Accrington Stanley 1
Wrexham 2
League (Division Three North)


Accrington S. 

1 - 2
HT: 0-0

Wrexham


League
(Division Three North)
Saturday, September 5th, 1953
Peel Park
Attendance: 8,298
3:00pm kick-off


Goalscorers
John Kirk (52) Bill Heggie (57)
Glyn Hughes (62)

Team Managers
Walter Galbraith Peter Jackson

Starting Eleven
1. Joe Henderson
2. Bill Mellor
3. Ken Holliday
4. Tommy Moran
5. Joe Cadden
6. Harold Bodle
7. Les Cocker
8. John Kirk
9. Willie Brown
10. Harry Eastham
11. Joe Devlin
Bob Connor .1
Aly McGowan .2
Peter Fisher .3
George Jones .4
Ron Wynn .5
Johnny Tapscott .6
Glyn Hughes .7
Ron Hewitt .8
Bill Heggie .9
Tommy Tilston .10
Brian Griffiths .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

C. Holland (Cheadle Heath) (Referee)



Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at September 5th, 1953)


1953-54 All Time
League Cups All
Bob Connor (GK) 1 - 0 - 68 -
Peter Fisher 6 - 0 - 81 -
Aly McGowan 6 - 0 - 6 -
Ron Wynn 5 - 0 - 12115
George Jones 6 - 0 - 1068
Johnny Tapscott 6 - 0 - 1062
Brian Griffiths 1 - 0 - 2 -
Bill Heggie 540 - 157
Ron Hewitt 620 - 9630
Glyn Hughes 420 - 5116
Tommy Tilston 6 - 0 - 6322







League Table & Results (as at September 5th, 1953)


Other Wrexham matches played on September 5th, 1953:
Cheshire County League
Wrexham Reserves0-1Congleton Town
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division Two
Bala Town?-?Wrexham 'A'
Welsh Amateur Cup
Wrexham 'A'6-1Corwen A.

Results of league matches played since last match
3rd September 1953
Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd1-1Gateshead AFC
5th September 1953
Accrington S.1-2Wrexham
Barnsley4-1Chesterfield
Bradford PA2-2Darlington
Carlisle United5-0Mansfield Town
Chester3-0Workington
Crewe Alex.3-1Gateshead AFC
Grimsby Town3-2Rochdale
Halifax Town2-0Barrow
Port Vale3-1Hartlepools United
Southport4-3Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd
Tranmere R.0-1Bradford City
York City0-0Stockport Co.


Division Three (North) 1953-54
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Port Vale 6 4 2 0 6.000 10
2. Southport 6 4 1 1 1.500 9
3. Barnsley 6 3 2 1 2.500 8
4. Crewe Alexandra 6 2 4 0 1.750 8
5. Bradford City 6 3 2 1 1.000 8
6. WREXHAM 6 3 1 2 1.429 7
7. Grimsby Town 6 3 1 2 1.273 7
8. Stockport County 6 2 3 1 1.167 7
9. Gateshead AFC 6 2 3 1 1.143 7
10. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 5 2 2 1 1.600 6
11. Mansfield Town 6 2 2 2 0.917 6
12. Chesterfield 6 2 2 2 0.667 6
13. Carlisle United 5 2 1 2 1.900 5
14. Bradford (Park Avenue) 5 1 3 1 1.500 5
15. York City 6 1 3 2 0.875 5
16. Tranmere Rovers 5 2 0 3 1.000 4
17. Accrington Stanley 5 2 0 3 0.889 4
18. Chester 5 1 2 2 0.857 4
19. Halifax Town 6 1 2 3 0.571 4
20. Barrow 5 1 2 2 0.375 4
21. Workington 5 1 1 3 0.556 3
22. Hartlepools United 5 0 3 2 0.364 3
23. Darlington 6 0 2 4 0.273 2
24. Rochdale 5 1 0 4 0.250 2