Wrexham 5
Halifax Town 0
League (Division Three North)

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Wrexham
5 - 0
Halifax Town 

League
(Division Three North)
Saturday, December 19th, 1953
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 6,000
2:30pm kick-off
Goalscorers
Phil Gwatkin (18)
Gordon Richards (21)
Tommy Bannan (pen.) (66)
Phil Gwatkin (80)
Gordon Richards (85)
 		None.

Team Managers
Peter Jackson
 Gerry Henry

Starting Eleven
1. Pat Egglestone
2. Les Speed
3. Peter Fisher
4. Dennis Griffiths
5. Ron Wynn
6. Johnny Tapscott
7. Phil Gwatkin
8. Ron Hewitt
9. Tommy Bannan
10. Bill Heggie
11. Gordon Richards
 David McCormick .1
Eric Williams .2
Tommy Bell .3
Harry Darbyshire .4
Les Horsman .5
Jackie Moss .6
Walter Rickett .7
Graham Wood .8
Jack Pennington .9
Eddie Murphy .10
Derek Priestley .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

J. Houston (St.Annes-on-Sea) (Referee)


Match Report

This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at December 19th, 1953)

1953-54 All Time
League Cups All
Pat Egglestone (GK) 13 - 3 - 33 -
Peter Fisher 17 - 2 - 94 -
Les Speed 5 - 2 - 1961
Ron Wynn 10 - 0 - 12615
Dennis Griffiths 1 - 0 - 2 -
Johnny Tapscott 23 - 3 - 1262
Tommy Bannan 1463111343
Phil Gwatkin 420 - 42
Bill Heggie 1491 - 2512
Ron Hewitt 2263 - 11534
Gordon Richards 7411239







League Table & Results (as at December 19th, 1953)

Other Wrexham matches played on December 19th, 1953:
Cheshire County League
Crewe Alex. Reserves0-0Wrexham Reserves
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division Two
Wrexham 'A'1-0Rhosddu

Results of league matches played since last match
12th December 1953
Chester2-0Rochdale
Gateshead AFC4-0Halifax Town
Mansfield Town6-0Darlington
19th December 1953
Barnsley0-1Port Vale
Barrow2-2Chesterfield
Bradford City3-0Bradford PA
Darlington0-1Crewe Alex.
Gateshead AFC1-0Southport
Hartlepools United2-0Chester
Mansfield Town2-0Tranmere R.
Rochdale2-1Carlisle United
Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd2-1Grimsby Town
Stockport Co.1-1Accrington S.
Workington5-2York City
Wrexham5-0Halifax Town


Division Three (North) 1953-54
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Port Vale 23 17 5 1 5.500 39
2. Gateshead AFC 24 13 7 4 1.750 33
3. Bradford (Park Avenue) 22 10 8 4 1.517 28
4. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 22 11 6 5 1.290 28
5. Stockport County 23 10 7 6 1.679 27
6. Barnsley 22 10 7 5 1.240 27
7. WREXHAM 23 11 4 8 1.586 26
8. Bradford City 23 11 4 8 1.111 26
9. Chesterfield 22 9 6 7 1.152 24
10. Crewe Alexandra 23 8 8 7 0.781 24
11. Carlisle United 22 9 5 8 1.469 23
12. Mansfield Town 23 8 7 8 1.075 23
13. Barrow 22 9 4 9 1.061 22
14. Southport 22 9 4 9 0.939 22
15. Accrington Stanley 22 8 5 9 1.025 21
16. Hartlepools United 22 7 6 9 1.000 20
17. Grimsby Town 23 8 4 11 0.703 20
18. Tranmere Rovers 22 8 3 11 0.811 19
19. Chester 23 6 5 12 0.641 17
20. Rochdale 23 6 4 13 0.455 16
21. York City 22 4 7 11 0.604 15
22. Halifax Town 24 5 4 15 0.525 14
23. Workington 22 5 4 13 0.510 14
24. Darlington 23 4 6 13 0.463 14