Boston United 3
Wrexham 2
Friendly (Mather Cup)


Boston United 

3 - 2
HT: 3-2

Wrexham


Friendly
(Mather Cup)
Friday, May 4th, 1956
York Street
Attendance: 4,025
7:00pm kick-off


Goalscorers
Ray Wilkins (1)
Geoff Hazledine (20)
Ray Wilkins (42)
Gordon Richards (9)
Bernard Evans (23)

Team Managers
Ray Middleton Cliff Lloyd

Starting Eleven
1. Ray Middleton
2. Ralph Robinson
3. Geoff Snade
4. Don Hazledine
5. Johnny Burbeck
6. Tommy Lowder
7. Reg Harrison
8. Geoff Hazledine
9. Ray Wilkins
10. Jimmy Bloomer
11. Peter Williams
Robin Williams .1
Bill Green .2
Aly McGowan .3
Dennis Griffiths .4
Albert Parker .5
Fred Davis .6
David Jones .7
Elfed Evans .8
Bernard Evans .9
Arthur Rowley .10
Gordon Richards .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

H.V.A. Stott (Boston) (Referee)
J.L. Noble & R. Tinkler (Assistants)



Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at May 4th, 1956)


1955-56 All Time
League Cups All







League Table & Results (as at May 4th, 1956)


Results of league matches played since last match
30th April 1956
Accrington S.4-2Southport
Halifax Town0-1Grimsby Town
Hartlepools United3-0Carlisle United
2nd May 1956
Chester3-5Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd
3rd May 1956
Hartlepools United0-0Accrington S.


Division Three (North) 1955-56
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Grimsby Town 46 31 6 9 2.621 68
2. Derby County 46 28 7 11 2.000 63
3. Accrington Stanley 46 25 9 12 1.614 59
4. Hartlepools United 46 26 5 15 1.350 57
5. Southport 46 23 11 12 1.245 57
6. Chesterfield 46 25 4 17 1.424 54
7. Stockport County 46 21 9 16 1.475 51
8. Bradford City 46 18 13 15 1.219 49
9. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 46 20 8 18 1.190 48
10. Workington 46 19 9 18 1.190 47
11. York City 46 19 9 18 1.181 47
12. Rochdale 46 17 13 16 0.786 47
13. Gateshead AFC 46 17 11 18 0.917 45
14. WREXHAM 46 16 10 20 0.904 42
15. Darlington 46 16 9 21 0.822 41
16. Tranmere Rovers 46 16 9 21 0.702 41
17. Chester 46 13 14 19 0.634 40
18. Mansfield Town 46 14 11 21 1.037 39
19. Halifax Town 46 14 11 21 0.868 39
20. Oldham Athletic 46 10 18 18 0.884 38
21. Carlisle United 46 15 8 23 0.747 38
22. Barrow 46 12 9 25 0.735 33
23. Bradford (Park Avenue) 46 13 7 26 0.500 33
24. Crewe Alexandra 46 9 10 27 0.476 28