Wrexham 1
York City 1
League (Division Three North)


Wrexham
1 - 1
York City 

League
(Division Three North)
Saturday, October 10th, 1953
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 9,530
3:15pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Tommy Tilston (62)
Billy Fenton (72)

Team Managers
Peter Jackson
Jimmy McCormick

Starting Eleven
1. Bob Connor
2. Les Speed
3. Peter Fisher
4. George Jones
5. Phil Spruce
6. Johnny Tapscott
7. Glyn Hughes
8. Tommy Bannan
9. Bill Heggie
10. Tommy Tilston
11. Eric Betts
Harry Searson .1
Norman Jukes .2
John Simpson .3
Fred Marlow .4
Percy Andrews .5
Ron Spence .6
Johnny Linaker .7
Billy Hughes .8
Dave Dunmore .9
Sid Storey .10
Billy Fenton .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

G. Gibson (Urmston) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at October 10th, 1953)


1953-54 All Time
League Cups All
Bob Connor (GK) 10 - 0 - 77 -
Peter Fisher 15 - 0 - 90 -
Les Speed 3 - 0 - 1921
George Jones 15 - 0 - 1158
Phil Spruce 4 - 0 - 6 -
Johnny Tapscott 15 - 0 - 1152
Tommy Bannan 610 - 10237
Eric Betts 1 - 0 - 1 -
Bill Heggie 1390 - 2312
Glyn Hughes 1330 - 6017
Tommy Tilston 1570 - 7229







League Table & Results (as at October 10th, 1953)


Other Wrexham matches played on October 10th, 1953:
Cheshire County League
Wellington Town0-5Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
10th October 1953
Accrington S.2-0Hartlepools United
Barrow2-1Chester
Bradford City3-0Crewe Alex.
Carlisle United1-1Darlington
Chesterfield1-2Port Vale
Grimsby Town2-0Gateshead AFC
Halifax Town1-2Barnsley
Mansfield Town4-2Southport
Rochdale1-1Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd
Stockport Co.2-0Workington
Tranmere R.1-1Bradford PA
Wrexham1-1York City


Division Three (North) 1953-54
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Port Vale 15 11 3 1 5.600 25
2. Barnsley 14 7 5 2 1.667 19
3. Stockport County 15 6 6 3 1.556 18
4. Crewe Alexandra 15 5 8 2 1.308 18
5. Bradford City 15 8 2 5 1.071 18
6. WREXHAM 15 7 3 5 1.300 17
7. Gateshead AFC 15 6 5 4 1.250 17
8. Bradford (Park Avenue) 14 5 6 3 1.588 16
9. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 14 5 6 3 1.375 16
10. Chesterfield 14 6 4 4 1.158 16
11. Barrow 14 6 3 5 1.000 15
12. Grimsby Town 15 7 1 7 0.815 15
13. Carlisle United 14 5 4 5 1.240 14
14. Mansfield Town 14 5 4 5 1.038 14
15. Southport 14 5 4 5 1.000 14
16. Accrington Stanley 14 5 3 6 1.000 13
17. Tranmere Rovers 14 5 2 7 0.885 12
18. Chester 14 4 3 7 0.739 11
19. Halifax Town 15 4 3 8 0.667 11
20. Hartlepools United 14 3 5 6 0.609 11
21. Darlington 14 2 6 6 0.591 10
22. York City 14 2 6 6 0.536 10
23. Rochdale 14 2 4 8 0.360 8
24. Workington 14 2 2 10 0.452 6