Wrexham 5
Halifax Town 0
FA Cup (1st Round)


Wrexham
5 - 0
Halifax Town 

FA Cup
(1st Round)
Saturday, November 29th, 1947
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 10,032
2:00pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Eddie Beynon (41)
Billy Tunnicliffe (57)
Jack Jones (65)
Billy Tunnicliffe (66)
Eddie Beynon (86)
None.

Team Managers
Tom Williams
Jack Breedon

Starting Eleven
1. Geoff Atherton
2. Eddie Tunney
3. John Mortimer
4. Walter Roberts
5. Billy Tudor
6. Gib Bellis
7. Jack Jones
8. Eddie Beynon
9. Jack Boothway
10. Norman Sharp
11. Billy Tunnicliffe
Ted Rayner .1
Dick Threlfall .2
John Morefield .3
David McCormick .4
Ken Drake .5
Jack France .6
Des Collins .7
Ollie Burns .8
Don Stretton .9
Freddie Hogg .10
Charlie Lewis .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

J.R. Collinson (Liverpool) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at November 29th, 1947)


1947-48 All Time
League Cups All
Geoff Atherton (GK) 1 - 1 - 2 -
John Mortimer 7 - 1 - 16 -
Billy Tudor 1111 - 772
Eddie Tunney 18 - 1 - 136 -
Gib Bellis 17 - 1 - 651
Walter Roberts 18 - 1 - 641
Norman Sharp 1851 - 5310
Eddie Beynon 176122410
Jack Boothway 731 - 3628
Jack Jones 11111162
Billy Tunnicliffe 188121910







League Table & Results (as at November 29th, 1947)


Results of league matches played since last match
None.


Division Three (North) 1947-48
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Rotherham United 19 10 5 4 1.958 25
2. Lincoln City 17 9 5 3 1.929 23
3. Accrington Stanley 18 11 1 6 1.429 23
4. Hull City 18 8 6 4 1.529 22
5. WREXHAM 18 9 4 5 1.261 22
6. Barrow 18 8 5 5 1.316 21
7. Crewe Alexandra 18 9 3 6 0.931 21
8. Carlisle United 17 8 4 5 1.281 20
9. Tranmere Rovers 17 9 1 7 1.125 19
10. Chester 18 6 5 7 1.083 17
11. Mansfield Town 17 5 7 5 1.050 17
12. Bradford City 18 7 3 8 0.966 17
13. Gateshead AFC 17 5 7 5 0.842 17
14. York City 17 6 4 7 1.167 16
15. Darlington 17 6 4 7 0.724 16
16. Rochdale 17 5 6 6 0.714 16
17. Stockport County 18 4 7 7 0.741 15
18. Southport 18 6 2 10 0.706 14
19. Oldham Athletic 17 4 5 8 0.864 13
20. Halifax Town 18 4 4 10 0.633 12
21. Hartlepools United 17 3 5 9 0.452 11
22. New Brighton 17 2 5 10 0.559 9