Barnsley 4
Wrexham 2
League (Division Three North)
Barnsley |
4 - 2
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Malcolm Graham (6) Bobby Brown (24) Tommy Lumley (31) Bobby Wood (44) |
Tommy Bannan (12) Ron Hewitt (90) |
| Team Managers | |
| Tim Ward |
Peter Jackson |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Harry Hough 2. Joe Thomas 3. Harry May 4. Norman Smith 5. George Spruce 6. Bobby Wood 7. Arthur Kaye 8. Tommy Lumley 9. Bobby Brown 10. Malcolm Graham 11. Frank Bartlett |
Earl Godding .1 Les Speed .2 Aly McGowan .3 Dennis Griffiths .4 Ron Wynn .5 Johnny Tapscott .6 Keith Matthews .7 Ron Hewitt .8 Tommy Bannan .9 Arthur Rowley .10 Eric Betts .11 |
| Bench | |
| None. | None. |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
W. Hickson (Wigan) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at January 8th, 1955)
| 1954-55 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Earl Godding (GK) | 21 |
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10 | - | 3 | - | 11 | - | 3 | - | 14 | - | |||
| Aly McGowan | 24 |
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24 | - | 1 | - | 62 | - | 6 | - | 68 | - | |||
| Les Speed | 31 |
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22 | - | 3 | - | 204 | - | 31 | 1 | 235 | 1 | |||
| Ron Wynn | 31 |
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7 | - | 0 | - | 133 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 149 | 15 | |||
| Dennis Griffiths | 19 |
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9 | 1 | 0 | - | 26 | 1 | 4 | - | 30 | 1 | |||
| Johnny Tapscott | 26 |
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16 | 1 | 0 | - | 141 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 156 | 4 | |||
| Tommy Bannan | 24 |
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20 | 11 | 3 | - | 142 | 55 | 21 | 10 | 163 | 65 | |||
| Eric Betts | 29 |
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12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 12 | |||
| Ron Hewitt | 26 |
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18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 134 | 50 | 18 | 4 | 152 | 54 | |||
| Keith Matthews | 20 |
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6 | - | 0 | - | 9 | - | 0 | - | 9 | - | |||
| Arthur Rowley | 21 |
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6 | 3 | 1 | - | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | 7 | 3 | |||
League Table & Results (as at January 8th, 1955)
| Other Wrexham matches played on January 8th, 1955: |
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| Cheshire County League | ||
|---|---|---|
| Wrexham Reserves | 4-2 | Ellesmere Port |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 3rd January 1955 |
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| Accrington S. | 4-1 | Chesterfield |
| 8th January 1955 |
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| Barnsley | 4-2 | Wrexham |
| Chester | 2-4 | Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd |
| Crewe Alex. | 2-1 | Bradford PA |
| Oldham | 1-1 | Mansfield Town |
| Division Three (North) 1954-55 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 1.567 | 35 |
| 2. | Hartlepools United | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 1.800 | 34 |
| 3. | Accrington Stanley | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1.487 | 34 |
| 4. | Barnsley | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 1.600 | 33 |
| 5. | Gateshead AFC | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1.226 | 33 |
| 6. | York City | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1.606 | 30 |
| 7. | Workington | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1.300 | 29 |
| 8. | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1.143 | 29 |
| 9. | Stockport County | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 1.119 | 29 |
| 10. | Mansfield Town | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 0.929 | 28 |
| 11. | Chesterfield | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 0.909 | 26 |
| 12. | Rochdale | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1.000 | 25 |
| 13. | Southport | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0.968 | 25 |
| 14. | Darlington | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 0.902 | 24 |
| 15. | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 0.900 | 23 |
| 16. | Halifax Town | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 1.000 | 22 |
| 17. | Carlisle United | 25 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 1.000 | 21 |
| 18. | Crewe Alexandra | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 0.750 | 20 |
| 19. | Bradford City | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 0.750 | 20 |
| 20. | Grimsby Town | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 0.744 | 20 |
| 21. | Tranmere Rovers | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 0.690 | 19 |
| 22. | Barrow | 25 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 0.679 | 18 |
| 23. | Chester | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 0.532 | 18 |
| 24. | WREXHAM | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 0.648 | 17 |