Grimsby Town 2
Wrexham 3
FA Cup (2nd Round)
Grimsby Town |
2 - 3
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Wrexham |
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FA Cup |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Ron Rafferty (60) Ralph Hunt (86) |
Don Weston (6) Don Weston (10) Stan Bennion (65) |
| Team Managers | |
| Bill Lambton |
Cliff Lloyd |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Alan Barnett 2. Brian Keeble 3. Dave Richardson 4. Don Donovan 5. Keith Jobling 6. Joe Birbeck 7. Johnny Scott 8. Mick Cullen 9. Ron Rafferty 10. Ralph Hunt 11. Jimmy Fell |
Charlie Hughes .1 Aly McGowan .2 Barry Wright .3 Harvey Jones .4 Alan Fox .5 George Evans .6 Gren Jones .7 Arfon Griffiths .8 Don Weston .9 Ron Hewitt .10 Stan Bennion .11 |
| Bench | |
| None. | None. |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
J. Kelly (Eccleston, Nr. Chorley) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at December 5th, 1959)
| 1959-60 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
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| Charlie Hughes (GK) | 20 |
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3 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | |||
| Alan Fox | 23 |
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19 | - | 2 | - | 165 | - | 22 | - | 187 | - | |||
| Aly McGowan | 29 |
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22 | 1 | 2 | - | 263 | 2 | 38 | - | 301 | 2 | |||
| Barry Wright | 20 |
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4 | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | 6 | - | |||
| George Evans | 24 |
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16 | 3 | 2 | - | 64 | 5 | 9 | - | 73 | 5 | |||
| Arfon Griffiths | 18 |
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1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | |||
| Harvey Jones | 24 |
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1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | |||
| Stan Bennion | 21 |
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12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 2 | |||
| Ron Hewitt | 31 |
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18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 222 | 87 | 34 | 16 | 256 | 103 | |||
| Gren Jones | 27 |
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14 | 1 | 2 | - | 178 | 27 | 27 | 4 | 205 | 31 | |||
| Don Weston | 23 |
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21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 29 | |||
League Table & Results (as at December 5th, 1959)
| Other Wrexham matches played on December 5th, 1959: |
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| Cheshire County League | |||||||
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| Witton Albion | 4-3 | Wrexham Reserves | |||||
| North Wales Coast FA Challenge Cup | ||
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| Wrexham Colts | 2-4 | Holyhead Town |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 5th December 1959 |
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| Accrington S. | 1-3 | Chesterfield |
| Division Three 1959-60 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bury | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 2.000 | 30 |
| 2. | Southampton | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1.538 | 30 |
| 3. | Coventry City | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1.481 | 27 |
| 4. | Grimsby Town | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1.382 | 27 |
| 5. | Norwich City | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1.367 | 27 |
| 6. | Bournemouth | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1.167 | 27 |
| 7. | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1.459 | 26 |
| 8. | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1.423 | 24 |
| 9. | Newport County | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1.081 | 23 |
| 10. | Colchester United | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1.000 | 23 |
| 11. | Halifax Town | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 0.933 | 23 |
| 12. | Brentford | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 1.182 | 22 |
| 13. | Barnsley | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1.033 | 22 |
| 14. | Swindon Town | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0.842 | 22 |
| 15. | York City | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 0.906 | 21 |
| 16. | Port Vale | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 0.800 | 20 |
| 17. | Bradford City | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 0.865 | 18 |
| 18. | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.949 | 17 |
| 19. | Southend United | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 0.810 | 16 |
| 20. | Reading | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 1.000 | 15 |
| 21. | Chesterfield | 21 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0.694 | 15 |
| 22. | WREXHAM | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 0.630 | 15 |
| 23. | Mansfield Town | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 0.673 | 14 |
| 24. | Accrington Stanley | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 0.475 | 14 |