Hartlepools United 2
Wrexham 1
League (Division Three North)


Hartlepools United 

2 - 1
HT: 0-1

Wrexham


League
(Division Three North)
Monday, August 27th, 1956
Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,814
6:30pm kick-off


Goalscorers
Tommy McGuigan (63)
Ken Johnson (64)
Peter Thompson (9)

Team Managers
Fred Westgarth Cliff Lloyd

Starting Eleven
1. Ralph Guthrie
2. Jack Cameron
3. Ray Thompson
4. Billy Anderson
5. Wattie Moore
6. Frank Stamper
7. Joe Rayment
8. Bobby Lumley
9. Ken Johnson
10. Tommy McGuigan
11. George Luke
Billy Waters .1
Albert Parker .2
Aly McGowan .3
Gwyn Morgans .4
Alan Fox .5
Fred Davis .6
Gren Jones .7
Peter Thompson .8
Bernard Evans .9
Johnny Anderson .10
David Jones .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

T.H. Cooper (Bolton) (Referee)
A.R. Miller & J. Bruce (Newcastle) (Assistants)



Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at August 27th, 1956)


1956-57 All Time
League Cups All
Billy Waters (GK) 4 - 0 - 36 -
Alan Fox 4 - 0 - 27 -
Aly McGowan 4 - 0 - 1341
Albert Parker 4 - 0 - 1331
Fred Davis 4 - 0 - 461
Gwyn Morgans 1 - 0 - 1 -
Johnny Anderson 430 - 43
Bernard Evans 4 - 0 - 3914
David Jones 420 - 42
Gren Jones 3 - 0 - 405
Peter Thompson 110 - 74







League Table & Results (as at August 27th, 1956)


Other Wrexham matches played on August 27th, 1956:
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One
Wrexham 'A'3-4Ruthin Town

Results of league matches played since last match
27th August 1956
Halifax Town1-1Oldham
Hartlepools United2-1Wrexham
Stockport Co.4-0Bradford PA


Division Three (North) 1956-57
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Hartlepools United 4 3 1 0 2.500 7
2. Stockport County 4 3 0 1 2.250 6
3. Bradford City 3 2 1 0 2.000 5
4. Hull City 3 2 0 1 3.000 4
5. Darlington 3 2 0 1 2.500 4
6. Accrington Stanley 3 2 0 1 1.600 4
7. Rochdale 3 2 0 1 1.000 4
8. Oldham Athletic 4 1 2 1 0.900 4
9. Bradford (Park Avenue) 4 2 0 2 0.600 4
10. Workington 2 1 1 0 1.667 3
11. Derby County 3 1 1 1 1.125 3
12. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 3 1 1 1 1.000 3
13. Halifax Town 4 1 1 2 0.750 3
14. Chesterfield 3 1 1 1 0.667 3
15. York City 3 1 1 1 0.600 3
16. Carlisle United 3 1 1 1 0.571 3
17. Mansfield Town 3 1 0 2 1.333 2
18. Barrow 3 1 0 2 1.000 2
19. Gateshead AFC 3 1 0 2 0.889 2
20. Chester 3 0 2 1 0.800 2
21. WREXHAM 4 0 2 2 0.700 2
22. Crewe Alexandra 3 1 0 2 0.400 2
23. Southport 3 0 1 2 0.500 1
24. Tranmere Rovers 2 0 0 2 0.200 0