Wrexham 1
Port Vale 1
League (Division Three North)


Wrexham
1 - 1
Port Vale 

League
(Division Three North)
Saturday, December 5th, 1953
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 14,451
2:30pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Glyn Hughes (20)
Basil Hayward (65)

Team Managers
Peter Jackson
Freddie Steele

Starting Eleven
1. Pat Egglestone
2. Les Speed
3. Peter Fisher
4. George Jones
5. Jack Capper
6. Johnny Tapscott
7. Phil Gwatkin
8. Ron Hewitt
9. Tommy Bannan
10. Tommy Tilston
11. Glyn Hughes
Ray King .1
Stan Turner .2
Reg Potts .3
Albert Mullard .4
Tom Cheadle .5
Roy Sproson .6
Colin Askey .7
Albert Leake .8
Basil Hayward .9
Ken Griffiths .10
Jack Cunliffe .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

C. Holland (Cheadle Heath) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at December 5th, 1953)


1953-54 All Time
League Cups All
Pat Egglestone (GK) 12 - 1 - 30 -
Jack Capper 6 - 1 - 25 -
Peter Fisher 16 - 0 - 91 -
Les Speed 4 - 0 - 1931
George Jones 22 - 1 - 1238
Johnny Tapscott 22 - 1 - 1232
Tommy Bannan 1351 - 11041
Phil Gwatkin 3 - 0 - 3 -
Glyn Hughes 204116819
Tommy Tilston 2181 - 7930
Ron Hewitt 2161 - 11234







League Table & Results (as at December 5th, 1953)


Other Wrexham matches played on December 5th, 1953:
Cheshire County League
Macclesfield Town3-1Wrexham Reserves
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division Two
Rhostyllen Sports Club4-8Wrexham 'A'

Results of league matches played since last match
5th December 1953
Accrington S.2-0York City
Barrow0-1Barnsley
Bradford City2-0Darlington
Carlisle United5-1Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd
Chesterfield2-1Hartlepools United
Grimsby Town1-2Southport
Halifax Town3-0Workington
Mansfield Town1-1Bradford PA
Rochdale4-1Crewe Alex.
Stockport Co.5-0Chester
Tranmere R.1-4Gateshead AFC
Wrexham1-1Port Vale


Division Three (North) 1953-54
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Port Vale 22 16 5 1 5.375 37
2. Gateshead AFC 22 11 7 4 1.542 29
3. Bradford (Park Avenue) 21 10 8 3 1.692 28
4. Barnsley 21 10 7 4 1.292 27
5. Stockport County 22 10 6 6 1.704 26
6. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 21 10 6 5 1.267 26
7. WREXHAM 22 10 4 8 1.414 24
8. Bradford City 22 10 4 8 1.000 24
9. Carlisle United 21 9 5 7 1.533 23
10. Chesterfield 21 9 5 7 1.161 23
11. Southport 21 9 4 8 0.969 22
12. Crewe Alexandra 22 7 8 7 0.750 22
13. Barrow 21 9 3 9 1.065 21
14. Accrington Stanley 21 8 4 9 1.026 20
15. Grimsby Town 22 8 4 10 0.714 20
16. Mansfield Town 21 6 7 8 0.875 19
17. Tranmere Rovers 21 8 3 10 0.857 19
18. Hartlepools United 21 6 6 9 0.933 18
19. York City 21 4 7 10 0.628 15
20. Chester 21 5 5 11 0.622 15
21. Halifax Town 22 5 4 13 0.677 14
22. Darlington 21 4 6 11 0.559 14
23. Rochdale 21 5 4 12 0.439 14
24. Workington 21 4 4 13 0.426 12