Wrexham 6
Halifax Town 3
League (Division Three North)


Wrexham
6 - 3
Halifax Town 

League
(Division Three North)
Saturday, December 20th, 1947
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 7,872
2:15pm kick-off

Goalscorers
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
Tom Williams
Jack Breedon

Starting Eleven
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

S.N. Roberts (Liverpool) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at December 20th, 1947)


1947-48 All Time
League Cups All
Geoff Atherton (GK) 2 - 1 - 3 -
Billy Tudor 1312 - 802
Eddie Tunney 20 - 2 - 139 -
Gib Bellis 19 - 2 - 681
Jack Leyfield 110 - 81
Walter Roberts 20 - 2 - 671
Norman Sharp 2052 - 5610
Dennis Grainger 2 - 1 - 3 -
Vince Pritchard 3 - 0 - 267
Billy Tunnicliffe 2010222212
Dick Yates 130 - 13







League Table & Results (as at December 20th, 1947)


Other Wrexham matches played on December 20th, 1947:
Cheshire County League
Ashton United2-3Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
13th December 1947
Carlisle United2-3Accrington S.
Southport2-1Gateshead AFC
20th December 1947
Barrow2-0Southport
Bradford City1-1New Brighton
Darlington4-3Carlisle United
Gateshead AFC1-1Rotherham Utd
Hull City0-1Lincoln City
Oldham3-1Chester
Tranmere R.2-0Crewe Alex.
Wrexham6-3Halifax Town
York City1-2Mansfield Town


Division Three (North) 1947-48
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