Wrexham 2
Mansfield Town 1
League (Division Three North)


Wrexham
2 - 1
Mansfield Town 

League
(Division Three North)
Friday, December 26th, 1947
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 17,597
2:15pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Dick Yates (36)
Norman Sharp (79)
George Banks (66)

Team Managers
Tom Williams
Ray Goodall

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
Harry Searson .1
Sammy Chessell .2
Dai Jones .3
Ray Devey .4
Johnny Grogan .5
Charlie Croft .6
Frank Shell .7
Roy Cooling .8
George Banks .9
Len Butt .10
Harry Oscroft .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

E.W. Baker (Manchester) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at December 26th, 1947)


1947-48 All Time
League Cups All
Geoff Atherton (GK) 3 - 1 - 4 -
Billy Tudor 1412 - 812
Eddie Tunney 21 - 2 - 140 -
Gib Bellis 20 - 2 - 691
Jack Leyfield 210 - 91
Walter Roberts 21 - 2 - 711
Norman Sharp 2162 - 5711
Dennis Grainger 3 - 1 - 4 -
Vince Pritchard 4 - 0 - 277
Billy Tunnicliffe 2110222312
Dick Yates 240 - 45







League Table & Results (as at December 26th, 1947)


Other Wrexham matches played on December 26th, 1947:
Cheshire County League
Stockport Co. Reserves3-1Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
25th December 1947
Bradford City4-0Rochdale
Crewe Alex.2-2Oldham
Darlington1-1Rotherham Utd
Gateshead AFC7-0Hartlepools United
Halifax Town1-1Barrow
Lincoln City2-3Accrington S.
Southport1-2Hull City
Stockport Co.1-2New Brighton
26th December 1947
Barrow2-1Halifax Town
Hull City1-0Southport
Oldham0-0Crewe Alex.
Tranmere R.0-3Carlisle United
Wrexham2-1Mansfield Town
York City2-0Chester


Division Three (North) 1947-48
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Barrow 22 11 6 5 1.476 28
2. Lincoln City 20 11 5 4 1.833 27
3. Rotherham United 22 10 7 5 1.724 27
4. Accrington Stanley 21 13 1 7 1.370 27
5. Hull City 21 10 6 5 1.526 26
6. WREXHAM 21 11 4 6 1.310 26
7. Carlisle United 21 10 4 7 1.275 24
8. Crewe Alexandra 21 9 5 7 0.879 23
9. Gateshead AFC 21 7 8 6 1.174 22
10. Tranmere Rovers 20 10 2 8 1.069 22
11. Mansfield Town 20 7 7 6 1.087 21
12. Bradford City 21 8 4 9 1.065 20
13. Oldham Athletic 21 6 7 8 1.000 19
14. Darlington 20 7 5 8 0.771 19
15. York City 20 7 4 9 1.148 18
16. Rochdale 19 6 6 7 0.667 18
17. Chester 21 6 5 10 0.848 17
18. Stockport County 20 5 7 8 0.833 17
19. Southport 22 7 2 13 0.675 16
20. Halifax Town 22 4 6 12 0.634 14
21. New Brighton 20 3 6 11 0.605 12
22. Hartlepools United 18 3 5 10 0.368 11