Wrexham 3
Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 3
FA Cup (3rd Round)


Wrexham
3 - 3
Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 

FA Cup
(3rd Round)
Saturday, January 9th, 1954
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 17,287
2:15pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Johnny Tapscott (55)
Tommy Bannan (63)
Tommy Bannan (70)
Alan Bushby (12)
Harry Mosby (38)
Alan Bushby (89)

Team Managers
Peter Jackson
Bill Corkhill

Starting Eleven
1. Pat Egglestone
2. Les Speed
3. Aly McGowan
4. Dennis Griffiths
5. Ron Wynn
6. Johnny Tapscott
7. Glyn Hughes
8. Ron Hewitt
9. Tommy Bannan
10. Tommy Tilston
11. Gordon Richards
Norman Malan .1
Jack Hubbard .2
Jack Brownsword .3
Andy McGill .4
Dick White .5
Alan Bushby .6
Harry Mosby .7
Jack Haigh .8
Jimmy Whitfield .9
Jack Gregory .10
Mervyn Jones .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

Rev. S.V. Davies (Cheltenham) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at January 9th, 1954)


1953-54 All Time
League Cups All
Pat Egglestone (GK) 16 - 6 - 39 -
Aly McGowan 19 - 3 - 22 -
Les Speed 8 - 5 - 2021
Ron Wynn 10 - 2 - 12815
Dennis Griffiths 2 - 2 - 5 -
Johnny Tapscott 26 - 611323
Tommy Bannan 1765411846
Ron Hewitt 2476112036
Glyn Hughes 204517219
Gordon Richards 104322810
Tommy Tilston 238618631







League Table & Results (as at January 9th, 1954)


Other Wrexham matches played on January 9th, 1954:
Cheshire County League
Northwich Vics1-2Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
9th January 1954
Barnsley4-2Bradford City
Gateshead AFC4-0Accrington S.
Halifax Town0-0Darlington
Mansfield Town2-1Chester
Rochdale1-2York City
Workington2-2Carlisle United


Division Three (North) 1953-54
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Port Vale 25 19 5 1 5.750 43
2. Gateshead AFC 28 14 8 6 1.500 36
3. Barnsley 27 14 7 6 1.303 35
4. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 26 12 7 7 1.135 31
5. Barrow 27 13 4 10 1.216 30
6. Bradford City 27 13 4 10 1.139 30
7. Stockport County 26 11 7 8 1.559 29
8. Carlisle United 27 10 9 8 1.421 29
9. Bradford (Park Avenue) 26 10 9 7 1.243 29
10. Mansfield Town 28 10 9 9 1.186 29
11. Southport 26 11 6 9 1.054 28
12. WREXHAM 26 11 5 10 1.469 27
13. Chesterfield 26 10 7 9 1.071 27
14. Crewe Alexandra 27 9 9 9 0.707 27
15. Grimsby Town 26 11 4 11 0.821 26
16. Accrington Stanley 26 9 5 12 0.936 23
17. Tranmere Rovers 26 10 3 13 0.818 23
18. Hartlepools United 26 7 8 11 0.895 22
19. York City 27 7 7 13 0.685 21
20. Rochdale 27 8 4 15 0.538 20
21. Chester 28 7 5 16 0.660 19
22. Halifax Town 28 7 5 16 0.581 19
23. Workington 27 5 9 13 0.571 19
24. Darlington 27 5 8 14 0.533 18