Bradford City 1
Wrexham 2
League (Division Three North)
Bradford City |
1 - 2
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Abe Rosenthal (67) |
Tommy Bannan (10) Bill Heggie (18) |
| Team Managers | |
| Ivor Powell |
Peter Jackson |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Jimmy Gooch 2. Jock Whyte 3. George Mulholland 4. David Gray 5. George Hepplewhite 6. Peter Miller 7. Tommy McCulloch 8. Eric Worthington 9. Abe Rosenthal 10. Whelan Ward 11. Billy Tunnicliffe |
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 Tommy Bannan .11 |
| Bench | |
| None. | None. |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
A. Jones (Liverpool) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at September 23rd, 1953)
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| Bob Connor (GK) | 27 |
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6 | - | 0 | - | 63 | - | 10 | - | 73 | - | |||
| Peter Fisher | 33 |
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11 | - | 0 | - | 78 | - | 8 | - | 86 | - | |||
| Aly McGowan | 23 |
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11 | - | 0 | - | 11 | - | 0 | - | 11 | - | |||
| Ron Wynn | 29 |
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9 | - | 0 | - | 112 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 125 | 15 | |||
| George Jones | 23 |
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11 | - | 0 | - | 100 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 111 | 8 | |||
| Johnny Tapscott | 25 |
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11 | - | 0 | - | 103 | 2 | 8 | - | 111 | 2 | |||
| Tommy Bannan | 23 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | - | 87 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 98 | 37 | |||
| Bill Heggie | 26 |
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10 | 9 | 0 | - | 20 | 12 | 0 | - | 20 | 12 | |||
| Ron Hewitt | 25 |
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11 | 3 | 0 | - | 91 | 31 | 10 | - | 101 | 31 | |||
| Glyn Hughes | 21 |
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9 | 2 | 0 | - | 52 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 56 | 16 | |||
| Tommy Tilston | 27 |
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11 | 5 | 0 | - | 63 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 68 | 27 | |||
League Table & Results (as at September 23rd, 1953)
| Other Wrexham matches played on September 23rd, 1953: |
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| Cheshire County League | ||
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| Wrexham Reserves | 1-2 | Tranmere Reserves |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 21st September 1953 |
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| Barrow | 4-2 | Mansfield |
| Gateshead AFC | 4-1 | Workington |
| Hartlepools United | 3-2 | Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd |
| Port Vale | 1-0 | Crewe |
| Stockport | 6-0 | Tranmere |
| York City | 3-3 | Darlington |
| 22nd September 1953 |
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| Carlisle United | 2-1 | Accrington S. |
| Rochdale | 0-1 | Chesterfield |
| 23rd September 1953 |
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| Barnsley | 2-1 | Southport |
| Bradford City | 1-2 | Wrexham |
| Chester | 2-3 | Bradford PA |
| Grimsby Town | 2-1 | Halifax Town |
| Division Three (North) 1953-54 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Port Vale | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4.750 | 18 |
| 2. | Barnsley | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1.583 | 14 |
| 3. | Gateshead AFC | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1.500 | 14 |
| 4. | Crewe | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1.400 | 14 |
| 5. | WREXHAM | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1.375 | 14 |
| 6. | Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1.727 | 13 |
| 7. | Stockport | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1.500 | 13 |
| 8. | Southport | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1.200 | 13 |
| 9. | Carlisle United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1.867 | 12 |
| 10. | Bradford City | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0.769 | 12 |
| 11. | Bradford PA | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.385 | 11 |
| 12. | Grimsby Town | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0.905 | 11 |
| 13. | Chesterfield | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0.857 | 11 |
| 14. | Mansfield | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.947 | 10 |
| 15. | Accrington S. | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.941 | 9 |
| 16. | Barrow | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.867 | 9 |
| 17. | York City | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0.737 | 9 |
| 18. | Halifax Town | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0.692 | 9 |
| 19. | Darlington | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0.667 | 9 |
| 20. | Chester | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.867 | 7 |
| 21. | Tranmere | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0.739 | 6 |
| 22. | Hartlepools United | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.524 | 6 |
| 23. | Rochdale | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0.300 | 5 |
| 24. | Workington | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0.375 | 3 |