Tranmere Rovers 1
Wrexham 2
League (Division Three North)
Tranmere R. |
1 - 2
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Mike Fleming (6) |
Eric Betts (63) Ron Wynn (65) |
| Team Managers | |
| Ernie Blackburn |
Cliff Lloyd |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. George Payne 2. Derek Jones 3. Len Kieran 4. Ralph Millington 5. Harold Bell 6. Ray Williams 7. Kenny McDevitt 8. Harold Atkinson 9. Abe Rosenthal 10. Mike Fleming 11. Sammy Speakman |
Pat Egglestone .1 Albert Parker .2 Aly McGowan .3 Dennis Griffiths .4 Jack Capper .5 Johnny Tapscott .6 Phil Gwatkin .7 Ron Hewitt .8 Ron Wynn .9 Arthur Rowley .10 Eric Betts .11 |
| Bench | |
| None. | None. |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
A. Wilkinson (Bradford) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at March 19th, 1955)
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| Pat Egglestone (GK) | 28 |
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12 | - | 3 | - | 55 | - | 10 | - | 65 | - | |||
| Jack Capper | 23 |
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16 | - | 2 | - | 48 | - | 7 | - | 55 | - | |||
| Aly McGowan | 25 |
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32 | - | 4 | - | 70 | - | 9 | - | 79 | - | |||
| Albert Parker | 27 |
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14 | - | 5 | - | 74 | 1 | 13 | - | 87 | 1 | |||
| Ron Wynn | 31 |
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15 | 2 | 3 | - | 141 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 160 | 17 | |||
| Dennis Griffiths | 19 |
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17 | 1 | 3 | - | 34 | 1 | 7 | - | 41 | 1 | |||
| Johnny Tapscott | 26 |
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24 | 2 | 3 | - | 149 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 167 | 5 | |||
| Eric Betts | 29 |
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20 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 41 | 14 | |||
| Phil Gwatkin | 25 |
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16 | - | 3 | 2 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 8 | |||
| Ron Hewitt | 26 |
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25 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 141 | 52 | 20 | 6 | 161 | 58 | |||
| Arthur Rowley | 21 |
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14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 4 | |||
League Table & Results (as at March 19th, 1955)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 16th March 1955 |
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| Halifax Town | 1-2 | Rochdale |
| York City | 3-2 | Chesterfield |
| 19th March 1955 |
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| Bradford PA | 0-0 | Mansfield Town |
| Carlisle United | 2-1 | Southport |
| Chester | 3-1 | Barrow |
| Chesterfield | 2-1 | Halifax Town |
| Crewe Alex. | 2-3 | York City |
| Darlington | 0-2 | Oldham |
| Gateshead AFC | 2-1 | Bradford City |
| Grimsby Town | 0-1 | Workington |
| Hartlepools United | 0-3 | Barnsley |
| Rochdale | 0-0 | Accrington S. |
| Stockport Co. | 4-2 | Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd |
| Tranmere R. | 1-2 | Wrexham |
| Division Three (North) 1954-55 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Accrington Stanley | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 1.540 | 49 |
| 2. | Barnsley | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 1.590 | 44 |
| 3. | Gateshead AFC | 33 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1.182 | 42 |
| 4. | York City | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1.468 | 41 |
| 5. | Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 1.381 | 41 |
| 6. | Hartlepools United | 32 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 1.483 | 40 |
| 7. | Stockport County | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 1.208 | 39 |
| 8. | Workington | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1.262 | 38 |
| 9. | Chesterfield | 33 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 1.019 | 37 |
| 10. | Oldham Athletic | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 1.087 | 36 |
| 11. | Rochdale | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 1.087 | 36 |
| 12. | Mansfield Town | 35 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 0.907 | 35 |
| 13. | Darlington | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 0.868 | 33 |
| 14. | Southport | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 1.056 | 32 |
| 15. | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 0.818 | 30 |
| 16. | Grimsby Town | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 0.784 | 29 |
| 17. | Carlisle United | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 0.894 | 28 |
| 18. | Halifax Town | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 0.889 | 28 |
| 19. | Chester | 35 | 12 | 4 | 19 | 0.623 | 28 |
| 20. | WREXHAM | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 0.750 | 26 |
| 21. | Tranmere Rovers | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 0.745 | 26 |
| 22. | Crewe Alexandra | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 0.803 | 25 |
| 23. | Barrow | 33 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 0.686 | 25 |
| 24. | Bradford City | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0.725 | 24 |