Wrexham 3
Barrow 2
FA Cup (1st Round)


Wrexham
3 - 2
Barrow 

FA Cup
(1st Round)
Saturday, November 4th, 1961
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 10,833
3:15pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Wyn Davies (3)
Mickey Metcalf (33)
Mickey Metcalf (90)
Tommy Dixon (37)
John Kemp (44)

Team Managers
Ken Barnes
Ron Staniforth

Starting Eleven
1. Arthur Johnson
2. Peter Jones
3. Aly McGowan
4. Ken Barnes
5. Alan Fox
6. George Evans
7. Ron Barnes
8. Stan Bennion
9. Wyn Davies
10. Mickey Metcalf
11. Reg Hunter
Brian Caine .1
Dicky Robinson .2
Tommy Cahill .3
Dixie Hale .4
Don McEvoy .5
Ben Clark .6
Barry Lowes .7
George Darwin .8
Tommy Dixon .9
Gordon Brown .10
John Kemp .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

F.V. Stringer (Liverpool) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at November 4th, 1961)


1961-62 All Time
League Cups All
Arthur Johnson (GK) 17 - 2 - 56 -
Alan Fox 17 - 2 - 293 -
Peter Jones 16 - 2 - 65 -
Aly McGowan 15 - 2 - 4012
Ken Barnes 1632 - 183
George Evans 1732 - 1689
Ron Barnes 1751 - 185
Stan Bennion 17132 - 4718
Wyn Davies 165215015
Reg Hunter 311 - 384
Mickey Metcalf 1710227536







League Table & Results (as at November 4th, 1961)


Other Wrexham matches played on November 4th, 1961:
Cheshire County League
Wrexham ReservesP-PRuncorn
Welsh League (North)
Wrexham Colts0-1Penmaenmawr
Welsh Youth Cup
Belle Vue R. Youth?-?Wrexham Youth

Results of league matches played since last match
28th October 1961
Accrington S.0-2Wrexham
Aldershot3-0Rochdale
Bradford City1-1Barrow
Carlisle United1-0Mansfield Town
Chester1-1Gillingham
Colchester Utd2-2Millwall
Darlington1-0Doncaster R.
Hartlepools United0-1Workington
Oldham1-1Exeter City
Southport3-1York City
Stockport Co.0-1Crewe Alex.
Tranmere R.1-0Chesterfield


Division Four 1961-62
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Aldershot 18 11 4 3 2.158 26
2. WREXHAM 18 12 1 5 2.588 25
3. Colchester United 18 10 5 3 1.679 25
4. Carlisle United 18 10 3 5 1.300 23
5. Millwall 18 9 4 5 1.375 22
6. Southport 18 9 2 7 1.071 20
7. Workington 18 8 4 6 1.000 20
8. Darlington 18 8 3 7 0.824 19
9. York City 18 7 4 7 1.333 18
10. Stockport County 18 7 4 7 1.074 18
11. Exeter City 18 7 4 7 0.967 18
12. Tranmere Rovers 18 9 0 9 0.838 18
13. Barrow 17 6 5 6 1.038 17
14. Crewe Alexandra 18 8 1 9 0.933 17
15. Mansfield Town 16 6 4 6 1.095 16
16. Rochdale 17 6 4 7 1.000 16
17. Doncaster Rovers 17 6 3 8 0.935 15
18. Bradford City 18 5 5 8 0.906 15
19. Oldham Athletic 16 4 6 6 1.036 14
20. Chester 18 4 6 8 0.657 14
21. Chesterfield 17 5 3 9 0.710 13
22. Accrington Stanley 18 5 3 10 0.464 13
23. Gillingham 18 5 2 11 0.543 12
24. Hartlepools United 18 3 4 11 0.500 10