Wrexham 1
Brighton & Hove Albion 1
FA Cup (2nd Round)
WrexhamWrexham |
1 - 1
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Brighton & HABrighton & HA |
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FA Cup |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Tommy Bannan (58) |
Jimmy Leadbetter (32) |
| Team Managers | |
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Peter Jackson |
Billy Lane |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Pat Egglestone 2. Les Speed 3. Peter Fisher 4. George Jones 5. Jack Capper 6. Johnny Tapscott 7. Tommy Bannan 8. Ron Hewitt 9. Bill Heggie 10. Tommy Tilston 11. Glyn Hughes |
Eric Gill .1 Des Tennant .2 Jimmy Langley .3 Paddy McIlvenny .4 Alex South .5 Glen Wilson .6 Denis Gordon .7 Albert Mundy .8 Bert Addinall .9 Jimmy Leadbetter .10 Frankie Howard .11 |
| Bench | |
| None. | None. |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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S.J. Bostock (Manchester) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at December 12th, 1953)
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
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| Pat Egglestone (GK) | 26 |
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12 | - | 2 | - | 29 | - | 2 | - | 31 | - | |||
| Jack Capper | 22 |
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6 | - | 2 | - | 24 | - | 2 | - | 26 | - | |||
| Peter Fisher | 33 |
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16 | - | 1 | - | 83 | - | 9 | - | 92 | - | |||
| Les Speed | 30 |
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4 | - | 1 | - | 171 | - | 23 | 1 | 194 | 1 | |||
| George Jones | 23 |
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22 | - | 2 | - | 111 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 124 | 8 | |||
| Johnny Tapscott | 25 |
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22 | - | 2 | - | 114 | 2 | 10 | - | 124 | 2 | |||
| Tommy Bannan | 23 |
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13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 98 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 111 | 42 | |||
| Bill Heggie | 26 |
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13 | 9 | 1 | - | 23 | 12 | 1 | - | 24 | 12 | |||
| Ron Hewitt | 25 |
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21 | 6 | 2 | - | 101 | 34 | 12 | - | 113 | 34 | |||
| Glyn Hughes | 22 |
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20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 69 | 19 | |||
| Tommy Tilston | 27 |
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21 | 8 | 2 | - | 73 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 80 | 30 | |||
League Table & Results (as at December 12th, 1953)
| Other Wrexham matches played on December 12th, 1953: |
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| Cheshire County League | |||||||
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| Altrincham | 3-2 | Wrexham Reserves | |||||
| Welsh Youth Cup | ||
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| Wrexham Juniors | P-P | Wrexham Youth |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 12th December 1953 |
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| Chester | 2-0 | Rochdale |
| Gateshead AFC | 4-0 | Halifax Town |
| Mansfield Town | 6-0 | Darlington |
| Division Three (North) 1953-54 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Port Vale | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 5.375 | 37 |
| 2. | Gateshead AFC | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1.708 | 31 |
| 3. | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1.692 | 28 |
| 4. | Barnsley | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1.292 | 27 |
| 5. | Stockport County | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1.704 | 26 |
| 6. | Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1.267 | 26 |
| 7. | WREXHAM | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1.414 | 24 |
| 8. | Bradford City | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1.000 | 24 |
| 9. | Carlisle United | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1.533 | 23 |
| 10. | Chesterfield | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1.161 | 23 |
| 11. | Southport | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0.969 | 22 |
| 12. | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0.750 | 22 |
| 13. | Barrow | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1.065 | 21 |
| 14. | Mansfield Town | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1.025 | 21 |
| 15. | Accrington Stanley | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 1.026 | 20 |
| 16. | Grimsby Town | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 0.714 | 20 |
| 17. | Tranmere Rovers | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 0.857 | 19 |
| 18. | Hartlepools United | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 0.933 | 18 |
| 19. | Chester | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.676 | 17 |
| 20. | York City | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0.628 | 15 |
| 21. | Halifax Town | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 0.600 | 14 |
| 22. | Darlington | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0.475 | 14 |
| 23. | Rochdale | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 0.419 | 14 |
| 24. | Workington | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 0.426 | 12 |