Wrexham 1
Reading 1
FA Cup (3rd Round)

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Wrexham
1 - 1
Reading 

FA Cup
(3rd Round)
Saturday, January 5th, 1957
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 24,160 (Away: 500)
2:15pm kick-off
Goalscorers
Bernard Evans (10)
 		Jimmy Wheeler (80)

Team Managers
Cliff Lloyd
 Harry Johnston

Starting Eleven
1. Billy Waters
3. Aly McGowan
3. Albert Parker
4. Gwyn Morgans
5. Alan Fox
6. Brian Jarvis
7. Gren Jones
8. Peter Thompson
9. Bernard Evans
10. Johnny Anderson
11. David Jones
 Dave Meeson .1
Eddie McLaren .2
Ray Reeves .3
Sylvan Anderton .4
Dick Spiers .5
Maurice Evans .6
Bobby Campbell .7
Jimmy Whitehouse .8
Tommy Dixon .9
Brian Leach .10
Jimmy Wheeler .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

H.L. Broadhurst (Atherstone) (Referee)
M.R. Nester & J.E. Parr (Assistants)


Match Report

This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at January 5th, 1957)

1956-57 All Time
League Cups All
Billy Waters (GK) 26 - 5 - 63 -
Alan Fox 26 - 5 - 54 -
Aly McGowan 25 - 5 - 1601
Albert Parker 22 - 5 - 1561
Brian Jarvis 3 - 1 - 24 -
Gwyn Morgans 2123 - 242
Johnny Anderson 2614513115
Bernard Evans 107114622
David Jones 26451315
Gren Jones 24351669
Peter Thompson 2312543419







League Table & Results (as at January 5th, 1957)

Other Wrexham matches played on January 5th, 1957:
Cheshire County League
Port Vale Reserves2-1Wrexham Reserves
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One
Llay United2-3Wrexham 'A'

Results of league matches played since last match
1st January 1957
Accrington S.0-1Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd
Barrow0-3Stockport Co.
Carlisle United2-0York City
Chesterfield1-0Oldham
Darlington4-3Rochdale
Hartlepools United3-3Hull City
Southport5-1Bradford PA
Tranmere R.3-0Crewe Alex.
5th January 1957
Bradford PA2-1Halifax Town
Crewe Alex.2-5Derby County
Gateshead AFC2-1Rochdale
Mansfield Town1-1Chester
Stockport Co.3-1Tranmere R.
Workington6-2Darlington
York City3-1Bradford City


Division Three (North) 1956-57
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Derby County 27 15 6 6 2.063 36
2. Bradford City 26 16 4 6 1.710 36
3. Hartlepools United 27 15 6 6 1.550 36
4. Workington 26 15 6 5 1.543 36
5. Accrington Stanley 26 15 4 7 1.410 34
6. WREXHAM 26 13 7 6 1.788 33
7. Chesterfield 25 14 4 7 1.594 32
8. Stockport County 27 14 4 9 1.186 32
9. Barrow 27 12 6 9 1.111 30
10. York City 27 11 7 9 1.026 29
11. Oldham Athletic 25 11 6 8 1.222 28
12. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 27 10 8 9 1.075 28
13. Hull City 26 11 5 10 1.105 27
14. Gateshead AFC 27 12 3 12 0.925 27
15. Darlington 27 10 6 11 0.796 26
16. Mansfield Town 26 9 6 11 1.040 24
17. Rochdale 26 9 6 11 0.854 24
18. Carlisle United 26 8 7 11 0.824 23
19. Bradford (Park Avenue) 28 11 1 16 0.724 23
20. Halifax Town 26 9 2 15 0.611 20
21. Chester 26 4 7 15 0.538 15
22. Southport 25 3 7 15 0.580 13
23. Tranmere Rovers 26 4 4 18 0.525 12
24. Crewe Alexandra 27 2 4 21 0.319 8