Wrexham 6
Halifax Town 3
League (Division Three North)
WrexhamWrexham |
6 - 3
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Halifax TownHalifax Town |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Jack Leyfield (8) Dick Yates (21) Dick Yates (22) Dick Yates (24) Billy Tunnicliffe (85) Billy Tunnicliffe (pen.) (89) |
Ollie Burns (23) Jack France (pen.) (50) Ollie Burns (55) |
| Team Managers | |
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Tom Williams |
Jack Breedon |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Geoff Atherton 2. Eddie Tunney 3. Walter Roberts 4. Jack Leyfield 5. Billy Tudor 6. Gib Bellis 7. Dennis Grainger 8. Vince Pritchard 9. Dick Yates 10. Norman Sharp 11. Billy Tunnicliffe |
Ted Rayner .1 Dick Threlfall .2 John Morefield .3 Jack France .4 Stan Scrimshaw .5 Jimmy Mills .6 Ken Jowett .7 Ollie Burns .8 Wilf Booth .9 Freddie Hogg .10 Charlie Lewis .11 |
| Bench | |
| None. | None. |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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S.N. Roberts (Liverpool) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at December 20th, 1947)
| 1947-48 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
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| Geoff Atherton (GK) | 24 |
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2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | |||
| Billy Tudor | 29 |
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13 | 1 | 2 | - | 47 | 2 | 33 | - | 80 | 2 | |||
| Eddie Tunney | 32 |
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20 | - | 2 | - | 107 | - | 32 | - | 139 | - | |||
| Gib Bellis | 28 |
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19 | - | 2 | - | 48 | 1 | 20 | - | 68 | 1 | |||
| Jack Leyfield | 24 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | - | 8 | 1 | 0 | - | 8 | 1 | |||
| Walter Roberts | 30 |
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20 | - | 2 | - | 58 | 1 | 12 | - | 70 | 1 | |||
| Norman Sharp | 28 |
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20 | 5 | 2 | - | 50 | 10 | 6 | - | 56 | 10 | |||
| Dennis Grainger | 27 |
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2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | |||
| Vince Pritchard | 27 |
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3 | - | 0 | - | 24 | 7 | 2 | - | 26 | 7 | |||
| Billy Tunnicliffe | 27 |
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20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | |||
| Dick Yates | 26 |
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1 | 3 | 0 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
League Table & Results (as at December 20th, 1947)
| Other Wrexham matches played on December 20th, 1947: |
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| Cheshire County League | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ashton United | 2-3 | Wrexham Reserves |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 13th December 1947 |
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| Carlisle United | 2-3 | Accrington S. |
| Southport | 2-1 | Gateshead AFC |
| 20th December 1947 |
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| Barrow | 2-0 | Southport |
| Bradford City | 1-1 | New Brighton |
| Darlington | 4-3 | Carlisle United |
| Gateshead AFC | 1-1 | Rotherham Utd |
| Hull City | 0-1 | Lincoln City |
| Oldham | 3-1 | Chester |
| Tranmere R. | 2-0 | Crewe Alex. |
| Wrexham | 6-3 | Halifax Town |
| York City | 1-2 | Mansfield Town |
| Division Three (North) 1947-48 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lincoln City | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2.067 | 27 |
| 2. | Rotherham United | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1.750 | 26 |
| 3. | Barrow | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1.474 | 25 |
| 4. | Accrington Stanley | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 1.360 | 25 |
| 5. | WREXHAM | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1.286 | 24 |
| 6. | Hull City | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1.444 | 22 |
| 7. | Carlisle United | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1.200 | 22 |
| 8. | Tranmere Rovers | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1.192 | 22 |
| 9. | Mansfield Town | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1.143 | 21 |
| 10. | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0.871 | 21 |
| 11. | Gateshead AFC | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0.870 | 20 |
| 12. | Bradford City | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 0.935 | 18 |
| 13. | Darlington | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 0.765 | 18 |
| 14. | Rochdale | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0.759 | 18 |
| 15. | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1.000 | 17 |
| 16. | Chester | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 0.903 | 17 |
| 17. | Stockport County | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0.857 | 17 |
| 18. | York City | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 1.074 | 16 |
| 19. | Southport | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 0.703 | 16 |
| 20. | Halifax Town | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 0.632 | 13 |
| 21. | Hartlepools United | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0.452 | 11 |
| 22. | New Brighton | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 0.568 | 10 |