Wrexham 2
Chester 1
League (Division Three North)


Wrexham
2 - 1
Chester 

League
(Division Three North)
Saturday, October 11th, 1947
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 20,518
3:15pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Billy Tunnicliffe (3)
Billy Tunnicliffe (53)
Frank Marsh (pen.) (60)

Team Managers
Tom Williams
Frank Brown

Starting Eleven
1. Tom Bayley
2. Eddie Tunney
3. Ronald Jackson
4. Walter Roberts
5. Peter Wilson
6. Gib Bellis
7. Jack Jones
8. Eddie Beynon
9. Jack Boothway
10. Norman Sharp
11. Billy Tunnicliffe
Jimmy MacLaren .1
Reg Butcher .2
Dave McNeil .3
Frank Marsh .4
Trevor Walters .5
Doug Cole .6
Phil Turner .7
Tommy Burden .8
Geoff Coffin .9
Tommy Astbury .10
Bobby Hamilton .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

H. Hartles (Runcorn) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at October 11th, 1947)


1947-48 All Time
League Cups All
Tom Bayley (GK) 2 - 0 - 2 -
Ronald Jackson 5 - 0 - 48 -
Eddie Tunney 12 - 0 - 129 -
Peter Wilson 4 - 0 - 4 -
Gib Bellis 11 - 0 - 581
Walter Roberts 12 - 0 - 571
Norman Sharp 1220 - 467
Eddie Beynon 1140 - 176
Jack Boothway 630 - 3428
Jack Jones 910 - 131
Billy Tunnicliffe 1270 - 127







League Table & Results (as at October 11th, 1947)


Other Wrexham matches played on October 11th, 1947:
Cheshire County League
Altrincham2-4Wrexham Reserves
Welsh Amateur Cup
Wrexham 'A'4-0Higgins & Lancaster

Results of league matches played since last match
11th October 1947
Accrington S.1-0Gateshead AFC
Barrow2-0Crewe Alex.
Bradford City1-1Carlisle United
Halifax Town1-1Mansfield Town
Hull City5-0Hartlepools United
Lincoln City3-1Darlington
New Brighton2-2Oldham
Rochdale3-0York City
Southport1-4Tranmere R.
Stockport Co.2-2Rotherham Utd
Wrexham2-1Chester


Division Three (North) 1947-48
P W D L Avg Pts
1. WREXHAM 12 7 3 2 2.100 17
2. Accrington Stanley 12 8 1 3 1.625 17
3. Hull City 12 6 4 2 2.222 16
4. Lincoln City 11 7 2 2 2.100 16
5. Tranmere Rovers 11 7 1 3 1.833 15
6. Rotherham United 13 5 5 3 1.500 15
7. Barrow 12 5 4 3 1.182 14
8. Carlisle United 11 5 4 2 1.174 14
9. York City 11 5 3 3 1.538 13
10. Chester 12 5 2 5 1.267 12
11. Bradford City 12 5 2 5 0.944 12
12. Rochdale 11 4 4 3 0.813 12
13. Crewe Alexandra 12 5 2 5 0.773 12
14. Gateshead AFC 11 4 3 4 0.750 11
15. Mansfield Town 11 3 3 5 0.875 9
16. Southport 12 4 1 7 0.773 9
17. New Brighton 11 2 4 5 0.579 8
18. Darlington 11 3 2 6 0.524 8
19. Stockport County 12 2 3 7 0.542 7
20. Hartlepools United 11 2 3 6 0.429 7
21. Oldham Athletic 11 1 3 7 0.650 5
22. Halifax Town 12 2 1 9 0.455 5