Wrexham 4
Darlington 2
League (Division Three North)

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Wrexham
4 - 2
Darlington 

League
(Division Three North)
Saturday, April 3rd, 1954
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 5,295
3:15pm kick-off
Goalscorers
Gordon Richards (11)
Les Samuels (33)
Eric Hope (64)
Les Samuels (75)
 		John Dowson (56)
Jim French (85)

Team Managers
Peter Jackson
 Bobby Gurney

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
 Billy Dunn .1
Joe Devlin .2
Cliff Mason .3
George Wardle .4
Roy Brown .5
Bill Rutherford .6
Harry Clark .7
Jim French .8
John Dowson .9
Harry Houlahan .10
Les Robson .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

W.J. Gaiger (Wilmslow) (Referee)


Match Report

This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at April 3rd, 1954)

1953-54 All Time
League Cups All
Bob Connor (GK) 18 - 1 - 86 -
Aly McGowan 31 - 5 - 36 -
Albert Parker 10 - 1 - 601
Ron Wynn 17 - 3 - 13615
Dennis Griffiths 8 - 4 - 13 -
Phil Spruce 12 - 1 - 15 -
Tommy Bannan 29117413251
Phil Gwatkin 14432176
Eric Hope 1232 - 4213
Gordon Richards 186523812
Les Samuels 550 - 55







League Table & Results (as at April 3rd, 1954)

Results of league matches played since last match
30th March 1954
Port Vale1-0Accrington S.
31st March 1954
Barnsley0-2Gateshead AFC
Darlington3-2Chesterfield
1st April 1954
Port Vale3-0Bradford City
Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd2-0Stockport
3rd April 1954
Accrington S.2-1Crewe
Barrow0-0Gateshead AFC
Bradford City1-1Workington
Carlisle United1-1Chester
Chesterfield1-0Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd
Grimsby Town2-2Port Vale
Halifax Town1-2Southport
Mansfield1-0Hartlepools United
Rochdale1-1Barnsley
Stockport4-1Bradford PA
Tranmere1-1York City
Wrexham4-2Darlington


Division Three (North) 1953-54
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Port Vale 37 24 10 3 3.588 58
2. Barnsley 39 21 9 9 1.489 51
3. Gateshead AFC 39 19 11 9 1.457 49
4. Bradford City 39 22 5 12 1.279 49
5. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 40 16 14 10 1.151 46
6. Mansfield 40 17 10 13 1.274 44
7. Chesterfield 40 16 12 12 1.167 44
8. WREXHAM 38 17 8 13 1.286 42
9. Bradford PA 39 14 12 13 1.094 40
10. Southport 38 15 9 14 1.039 39
11. Carlisle United 39 12 13 14 1.200 37
12. Stockport 39 14 9 16 1.161 37
13. Barrow 39 14 9 16 1.000 37
14. Rochdale 39 14 8 17 0.791 36
15. Crewe 39 12 12 15 0.754 36
16. Accrington S. 38 13 9 16 0.921 35
17. Workington 40 11 13 16 0.739 35
18. Grimsby Town 39 14 6 19 0.614 34
19. Tranmere 37 14 5 18 0.825 33
20. Hartlepools United 38 11 10 17 0.875 32
21. York City 39 11 10 18 0.750 32
22. Darlington 40 10 11 19 0.631 31
23. Halifax Town 39 11 8 20 0.649 30
24. Chester 40 9 9 22 0.667 27