Wrexham P
Crewe Alexandra P
Division Three (North) Cup (1st Round)


Wrexham
P - P
Crewe Alex. 

Division Three (North) Cup
(1st Round)
Wednesday, February 5th, 1947
Racecourse Ground
3:00pm kick-off



Wrexham were drawn at home to Crewe in the 1st Round of the Division Three (North) Cup. A date for the game was never arranged due to the severe winter and government restrictions on playing midweek games. As far as we are aware no games were played in the competition that season.

The full draw was:
Tranmere Rovers v New Brighton
Wrexham v Crewe Alexandra
Southport v Barrow
York City v Darlington
Accrington Stanley v Halifax Town

Nine clubs were exempt until the 2nd Round by virtue of them having reached the 3rd Round of the FA Cup. These were Chester, Carlisle United, Doncaster Rovers, Gateshead, Hull City, Lincoln City, Rochdale, Rotherham United and Stockport County.

In addition, Bradford City, Hartlepool United and Oldham Athletic all received byes.




League Table & Results (as at February 5th, 1947)


Results of league matches played since last match
None.


Division Three (North) 1946-47
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Doncaster Rovers 26 21 3 2 2.633 45
2. Rotherham United 25 17 4 4 2.333 38
3. Chester 25 15 5 5 1.824 35
4. Stockport County 26 16 2 8 1.857 34
5. Bradford City 28 13 7 8 1.294 33
6. WREXHAM 24 12 6 6 1.480 30
7. Rochdale 27 12 5 10 1.111 29
8. Tranmere Rovers 27 12 4 11 0.868 28
9. Oldham Athletic 27 10 6 11 1.023 26
10. Darlington 27 11 4 12 0.929 26
11. Barrow 27 10 6 11 0.878 26
12. Gateshead AFC 27 11 3 13 0.907 25
13. Hartlepools United 27 8 7 12 0.717 23
14. Lincoln City 26 10 2 14 1.019 22
15. Carlisle United 24 10 2 12 0.800 22
16. Crewe Alexandra 26 8 6 12 0.720 22
17. Hull City 25 7 7 11 0.861 21
18. York City 25 8 5 12 0.755 21
19. New Brighton 24 7 6 11 0.783 20
20. Accrington Stanley 27 8 3 16 0.544 19
21. Southport 27 3 9 15 0.525 15
22. Halifax Town 27 5 4 18 0.509 14