Wrexham 1
Port Vale 1
League (Division Three North)
WrexhamWrexham |
1 - 1
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Port ValePort Vale |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Glyn Hughes (20) |
Basil Hayward (65) |
| Team Managers | |
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Peter Jackson |
Freddie Steele |
| Starting Eleven | |
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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 | |
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C. Holland (Cheadle Heath) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at December 5th, 1953)
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| Pat Egglestone (GK) | 26 |
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12 | - | 1 | - | 29 | - | 1 | - | 30 | - | |||
| Jack Capper | 22 |
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6 | - | 1 | - | 24 | - | 1 | - | 25 | - | |||
| Peter Fisher | 33 |
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16 | - | 0 | - | 83 | - | 8 | - | 91 | - | |||
| Les Speed | 30 |
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4 | - | 0 | - | 171 | - | 22 | 1 | 193 | 1 | |||
| George Jones | 23 |
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22 | - | 1 | - | 111 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 123 | 8 | |||
| Johnny Tapscott | 25 |
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22 | - | 1 | - | 114 | 2 | 9 | - | 123 | 2 | |||
| Tommy Bannan | 23 |
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13 | 5 | 1 | - | 98 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 110 | 41 | |||
| Phil Gwatkin | 24 |
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3 | - | 0 | - | 3 | - | 0 | - | 3 | - | |||
| Glyn Hughes | 22 |
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20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 63 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 68 | 19 | |||
| Tommy Tilston | 27 |
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21 | 8 | 1 | - | 73 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 79 | 30 | |||
| Ron Hewitt | 25 |
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21 | 6 | 1 | - | 101 | 34 | 11 | - | 112 | 34 | |||
League Table & Results (as at December 5th, 1953)
| Other Wrexham matches played on December 5th, 1953: |
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| Cheshire County League | |||||||
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| Macclesfield T. | 3-1 | Wrexham Reserves | |||||
| Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division Two | ||
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| Rhostyllen Sports Club | 4-8 | Wrexham 'A' |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 5th December 1953 |
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| Accrington S. | 2-0 | York City |
| Barrow | 0-1 | Barnsley |
| Bradford City | 2-0 | Darlington |
| Carlisle United | 5-1 | Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd |
| Chesterfield | 2-1 | Hartlepools United |
| Grimsby Town | 1-2 | Southport |
| Halifax Town | 3-0 | Workington |
| Mansfield Town | 1-1 | Bradford PA |
| Rochdale | 4-1 | Crewe Alex. |
| Stockport Co. | 5-0 | Chester |
| Tranmere R. | 1-4 | Gateshead AFC |
| Wrexham | 1-1 | Port Vale |
| Division Three (North) 1953-54 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
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| 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 |