Wrexham 2
Rochdale 0
League (Division Three North)


Wrexham
2 - 0
Rochdale 

League
(Division Three North)
Saturday, September 26th, 1953
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 12,519
3:15pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Tommy Tilston (12)
Ron Hewitt (25)
None.

Team Managers
Peter Jackson
Harry Catterick

Starting Eleven
1. Bob Connor
2. Albert Parker
3. Peter Fisher
4. George Jones
5. Phil Spruce
6. Johnny Tapscott
7. Glyn Hughes
8. Ron Hewitt
9. Bill Heggie
10. Tommy Tilston
11. Tommy Bannan
Albert Morton .1
Harry Potter .2
Harry Boyle .3
Don Partridge .4
Eric Downes .5
Joe Lynn .6
Arnie Kendall .7
Brian Mottershead .8
Adam Wasilewski .9
Ray Haddington .10
Jimmy Anders .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

T. Seymour (Wakefield) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at September 26th, 1953)


1953-54 All Time
League Cups All
Bob Connor (GK) 7 - 0 - 74 -
Albert Parker 1 - 0 - 501
Peter Fisher 12 - 0 - 87 -
George Jones 12 - 0 - 1128
Phil Spruce 1 - 0 - 3 -
Johnny Tapscott 12 - 0 - 1122
Tommy Bannan 310 - 9937
Bill Heggie 1190 - 2112
Ron Hewitt 1240 - 10232
Glyn Hughes 1020 - 5716
Tommy Tilston 1260 - 6928







League Table & Results (as at September 26th, 1953)


Other Wrexham matches played on September 26th, 1953:
Cheshire County League
Chester Reserves0-1Wrexham Reserves
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division Two
Wrexham 'A'3-2Gwersyllt United

Results of league matches played since last match
26th September 1953
Barrow4-0Grimsby Town
Bradford City1-0Accrington S.
Chesterfield5-0Carlisle United
Gateshead AFC0-0Barnsley
Hartlepools United1-0Darlington
Mansfield Town3-1Stockport Co.
Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd0-2Port Vale
Southport0-1Chester
Tranmere R.1-0Halifax Town
Workington1-1Bradford PA
Wrexham2-0Rochdale
York City0-3Crewe Alex.


Division Three (North) 1953-54
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Port Vale 12 9 2 1 5.250 20
2. Crewe Alexandra 12 5 6 1 1.700 16
3. WREXHAM 12 7 2 3 1.500 16
4. Barnsley 12 5 5 2 1.583 15
5. Gateshead AFC 12 5 5 2 1.500 15
6. Bradford City 12 6 2 4 0.846 14
7. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 11 5 3 3 1.462 13
8. Stockport County 12 4 5 3 1.267 13
9. Chesterfield 11 5 3 3 1.214 13
10. Southport 12 5 3 4 1.125 13
11. Carlisle United 11 5 2 4 1.400 12
12. Bradford (Park Avenue) 11 4 4 3 1.357 12
13. Mansfield Town 11 4 4 3 1.050 12
14. Barrow 11 4 3 4 1.133 11
15. Grimsby Town 12 5 1 6 0.760 11
16. Chester 11 3 3 5 0.933 9
17. Accrington Stanley 11 4 1 6 0.889 9
18. Halifax Town 12 3 3 6 0.643 9
19. York City 12 2 5 5 0.636 9
20. Darlington 12 2 5 5 0.632 9
21. Tranmere Rovers 11 4 0 7 0.783 8
22. Hartlepools United 11 2 4 5 0.571 8
23. Rochdale 11 1 3 7 0.273 5
24. Workington 11 1 2 8 0.400 4