Wrexham 3
Accrington Stanley 1
League (Division Three North)
WrexhamWrexham |
3 - 1
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Accrington S.Accrington S. |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Tommy Bannan Ron Hewitt Johnny Tapscott (44) |
Jimmy Kendall (50) |
| Team Managers | |
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Peter Jackson |
Walter Crook |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Bob Connor 2. Les Speed 3. Albert Parker 4. George Jones 5. Ron Wynn 6. Johnny Tapscott 7. Glyn Hughes 8. Ron Hewitt 9. Tommy Bannan 10. Tommy Tilston 11. Billy Tunnicliffe |
Doug Daniels .1 Bill Mellor .2 Billy Robinson .3 John Brocklehurst .4 Syd Goodfellow .5 Jimmy Grummett .6 John Taylor .7 Jimmy Kendall .8 Billy Watkinson .9 Tommy Butler .10 Alan Bushell .11 |
| Bench | |
| None. | None. |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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J. Houston (St.Annes-on-Sea) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at December 26th, 1952)
| 1952-53 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| Bob Connor (GK) | 27 |
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13 | - | 2 | - | 53 | - | 9 | - | 62 | - | |||
| Albert Parker | 25 |
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19 | 1 | 2 | - | 27 | 1 | 6 | - | 33 | 1 | |||
| Les Speed | 29 |
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11 | - | 2 | - | 159 | - | 20 | - | 179 | - | |||
| Ron Wynn | 29 |
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21 | - | 2 | - | 98 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 109 | 15 | |||
| George Jones | 22 |
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18 | 2 | 2 | - | 68 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 77 | 5 | |||
| Johnny Tapscott | 24 |
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23 | 1 | 2 | - | 70 | 2 | 6 | - | 76 | 2 | |||
| Tommy Bannan | 22 |
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22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 62 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 71 | 28 | |||
| Ron Hewitt | 24 |
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22 | 8 | 2 | - | 60 | 23 | 8 | - | 68 | 23 | |||
| Glyn Hughes | 21 |
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23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 8 | |||
| Tommy Tilston | 26 |
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20 | 11 | 2 | - | 29 | 13 | 3 | - | 32 | 13 | |||
| Billy Tunnicliffe | 32 |
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22 | 8 | 2 | - | 233 | 71 | 28 | 16 | 261 | 87 | |||
League Table & Results (as at December 26th, 1952)
| Other Wrexham matches played on December 26th, 1952: |
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| Cheshire County League | ||
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| Chester Reserves | 4-0 | Wrexham Reserves |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 25th December 1952 |
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| Bradford City | 3-1 | Gateshead AFC |
| Carlisle United | 8-0 | Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd |
| Grimsby Town | 0-0 | Chesterfield |
| Stockport Co. | 1-1 | Hartlepools United |
| 26th December 1952 |
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| Barrow | 3-0 | Workington |
| Bradford PA | 1-2 | Halifax Town |
| Crewe Alex. | 1-4 | Port Vale |
| Darlington | 3-2 | Rochdale |
| Oldham | 1-0 | Mansfield Town |
| Southport | 2-0 | Chester |
| Wrexham | 3-1 | Accrington S. |
| York City | 2-0 | Tranmere R. |
| Division Three (North) 1952-53 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2.688 | 34 |
| 2. | Grimsby Town | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2.176 | 33 |
| 3. | York City | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1.650 | 32 |
| 4. | WREXHAM | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 1.389 | 29 |
| 5. | Port Vale | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1.765 | 28 |
| 6. | Halifax Town | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1.370 | 28 |
| 7. | Gateshead AFC | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1.296 | 26 |
| 8. | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1.152 | 26 |
| 9. | Mansfield Town | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0.935 | 26 |
| 10. | Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1.143 | 24 |
| 11. | Hartlepools United | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0.969 | 24 |
| 12. | Southport | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 0.886 | 24 |
| 13. | Chesterfield | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 1.097 | 23 |
| 14. | Barrow | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 0.939 | 23 |
| 15. | Stockport County | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1.200 | 22 |
| 16. | Carlisle United | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1.152 | 21 |
| 17. | Tranmere Rovers | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 0.938 | 20 |
| 18. | Chester | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0.846 | 20 |
| 19. | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 0.788 | 19 |
| 20. | Bradford City | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0.659 | 19 |
| 21. | Darlington | 23 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 0.589 | 16 |
| 22. | Rochdale | 24 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 0.721 | 14 |
| 23. | Workington | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 0.389 | 13 |
| 24. | Accrington Stanley | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 0.467 | 12 |