Wrexham 4
Grimsby Town 0
League (Division Three North)


Wrexham
4 - 0
Grimsby Town 

League
(Division Three North)
Saturday, September 12th, 1953
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 13,748
3:15pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Bill Heggie (34)
Tommy Tilston (41)
Tommy Tilston (46)
Tommy Tilston (pen.) (62)
None.

Team Managers
Peter Jackson
Bill Shankly

Starting Eleven
1. Bob Connor
2. Aly McGowan
3. Peter Fisher
4. George Jones
5. Ron Wynn
6. Johnny Tapscott
7. Glyn Hughes
8. Ron Hewitt
9. Bill Heggie
10. Tommy Tilston
11. Eric Hope
Clarrie Williams .1
William Freeburn .2
Ray Robson .3
Reg Scotson .4
Duncan McMillan .5
Pat Johnston .6
Joe Dubois .7
Jimmy Bloomer .8
Fred Smith .9
Archie Wright .10
Jimmy Maddison .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

F.H. Gerrard (Preston) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at September 12th, 1953)


1953-54 All Time
League Cups All
Bob Connor (GK) 3 - 0 - 70 -
Peter Fisher 8 - 0 - 83 -
Aly McGowan 8 - 0 - 8 -
Ron Wynn 7 - 0 - 12315
George Jones 8 - 0 - 1088
Johnny Tapscott 8 - 0 - 1082
Bill Heggie 770 - 1710
Ron Hewitt 830 - 9831
Eric Hope 3 - 0 - 3110
Glyn Hughes 620 - 5316
Tommy Tilston 830 - 6525







League Table & Results (as at September 12th, 1953)


Other Wrexham matches played on September 12th, 1953:
Cheshire County League
Stockport Co. Reserves2-0Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
12th September 1953
Barrow1-1Carlisle United
Bradford City2-0Halifax Town
Chesterfield2-1Tranmere R.
Darlington1-1Barnsley
Gateshead AFC1-0Port Vale
Hartlepools United0-2Bradford PA
Mansfield Town1-1Accrington S.
Rochdale0-0Stockport Co.
Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd1-0Chester
Workington1-2Crewe Alex.
Wrexham4-0Grimsby Town
York City2-1Southport


Division Three (North) 1953-54
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Port Vale 8 5 2 1 4.667 12
2. Crewe Alexandra 8 4 4 0 1.714 12
3. Bradford City 8 5 2 1 1.500 12
4. WREXHAM 8 5 1 2 2.429 11
5. Gateshead AFC 8 4 3 1 1.714 11
6. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 7 4 2 1 2.000 10
7. Southport 8 4 2 2 1.273 10
8. Stockport County 8 3 4 1 1.250 10
9. Barnsley 8 3 3 2 1.625 9
10. Grimsby Town 8 4 1 3 1.067 9
11. Chesterfield 7 3 2 2 0.800 8
12. Bradford (Park Avenue) 7 2 3 2 1.375 7
13. Mansfield Town 7 2 3 2 0.923 7
14. York City 8 2 3 3 0.750 7
15. Carlisle United 7 2 2 3 1.571 6
16. Halifax Town 8 2 2 4 0.556 6
17. Accrington Stanley 7 2 1 4 0.750 5
18. Darlington 8 1 3 4 0.417 5
19. Barrow 7 1 3 3 0.400 5
20. Tranmere Rovers 7 2 0 5 0.714 4
21. Chester 7 1 2 4 0.667 4
22. Hartlepools United 7 0 4 3 0.357 4
23. Workington 7 1 1 5 0.500 3
24. Rochdale 7 1 1 5 0.235 3