Colchester United 1
Wrexham 0
FA Cup (2nd Round)


Colchester Utd 

1 - 0
HT: 0-0

Wrexham


FA Cup
(2nd Round)
Saturday, December 13th, 1947
Layer Road
Attendance: 10,628
2:00pm kick-off


Goalscorers
Bob Curry (73) None.

Team Managers
Ted Fenton Tom Williams

Starting Eleven
1. Harry Wright
2. Albert Kettle
3. Bob Allen
4. Harry Bearryman
5. Ted Fenton
6. Andy Brown
7. Dennis Hillman
8. Bob Curry
9. Arthur Turner
10. Fred Cutting
11. Len Cater
Frank Williams .1
Eddie Tunney .2
John Mortimer .3
Walter Roberts .4
Billy Tudor .5
Gib Bellis .6
Dennis Grainger .7
Eddie Beynon .8
Jack Boothway .9
Norman Sharp .10
Billy Tunnicliffe .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

T. Phillips (Referee)
C. Steed & G.B. Carradus (Assistants)



Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at December 13th, 1947)


1947-48 All Time
League Cups All
Frank Williams (GK) 13 - 1 - 31 -
John Mortimer 8 - 2 - 18 -
Billy Tudor 1212 - 792
Eddie Tunney 19 - 2 - 138 -
Gib Bellis 18 - 2 - 671
Walter Roberts 19 - 2 - 661
Norman Sharp 1952 - 5510
Eddie Beynon 187222611
Jack Boothway 832 - 3828
Dennis Grainger 1 - 1 - 2 -
Billy Tunnicliffe 198222110







League Table & Results (as at December 13th, 1947)


Other Wrexham matches played on December 13th, 1947:
Cheshire County League
Wrexham Reserves5-1Wellington Town

Results of league matches played since last match
13th December 1947
Carlisle United2-3Accrington S.
Southport2-1Gateshead AFC


Division Three (North) 1947-48
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Lincoln City 18 10 5 3 2.000 25
2. Rotherham United 20 10 5 5 1.778 25
3. Accrington Stanley 20 12 1 7 1.360 25
4. Barrow 19 9 5 5 1.368 23
5. Hull City 18 8 6 4 1.529 22
6. Carlisle United 19 9 4 6 1.250 22
7. WREXHAM 19 9 4 6 1.200 22
8. Crewe Alexandra 18 9 3 6 0.931 21
9. Tranmere Rovers 18 9 2 7 1.115 20
10. Mansfield Town 18 6 7 5 1.100 19
11. Gateshead AFC 19 6 7 6 0.864 19
12. Rochdale 18 6 6 6 0.759 18
13. Chester 19 6 5 8 0.964 17
14. Bradford City 19 7 3 9 0.933 17
15. Stockport County 19 5 7 7 0.857 17
16. York City 18 6 4 8 1.120 16
17. Southport 19 7 2 10 0.743 16
18. Darlington 18 6 4 8 0.710 16
19. Oldham Athletic 18 5 5 8 0.913 15
20. Halifax Town 19 4 5 10 0.656 13
21. Hartlepools United 17 3 5 9 0.452 11
22. New Brighton 18 2 5 11 0.556 9