||
League Table & Results (as at December 27th, 1952)
| Other Wrexham matches played on December 27th, 1952: |
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| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division Two | |||||||
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| Rhostyllen & Bersham | 1-3 | Wrexham 'A' | |||||
| Cheshire County League | ||
|---|---|---|
| Wrexham Reserves | 1-1 | Chester Reserves |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 27th December 1952 |
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| Accrington S. | 1-2 | Wrexham |
| Chesterfield | 3-2 | Grimsby Town |
| Gateshead AFC | 2-2 | Bradford City |
| Halifax Town | 2-4 | Bradford PA |
| Hartlepools United | 0-2 | Stockport Co. |
| Mansfield Town | 0-2 | Oldham |
| Port Vale | 3-1 | Crewe Alex. |
| Rochdale | 3-1 | Darlington |
| Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd | 1-2 | Carlisle United |
| Workington | 3-1 | Barrow |
| Division Three (North) 1952-53 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2.813 | 36 |
| 2. | Grimsby Town | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1.950 | 33 |
| 3. | York City | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1.650 | 32 |
| 4. | WREXHAM | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 1.405 | 31 |
| 5. | Port Vale | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1.833 | 30 |
| 6. | Halifax Town | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1.258 | 28 |
| 7. | Gateshead AFC | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1.276 | 27 |
| 8. | Crewe Alexandra | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 1.083 | 26 |
| 9. | Mansfield Town | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 0.879 | 26 |
| 10. | Chesterfield | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 1.121 | 25 |
| 11. | Stockport County | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1.250 | 24 |
| 12. | Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 1.100 | 24 |
| 13. | Hartlepools United | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0.912 | 24 |
| 14. | Southport | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 0.886 | 24 |
| 15. | Carlisle United | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1.176 | 23 |
| 16. | Barrow | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 0.889 | 23 |
| 17. | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 0.857 | 21 |
| 18. | Tranmere Rovers | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 0.938 | 20 |
| 19. | Chester | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0.846 | 20 |
| 20. | Bradford City | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 0.674 | 20 |
| 21. | Rochdale | 25 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 0.773 | 16 |
| 22. | Darlington | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 0.576 | 16 |
| 23. | Workington | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 0.436 | 15 |
| 24. | Accrington Stanley | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 0.468 | 12 |