Bradford City 1
Wrexham 2
League (Division Three North)


Bradford City 

1 - 2
HT: 0-2

Wrexham


League
(Division Three North)
Wednesday, September 23rd, 1953
Valley Parade
Attendance: 6,600
5:10pm kick-off


Goalscorers
Abe Rosenthal (67) Tommy Bannan (10)
Bill Heggie (18)

Team Managers
Ivor Powell Peter Jackson

Starting Eleven
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)


1953-54 All Time
League Cups All
Bob Connor (GK) 6 - 0 - 73 -
Peter Fisher 11 - 0 - 86 -
Aly McGowan 11 - 0 - 11 -
Ron Wynn 9 - 0 - 12515
George Jones 11 - 0 - 1118
Johnny Tapscott 11 - 0 - 1112
Tommy Bannan 210 - 9837
Bill Heggie 1090 - 2012
Ron Hewitt 1130 - 10131
Glyn Hughes 920 - 5616
Tommy Tilston 1150 - 6827







League Table & Results (as at September 23rd, 1953)


Other Wrexham matches played on September 23rd, 1953:
Cheshire County League
Wrexham Reserves1-2Tranmere R. Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
21st September 1953
Barrow4-2Mansfield Town
Gateshead AFC4-1Workington
Hartlepools United3-2Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd
Port Vale1-0Crewe Alex.
Stockport Co.6-0Tranmere R.
York City3-3Darlington
22nd September 1953
Carlisle United2-1Accrington S.
Rochdale0-1Chesterfield
23rd September 1953
Barnsley2-1Southport
Bradford City1-2Wrexham
Chester2-3Bradford PA
Grimsby Town2-1Halifax Town


Division Three (North) 1953-54
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 Alexandra 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 County 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 (Park Avenue) 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 Town 10 3 4 3 0.947 10
15. Accrington Stanley 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 Rovers 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