Doncaster Rovers 3
Wrexham 1
League (Division Four)
Doncaster R. |
3 - 1
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Jim Fernie (2) Jim Fernie (51) Roy Senior (87) |
Ron Harbertson (pen.) (74) |
| Team Managers | |
| Norman Curtis |
Billy Morris |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Willie Nimmo 2. Maurice White 3. Norman Curtis 4. Jack Haigh 5. Dennis Lunn 6. Barry Staton 7. Roy Senior 8. Jim Fernie 9. Albert Broadbent 10. Ronnie Walker 11. John Meredith |
Charlie Hughes .1 Peter Jones .2 Aly McGowan .3 Fred Davis .4 Alan Fox .5 George Evans .6 Gren Jones .7 Mickey Metcalf .8 Ron Harbertson .9 Gareth Salisbury .10 Ron Roberts .11 |
| Bench | |
| None. | None. |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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B. Reddaway (Kettering) (Referee) |
Match Report
Game scheduled to kick-off at 3.15 p.m. but the Wrexham team coach was stuck in a three-mile traffic jam. The travelling party eventually arrived at the ground at 3.00 p.m.with the start delayed by 15 minutes.
Squad Statistics (as at September 17th, 1960)
| 1960-61 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| Charlie Hughes (GK) | 21 |
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4 | - | 0 | - | 25 | - | 5 | - | 30 | - | |||
| Alan Fox | 24 |
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9 | - | 0 | - | 198 | - | 29 | - | 227 | - | |||
| Peter Jones | 22 |
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4 | - | 0 | - | 5 | - | 0 | - | 5 | - | |||
| Aly McGowan | 30 |
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9 | - | 0 | - | 296 | 2 | 44 | - | 340 | 2 | |||
| Fred Davis | 31 |
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9 | 1 | 0 | - | 193 | 6 | 23 | - | 216 | 6 | |||
| George Evans | 25 |
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6 | - | 0 | - | 88 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 102 | 6 | |||
| Ron Harbertson | 30 |
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9 | 5 | 0 | - | 21 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | |||
| Gren Jones | 27 |
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9 | 1 | 0 | - | 210 | 32 | 34 | 6 | 244 | 38 | |||
| Mickey Metcalf | 21 |
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5 | 4 | 0 | - | 11 | 6 | 1 | - | 12 | 6 | |||
| Ron Roberts | 18 |
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4 | - | 0 | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | 6 | - | |||
| Gareth Salisbury | 19 |
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2 | - | 0 | - | 5 | - | 2 | - | 7 | - | |||
League Table & Results (as at September 17th, 1960)
| Other Wrexham matches played on September 17th, 1960: |
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| Cheshire County League | |||||||
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| Frickley C. | 4-0 | Wrexham Reserves | |||||
| Welsh League (North) | |||||||
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| Wrexham Colts | 1-3 | Pwllheli & D. | |||||
| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division Two | ||
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| Rhos Aelwyd Reserves | ?-? | Wrexham 'B' |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 13th September 1960 |
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| Northampton | 4-1 | Crewe Alex. |
| Rochdale | 2-1 | Carlisle United |
| 14th September 1960 |
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| Chester | 2-0 | Aldershot |
| Darlington | 1-0 | Southport |
| Exeter City | 2-0 | Doncaster R. |
| 17th September 1960 |
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| Aldershot | 2-1 | Barrow |
| Bradford PA | 5-2 | Exeter City |
| Chester | 2-1 | York City |
| Crewe Alex. | 3-0 | Hartlepools United |
| Crystal Palace | 1-1 | Carlisle United |
| Darlington | 1-0 | Rochdale |
| Doncaster R. | 3-1 | Wrexham |
| Northampton | 3-1 | Gillingham |
| Oldham | 2-3 | Millwall |
| Peterborough | 0-1 | Stockport Co. |
| Southport | 2-1 | Mansfield Town |
| Workington | 2-1 | Accrington S. |
| Division Four 1960-61 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Northampton Town | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.917 | 16 |
| 2. | Peterborough United | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1.909 | 13 |
| 3. | Stockport County | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1.875 | 13 |
| 4. | Crystal Palace | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1.600 | 12 |
| 5. | Aldershot | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1.583 | 12 |
| 6. | York City | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1.600 | 11 |
| 7. | Workington | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1.375 | 11 |
| 8. | Southport | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1.100 | 11 |
| 9. | WREXHAM | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1.364 | 10 |
| 10. | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1.056 | 9 |
| 11. | Gillingham | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 9 |
| 12. | Darlington | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0.875 | 9 |
| 13. | Rochdale | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1.083 | 8 |
| 14. | Millwall | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1.053 | 8 |
| 15. | Accrington Stanley | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0.833 | 8 |
| 16. | Barrow | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0.714 | 7 |
| 17. | Crewe Alexandra | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0.714 | 7 |
| 18. | Chester | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0.706 | 7 |
| 19. | Mansfield Town | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0.571 | 7 |
| 20. | Hartlepools United | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0.750 | 6 |
| 21. | Doncaster Rovers | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0.600 | 6 |
| 22. | Exeter City | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0.533 | 6 |
| 23. | Carlisle United | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0.524 | 4 |
| 24. | Oldham Athletic | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0.458 | 4 |