Hereford United 2
Wrexham 1
Friendly
Hereford Utd |
2 - 1 |
Wrexham |
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Friendly |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Unknown Unknown |
Bernard Evans |
| Team Managers | |
| G.H. Tranter |
Peter Jackson |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Sewell 2. Layton 3. Corbett 4. Lewis 5. Thompson 6. Chilvers 7. T. Bowen 8. Mountford 9. Vigar 10. Blair 11. Anslow |
Earl Godding .1 Les Speed .2 Albert Parker .3 Brian Jarvis .4 Jack Capper .5 Bill Green .6 Glyn Hughes .7 Ron Hewitt .8 Bernard Evans .9 D. Wilson .10 Gordon Richards .11 |
| Bench | |
| None. | None. |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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F.N. Rogers (Shrewsbury) (Referee) |
Match Report
The programme v. Bradford (Park Avenue) on 16th October stated that this was Wrexham's first ever game under artificial light. The youth team had played under floodlights at Manchester United the previous season.
Squad Statistics (as at October 19th, 1954)
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League Table & Results (as at October 19th, 1954)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| Division Three (North) 1954-55 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2.167 | 22 |
| 2. | Chesterfield | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1.667 | 21 |
| 3. | Accrington Stanley | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1.625 | 21 |
| 4. | Mansfield Town | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1.190 | 20 |
| 5. | Gateshead AFC | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1.188 | 19 |
| 6. | Barnsley | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1.400 | 18 |
| 7. | Darlington | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1.263 | 18 |
| 8. | Workington | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1.188 | 18 |
| 9. | Hartlepools United | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1.357 | 17 |
| 10. | Rochdale | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1.278 | 17 |
| 11. | Bradford City | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1.059 | 15 |
| 12. | Stockport County | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0.917 | 15 |
| 13. | York City | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1.316 | 14 |
| 14. | Carlisle United | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1.045 | 14 |
| 15. | Chester | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0.818 | 14 |
| 16. | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0.783 | 13 |
| 17. | WREXHAM | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0.760 | 12 |
| 18. | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0.667 | 12 |
| 19. | Southport | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0.667 | 12 |
| 20. | Crewe Alexandra | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0.769 | 11 |
| 21. | Tranmere Rovers | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0.593 | 10 |
| 22. | Grimsby Town | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0.591 | 10 |
| 23. | Barrow | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0.647 | 9 |
| 24. | Halifax Town | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0.800 | 8 |