Wrexham 6
Tranmere Rovers 0
League (Division Three North)


Wrexham
6 - 0
Tranmere R. 

League
(Division Three North)
Saturday, April 17th, 1948
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 6,014
3:15pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Dick Yates (41)
Dennis Grainger (43)
Dennis Grainger (71)
Jack Boothway (77)
Dick Yates (88)
Dennis Grainger (90)
None.

Team Managers
Tom Williams
Ernie Blackburn

Starting Eleven
1. Geoff Atherton
2. Eddie Tunney
3. Ron Wynn
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 Payne .1
Laurie Hodgson .2
Eric Hornby .3
Gillie Alldis .4
Harold Bell .5
Len Kieran .6
Des Harlock .7
Harry Lamb .8
Harold Atkinson .9
Percy Steele .10
Alex Alexander .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 April 17th, 1948)


1947-48 All Time
League Cups All
Geoff Atherton (GK) 14 - 3 - 17 -
Les Speed 21 - 3 - 28 -
Eddie Tunney 40 - 5 - 162 -
Peter Wilson 21 - 2 - 23 -
Ron Wynn 6 - 0 - 6 -
Gib Bellis 39 - 5 - 911
Norman Sharp 3983 - 7613
Jack Boothway 2511425738
Dennis Grainger 1741 - 184
Billy Tunnicliffe 4018544522
Dick Yates 1911342215







League Table & Results (as at April 17th, 1948)


Results of league matches played since last match
12th April 1948
Rotherham Utd2-1Mansfield Town
13th April 1948
Barrow0-1Rochdale
14th April 1948
Crewe Alex.4-2Stockport Co.
17th April 1948
Accrington S.2-1Crewe Alex.
Barrow2-4Oldham
Bradford City1-3York City
Halifax Town1-1Darlington
Hull City2-1Chester
Lincoln City3-0Carlisle United
New Brighton1-2Hartlepools United
Rochdale2-1Gateshead AFC
Southport1-2Rotherham Utd
Stockport Co.5-0Mansfield Town
Wrexham6-0Tranmere R.


Division Three (North) 1947-48
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Rotherham United 40 24 9 7 2.000 57
2. Lincoln City 40 24 8 8 1.850 56
3. Gateshead AFC 41 18 11 12 1.286 47
4. WREXHAM 40 19 8 13 1.264 46
5. Accrington Stanley 40 20 6 14 1.148 46
6. Mansfield Town 40 17 10 13 1.143 44
7. Hull City 39 16 11 12 1.233 43
8. Carlisle United 41 18 7 16 1.176 43
9. Barrow 40 15 12 13 1.200 42
10. Crewe Alexandra 39 17 7 15 0.966 41
11. York City 40 13 13 14 1.140 39
12. Oldham Athletic 40 13 13 14 0.966 39
13. Rochdale 40 15 9 16 0.662 39
14. Darlington 40 13 12 15 0.779 38
15. Bradford City 39 14 9 16 0.984 37
16. Stockport County 39 12 11 16 0.967 35
17. Southport 39 12 11 16 0.902 35
18. Tranmere Rovers 40 16 3 21 0.757 35
19. Chester 39 12 8 19 0.951 32
20. Hartlepools United 38 12 8 18 0.682 32
21. Halifax Town 40 6 13 21 0.577 25
22. New Brighton 40 7 9 24 0.455 23