Wrexham 1
Barrow 2
League (Division Three North)

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Wrexham
1 - 2
Barrow 

League
(Division Three North)
Saturday, December 26th, 1953
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 12,844
2:30pm kick-off
Goalscorers
Ron Hewitt (85)
 		Billy Gordon (20)
Willie Hannah (50)

Team Managers
Peter Jackson
 Jack Hacking

Starting Eleven
1. Pat Egglestone
2. Les Speed
3. Aly McGowan
4. George Jones
5. Jack Capper
6. Johnny Tapscott
7. Phil Gwatkin
8. Ron Hewitt
9. Tommy Bannan
10. Tommy Tilston
11. Gordon Richards
 Jack Hindle .1
Derrick Renshaw .2
Billy Buchanan .3
Jack Keen .4
Peter Wilson .5
Jack Street .6
Jim Collins .7
Andy McLaren .8
Billy Gordon .9
Alan Keen .10
Willie Hannah .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 December 26th, 1953)

1953-54 All Time
League Cups All
Pat Egglestone (GK) 15 - 4 - 36 -
Jack Capper 8 - 4 - 30 -
Aly McGowan 18 - 2 - 20 -
Les Speed 7 - 3 - 1991
George Jones 24 - 4 - 1288
Johnny Tapscott 25 - 4 - 1292
Tommy Bannan 1664211644
Phil Gwatkin 520 - 52
Ron Hewitt 2474111836
Gordon Richards 94222610
Tommy Tilston 2384 - 8430







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

Other Wrexham matches played on December 26th, 1953:
Cheshire County League
Rhyl1-1Wrexham Reserves
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division Two
Wrexham 'A'12-1Rubery Owen

Results of league matches played since last match
26th December 1953
Accrington S.3-0Halifax Town
Barnsley2-1York City
Bradford City4-0Rochdale
Carlisle United1-0Gateshead AFC
Chester0-1Port Vale
Chesterfield4-0Stockport Co.
Crewe Alex.0-0Mansfield Town
Darlington3-0Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd
Hartlepools United2-2Workington
Tranmere R.2-4Grimsby Town
Wrexham1-2Barrow


Division Three (North) 1953-54
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Port Vale 25 19 5 1 5.750 43
2. Gateshead AFC 26 13 8 5 1.630 34
3. Barnsley 24 12 7 5 1.346 31
4. Stockport County 25 11 7 7 1.606 29
5. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 24 11 7 6 1.171 29
6. Bradford (Park Avenue) 23 10 8 5 1.467 28
7. Bradford City 25 12 4 9 1.200 28
8. Carlisle United 24 10 6 8 1.471 26
9. WREXHAM 25 11 4 10 1.469 26
10. Mansfield Town 25 9 8 8 1.225 26
11. Barrow 24 11 4 9 1.118 26
12. Chesterfield 24 10 6 8 1.103 26
13. Crewe Alexandra 25 8 9 8 0.658 25
14. Southport 23 10 4 9 0.970 24
15. Grimsby Town 25 10 4 11 0.795 24
16. Accrington Stanley 24 9 5 10 1.048 23
17. Hartlepools United 24 7 8 9 1.000 22
18. Tranmere Rovers 24 8 3 13 0.762 19
19. Rochdale 25 7 4 14 0.460 18
20. Chester 25 6 5 14 0.610 17
21. Darlington 25 5 7 13 0.548 17
22. Halifax Town 26 6 4 16 0.535 16
23. Workington 24 5 6 13 0.529 16
24. York City 24 4 7 13 0.577 15