Wrexham 1
Rotherham United 3
League (Division Three North)


Wrexham
1 - 3
Rotherham Utd 

League
(Division Three North)
Saturday, March 20th, 1948
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 12,725
3:15pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Dennis Grainger (10)
Wally Ardron (8)
Wally Ardron (26)
Gladstone Guest (78)

Team Managers
Tom Williams
Reg Freeman

Starting Eleven
1. Frank Williams
2. Eddie Tunney
3. John Mortimer
4. Les Speed
5. Peter Wilson
6. Gib Bellis
7. Dennis Grainger
8. Dick Yates
9. Jack Boothway
10. Norman Sharp
11. Billy Tunnicliffe
George Warnes .1
Jack Selkirk .2
Horace Williams .3
Jack Edwards .4
Alf Gibson .5
Danny Williams .6
Jack Shaw .7
Gladstone Guest .8
Wally Ardron .9
Ron Thompson .10
Hughie McMahon .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

W.B. Nixon (Manchester) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at March 20th, 1948)


1947-48 All Time
League Cups All
Frank Williams (GK) 15 - 1 - 33 -
John Mortimer 15 - 4 - 27 -
Les Speed 15 - 3 - 22 -
Eddie Tunney 34 - 5 - 156 -
Peter Wilson 15 - 2 - 17 -
Gib Bellis 33 - 5 - 851
Norman Sharp 3373 - 7012
Jack Boothway 198425135
Dennis Grainger 1111 - 121
Billy Tunnicliffe 3414543918
Dick Yates 159342014







League Table & Results (as at March 20th, 1948)


Results of league matches played since last match
17th March 1948
Chester4-1Hull City
20th March 1948
Accrington S.2-3Oldham
Barrow1-2Hartlepools United
Bradford City2-2Gateshead AFC
Halifax Town2-1Carlisle United
Hull City3-0Tranmere R.
Lincoln City0-0York City
New Brighton0-1Chester
Rochdale1-2Crewe Alex.
Southport1-1Mansfield Town
Stockport Co.1-3Darlington
Wrexham1-3Rotherham Utd


Division Three (North) 1947-48
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Lincoln City 33 20 7 6 1.903 47
2. Rotherham United 33 18 9 6 1.814 45
3. Gateshead AFC 35 15 11 9 1.319 41
4. Mansfield Town 32 15 9 8 1.441 39
5. WREXHAM 34 16 7 11 1.200 39
6. Barrow 32 14 10 8 1.464 38
7. Carlisle United 35 15 7 13 1.125 37
8. Accrington Stanley 33 17 3 13 1.120 37
9. Hull City 33 14 8 11 1.179 36
10. Tranmere Rovers 34 15 3 16 0.907 33
11. York City 34 10 12 12 1.102 32
12. Crewe Alexandra 31 13 6 12 0.857 32
13. Rochdale 32 12 8 12 0.741 32
14. Bradford City 33 12 7 14 1.000 31
15. Darlington 34 11 9 14 0.758 31
16. Oldham Athletic 33 9 12 12 0.938 30
17. Chester 33 11 7 15 1.020 29
18. Southport 33 10 8 15 0.857 28
19. Hartlepools United 32 9 7 16 0.590 25
20. Stockport County 31 6 11 14 0.720 23
21. Halifax Town 34 6 10 18 0.629 22
22. New Brighton 34 6 9 19 0.525 21