Oldham Athletic 4
Wrexham 2
League (Division Three North)

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Oldham 

4 - 2
HT: 4-1

Wrexham


League
(Division Three North)
Saturday, February 7th, 1953
Boundary Park
Attendance: 17,618
3:00pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Eric Gemmell (1)
Bill Ormond (28)
Harry Houlahan (31)
Eric Gemmell (34) 		Bill Heggie (40)
Glyn Hughes (70)

Team Managers
George Hardwick Peter Jackson

Starting Eleven
1. George Burnett
2. Lewis Brook
3. George Hardwick
4. Tommy Lowrie
5. Archie Whyte
6. Les Smith
7. Jimmy Munro
8. Harry Houlahan
9. Eric Gemmell
10. Bobby McIlvenny
11. Bill Ormond 		Pat Egglestone .1
Les Speed .2
Peter Fisher .3
George Jones .4
Tommy Bannan .5
Johnny Tapscott .6
Glyn Hughes .7
Ron Hewitt .8
Bill Heggie .9
Tommy Tilston .10
Colin Grainger .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

L.N. Peake (Rotherham) (Referee)



Match Report

This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at February 7th, 1953)

1952-53 All Time
League Cups All
Pat Egglestone (GK) 1 - 0 - 1 -
Peter Fisher 21 - 1 - 59 -
Les Speed 16 - 411861
George Jones 2524 - 865
Johnny Tapscott 3014 - 852
Tommy Bannan 2912448031
Colin Grainger 1 - 0 - 2 -
Bill Heggie 430 - 43
Ron Hewitt 2894 - 7624
Glyn Hughes 308423410
Tommy Tilston 2712424116







League Table & Results (as at February 7th, 1953)

Other Wrexham matches played on February 7th, 1953:
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division Two
Wrexham 'A'1-11Llangollen
Cheshire County League
Wrexham Reserves5-0Hyde United

Results of league matches played since last match
4th February 1953
Gateshead AFC3-1Halifax Town
7th February 1953
Accrington S.1-0York City
Bradford City2-1Bradford PA
Chester2-0Gateshead AFC
Crewe Alex.2-2Carlisle United
Halifax Town3-2Grimsby Town
Mansfield Town2-2Barrow
Oldham4-2Wrexham
Port Vale3-0Hartlepools United
Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd2-0Darlington
Southport1-0Chesterfield
Stockport Co.2-0Rochdale
Workington2-0Tranmere R.


Division Three (North) 1952-53
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Oldham Athletic 30 18 8 4 2.308 44
2. Grimsby Town 31 16 8 7 1.676 40
3. Port Vale 29 14 10 5 1.909 38
4. York City 30 13 9 8 1.357 35
5. Gateshead AFC 31 12 10 9 1.244 34
6. Crewe Alexandra 31 14 6 11 1.152 34
7. WREXHAM 30 15 4 11 1.135 34
8. Carlisle United 31 11 10 10 1.359 32
9. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 30 12 8 10 1.243 32
10. Chesterfield 31 12 8 11 1.100 32
11. Halifax Town 30 11 10 9 1.093 32
12. Barrow 31 12 8 11 0.956 32
13. Southport 30 13 6 11 0.953 32
14. Hartlepools United 31 11 10 10 0.854 32
15. Stockport County 31 10 9 12 1.113 29
16. Tranmere Rovers 30 12 5 13 1.026 29
17. Mansfield Town 30 10 9 11 0.783 29
18. Bradford (Park Avenue) 30 11 6 13 0.932 28
19. Bradford City 31 7 13 11 0.691 27
20. Chester 29 7 9 13 0.843 23
21. Darlington 31 10 3 18 0.647 23
22. Workington 30 7 7 16 0.525 21
23. Rochdale 31 7 4 20 0.661 18
24. Accrington Stanley 29 5 8 16 0.509 18