Port Vale 2
Wrexham 0
League (Division Three North)
Port Vale |
2 - 0
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Ken Griffiths (55) Jack Cunliffe (74) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Fredde Steele |
Peter Jackson |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Ray King 2. Stan Turner 3. Reg Potts 4. Albert Mullard 5. Tom Cheadle 6. Roy Sproson 7. Colin Askey 8. Albert Leake 9. Basil Hayward 10. Ken Griffiths 11. Jack Cunliffe |
Pat Egglestone .1 Albert Parker .2 Aly McGowan .3 Phil Spruce .4 Ron Wynn .5 Dennis Griffiths .6 Phil Gwatkin .7 Ron Hewitt .8 Tommy Bannan .9 Les Samuels .10 Gordon Richards .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 April 24th, 1954)
| 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) | 27 |
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25 | - | 7 | - | 42 | - | 7 | - | 49 | - | |||
| Aly McGowan | 24 |
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38 | - | 5 | - | 38 | - | 5 | - | 43 | - | |||
| Albert Parker | 26 |
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17 | - | 1 | - | 59 | 1 | 8 | - | 67 | 1 | |||
| Ron Wynn | 30 |
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22 | - | 3 | - | 125 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 141 | 15 | |||
| Dennis Griffiths | 18 |
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15 | - | 4 | - | 16 | - | 4 | - | 20 | - | |||
| Phil Spruce | 24 |
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19 | - | 1 | - | 21 | - | 1 | - | 22 | - | |||
| Tommy Bannan | 24 |
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36 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 121 | 44 | 18 | 10 | 139 | 54 | |||
| Phil Gwatkin | 24 |
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20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 6 | |||
| Ron Hewitt | 25 |
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35 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 115 | 42 | 16 | 1 | 131 | 43 | |||
| Gordon Richards | 20 |
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24 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 12 | |||
| Les Samuels | 25 |
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12 | 8 | 0 | - | 12 | 8 | 0 | - | 12 | 8 | |||
League Table & Results (as at April 24th, 1954)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 20th April 1954 |
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| Barrow | 4-3 | Accrington S. |
| Bradford City | 1-1 | Stockport Co. |
| 21st April 1954 |
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| Barnsley | 3-0 | Tranmere R. |
| 24th April 1954 |
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| Barnsley | 3-2 | Barrow |
| Bradford PA | 1-0 | Mansfield Town |
| Chester | 1-2 | Stockport Co. |
| Crewe Alex. | 2-1 | Rochdale |
| Darlington | 1-0 | Bradford City |
| Gateshead AFC | 2-1 | Tranmere R. |
| Hartlepools United | 0-1 | Chesterfield |
| Port Vale | 2-0 | Wrexham |
| Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd | 2-1 | Carlisle United |
| Southport | 2-1 | Grimsby Town |
| Workington | 3-1 | Halifax Town |
| York City | 1-2 | Accrington S. |
| Division Three (North) 1953-54 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Port Vale | 44 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 3.789 | 67 |
| 2. | Barnsley | 45 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 1.357 | 57 |
| 3. | Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd | 45 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 1.382 | 56 |
| 4. | Gateshead AFC | 45 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 1.358 | 54 |
| 5. | Bradford City | 45 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 1.094 | 52 |
| 6. | Mansfield Town | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 1.313 | 51 |
| 7. | WREXHAM | 45 | 21 | 8 | 16 | 1.194 | 50 |
| 8. | Chesterfield | 45 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 1.172 | 50 |
| 9. | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 45 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 1.118 | 48 |
| 10. | Southport | 44 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 1.091 | 46 |
| 11. | Stockport County | 44 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 1.138 | 44 |
| 12. | Barrow | 45 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 1.014 | 43 |
| 13. | Carlisle United | 45 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 1.159 | 41 |
| 14. | Tranmere Rovers | 44 | 18 | 5 | 21 | 0.838 | 41 |
| 15. | Crewe Alexandra | 45 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 0.750 | 41 |
| 16. | Accrington Stanley | 45 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 0.878 | 40 |
| 17. | Rochdale | 45 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 0.776 | 40 |
| 18. | Workington | 45 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 0.747 | 40 |
| 19. | Hartlepools United | 45 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 0.906 | 39 |
| 20. | Grimsby Town | 45 | 15 | 9 | 21 | 0.632 | 39 |
| 21. | Darlington | 45 | 12 | 13 | 20 | 0.700 | 37 |
| 22. | York City | 45 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 0.726 | 35 |
| 23. | Halifax Town | 44 | 12 | 9 | 23 | 0.594 | 33 |
| 24. | Chester | 45 | 11 | 10 | 24 | 0.727 | 32 |