Barrow 1
Wrexham 0
League (Division Three North)
Barrow |
1 - 0
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Billy Gordon (34) | None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Jack Hacking |
Peter Jackson |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Jack Hindle 2. Derrick Renshaw 3. Billy Buchanan 4. Jack Keen 5. Peter Wilson 6. Jack Street 7. Jim Collins 8. Andy McLaren 9. Billy Gordon 10. Alan Keen 11. Willie Hannah |
Pat Egglestone .1 Les Speed .2 Aly McGowan .3 George Jones .4 Jack Capper .5 Johnny Tapscott .6 Bill Heggie .7 Ron Hewitt .8 Tommy Bannan .9 Tommy Tilston .10 Gordon Richards .11 |
| Bench | |
| None. | None. |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
G. Gibson (Urmston) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at December 25th, 1953)
| 1953-54 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Pat Egglestone (GK) | 26 |
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14 | - | 4 | - | 31 | - | 4 | - | 35 | - | |||
| Jack Capper | 22 |
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7 | - | 4 | - | 25 | - | 4 | - | 29 | - | |||
| Aly McGowan | 23 |
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17 | - | 2 | - | 17 | - | 2 | - | 19 | - | |||
| Les Speed | 30 |
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6 | - | 3 | - | 173 | - | 33 | 2 | 206 | 2 | |||
| George Jones | 23 |
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23 | - | 4 | - | 112 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 127 | 8 | |||
| Johnny Tapscott | 25 |
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24 | - | 4 | - | 116 | 2 | 12 | - | 128 | 2 | |||
| Tommy Bannan | 23 |
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15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 100 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 115 | 44 | |||
| Ron Hewitt | 25 |
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23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 103 | 34 | 14 | 1 | 117 | 35 | |||
| Gordon Richards | 20 |
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8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 10 | |||
| Tommy Tilston | 27 |
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22 | 8 | 4 | - | 74 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 83 | 30 | |||
| Bill Heggie | 26 |
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15 | 9 | 1 | - | 25 | 12 | 1 | - | 26 | 12 | |||
League Table & Results (as at December 25th, 1953)
| Other Wrexham matches played on December 25th, 1953: |
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| Cheshire County League | ||
|---|---|---|
| Wrexham Reserves | 3-2 | Rhyl |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 25th December 1953 |
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| Barrow | 1-0 | Wrexham |
| Gateshead AFC | 2-2 | Carlisle United |
| Grimsby Town | 1-0 | Tranmere |
| Halifax Town | 2-0 | Accrington S. |
| Mansfield | 6-0 | Crewe |
| Port Vale | 1-0 | Chester |
| Rochdale | 3-2 | Bradford City |
| Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd | 1-1 | Darlington |
| Southport | 1-0 | Bradford PA |
| Stockport | 6-1 | Chesterfield |
| Workington | 0-0 | Hartlepools United |
| York City | 0-2 | Barnsley |
| Division Three (North) 1953-54 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Port Vale | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 5.625 | 41 |
| 2. | Gateshead AFC | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1.692 | 34 |
| 3. | Stockport | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1.828 | 29 |
| 4. | Barnsley | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1.320 | 29 |
| 5. | Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1.281 | 29 |
| 6. | Bradford PA | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1.467 | 28 |
| 7. | WREXHAM | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1.533 | 26 |
| 8. | Bradford City | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1.067 | 26 |
| 9. | Mansfield | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1.225 | 25 |
| 10. | Carlisle United | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1.441 | 24 |
| 11. | Barrow | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 1.091 | 24 |
| 12. | Chesterfield | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1.000 | 24 |
| 13. | Southport | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 0.970 | 24 |
| 14. | Crewe | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0.658 | 24 |
| 15. | Grimsby Town | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 0.730 | 22 |
| 16. | Hartlepools United | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1.000 | 21 |
| 17. | Accrington S. | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 0.976 | 21 |
| 18. | Tranmere | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 0.789 | 19 |
| 19. | Rochdale | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 0.500 | 18 |
| 20. | Chester | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 0.625 | 17 |
| 21. | Halifax Town | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 0.575 | 16 |
| 22. | York City | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0.580 | 15 |
| 23. | Workington | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 0.510 | 15 |
| 24. | Darlington | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0.476 | 15 |