Wrexham 5
Gateshead AFC 1
League (Division Three North)

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Wrexham
5 - 1
Gateshead AFC 

League
(Division Three North)
Saturday, March 20th, 1954
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 7,517
3:15pm kick-off
Goalscorers
Tommy Bannan (11)
Les Samuels (20)
Les Samuels (39)
Tommy Bannan (52)
Eric Hope (75)
 		Johnny Ingham (5)

Team Managers
Peter Jackson
 Bill Tulip

Starting Eleven
1. Bob Connor
2. Albert Parker
3. Aly McGowan
4. Phil Spruce
5. Ron Wynn
6. Dennis Griffiths
7. Phil Gwatkin
8. Eric Hope
9. Tommy Bannan
10. Les Samuels
11. Gordon Richards
 Bob Gray .1
Pat Hewson .2
Billy March .3
Jack Callender .4
Tom Callender .5
John Haley .6
Johnny Ingham .7
Ken Smith .8
Don Robson .9
Norman Anderson .10
Johnny Campbell .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

A.E. Ellis (Halifax) (Referee)


Match Report

This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at March 20th, 1954)

1953-54 All Time
League Cups All
Bob Connor (GK) 16 - 1 - 84 -
Aly McGowan 29 - 5 - 34 -
Albert Parker 8 - 1 - 581
Ron Wynn 15 - 3 - 13415
Dennis Griffiths 6 - 4 - 11 -
Phil Spruce 10 - 1 - 13 -
Tommy Bannan 27117413051
Phil Gwatkin 12332155
Eric Hope 1022 - 4012
Gordon Richards 165523611
Les Samuels 330 - 33







League Table & Results (as at March 20th, 1954)

Other Wrexham matches played on March 20th, 1954:
Cheshire County League
Buxton2-5Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
15th March 1954
Port Vale2-0Halifax Town
17th March 1954
Bradford PA2-1Barrow
Workington2-0Grimsby Town
18th March 1954
Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd1-2Accrington S.
20th March 1954
Accrington S.0-0Bradford PA
Barrow1-2Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd
Bradford City1-0York City
Carlisle United0-0Port Vale
Chesterfield2-0Southport
Grimsby Town0-1Barnsley
Halifax Town1-0Crewe Alex.
Mansfield Town0-2Workington
Rochdale2-2Hartlepools United
Stockport Co.2-0Darlington
Tranmere R.2-1Chester
Wrexham5-1Gateshead AFC


Division Three (North) 1953-54
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Port Vale 34 22 9 3 3.667 53
2. Barnsley 36 20 8 8 1.512 48
3. Bradford City 36 22 4 10 1.432 48
4. Gateshead AFC 36 18 10 8 1.488 46
5. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 37 14 14 9 1.118 42
6. WREXHAM 36 16 7 13 1.264 39
7. Mansfield Town 37 14 10 13 1.197 38
8. Bradford (Park Avenue) 36 13 12 11 1.185 38
9. Chesterfield 36 13 12 11 1.073 38
10. Southport 36 14 8 14 1.020 36
11. Stockport County 36 13 9 14 1.224 35
12. Carlisle United 37 12 11 14 1.203 35
13. Barrow 37 14 7 16 1.000 35
14. Crewe Alexandra 37 12 11 14 0.764 35
15. Rochdale 37 14 6 17 0.788 34
16. Accrington Stanley 36 12 9 15 0.918 33
17. Workington 38 11 11 16 0.731 33
18. Grimsby Town 37 14 5 18 0.625 33
19. Tranmere Rovers 35 14 3 18 0.821 31
20. York City 37 11 9 17 0.764 31
21. Halifax Town 37 11 8 18 0.673 30
22. Hartlepools United 35 10 9 16 0.870 29
23. Darlington 36 9 10 17 0.621 28
24. Chester 37 8 8 21 0.644 24