Southport 1
Wrexham 1
League (Division Three North)

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Southport 

1 - 1
HT: 0-0

Wrexham


League
(Division Three North)
Saturday, October 20th, 1956
Haig Avenue
Attendance: 3,503
3:00pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Cliff Birkett (62) Peter Thompson (61)

Team Managers
Gordon Hunt Cliff Lloyd

Starting Eleven
1. Ray Minshull
2. Allan Parkinson
3. Bill Forsyth
4. Don Hunter
5. Wally Taylor
6. Wilf Charlton
7. Tommy Lawrenson
8. Ray Gryba
9. Cliff Birkett
10. George Bromilow
11. Jimmy McDermott 		Billy Waters .1
Aly McGowan .2
Albert Parker .3
Gwyn Morgans .4
Alan Fox .5
Fred Davis .6
Arthur Rowley .7
Elfed Evans .8
Peter Thompson .9
Johnny Anderson .10
David Jones .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

J.V. Sherlock (Sheffield) (Referee)



Match Report

This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at October 20th, 1956)

1956-57 All Time
League Cups All
Billy Waters (GK) 16 - 0 - 48 -
Alan Fox 16 - 0 - 39 -
Aly McGowan 16 - 0 - 1461
Albert Parker 12 - 0 - 1411
Fred Davis 16 - 0 - 581
Gwyn Morgans 1320 - 132
Johnny Anderson 1670 - 167
Elfed Evans 320 - 3618
David Jones 1620 - 162
Arthur Rowley 2 - 0 - 629
Peter Thompson 1380 - 1911







League Table & Results (as at October 20th, 1956)

Other Wrexham matches played on October 20th, 1956:
Cheshire County League
Wrexham Reserves7-2Stafford Rangers
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One
Llay Welfare1-5Wrexham 'A'

Results of league matches played since last match
20th October 1956
Accrington S.4-0Halifax Town
Bradford City0-2Barrow
Carlisle United1-1Workington
Chester2-0Bradford PA
Chesterfield6-0Gateshead AFC
Hartlepools United2-1Darlington
Mansfield Town1-2Derby County
Oldham2-0Crewe Alex.
Southport1-1Wrexham
Stockport Co.1-2Hull City
Tranmere R.2-2Rochdale
York City0-2Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd


Division Three (North) 1956-57
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Hartlepools United 16 13 1 2 2.250 27
2. Accrington Stanley 16 11 2 3 1.727 24
3. Bradford City 16 10 2 4 1.526 22
4. Workington 15 8 5 2 1.286 21
5. Chesterfield 15 8 4 3 1.700 20
6. Rochdale 15 8 3 4 1.600 19
7. Derby County 16 8 3 5 1.571 19
8. Oldham Athletic 15 8 3 4 1.348 19
9. Stockport County 16 8 3 5 1.240 19
10. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 16 7 4 5 1.500 18
11. WREXHAM 16 7 3 6 1.375 17
12. Gateshead AFC 16 7 2 7 0.938 16
13. Hull City 16 7 1 8 1.042 15
14. York City 15 6 3 6 0.909 15
15. Mansfield Town 15 5 4 6 1.154 14
16. Bradford (Park Avenue) 16 6 1 9 0.926 13
17. Barrow 16 5 3 8 0.759 13
18. Darlington 15 5 3 7 0.667 13
19. Halifax Town 16 5 2 9 0.528 12
20. Carlisle United 15 3 4 8 0.656 10
21. Chester 16 3 2 11 0.528 8
22. Southport 15 1 5 9 0.500 7
23. Tranmere Rovers 15 2 3 10 0.469 7
24. Crewe Alexandra 16 2 2 12 0.263 6