Wrexham 2
Southport 1
League (Division Three North)


Wrexham
2 - 1
Southport 

League
(Division Three North)
Wednesday, April 7th, 1954
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 5,363
5:30pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Les Samuels (74)
Les Samuels (79)
Kevin Walsh

Team Managers
Peter Jackson
Gordon Hunt

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
Ray Minshull .1
Wally Taylor .2
Bill Forsyth .3
Don Hunter .4
Alf Barratt .5
Trevor Hitchen .6
Jack Billingham .7
Jimmy Prescott .8
Harry Whitworth .9
Kevin Walsh .10
Stan Jessop .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 7th, 1954)


1953-54 All Time
League Cups All
Bob Connor (GK) 19 - 1 - 87 -
Aly McGowan 32 - 5 - 37 -
Albert Parker 11 - 1 - 611
Ron Wynn 18 - 3 - 13715
Dennis Griffiths 9 - 4 - 14 -
Phil Spruce 13 - 1 - 16 -
Tommy Bannan 30117413351
Phil Gwatkin 15432186
Eric Hope 1332 - 4313
Gordon Richards 196523912
Les Samuels 670 - 67







League Table & Results (as at April 7th, 1954)


Results of league matches played since last match
5th April 1954
Hartlepools United1-2Tranmere R.
Port Vale1-1Mansfield Town
7th April 1954
Accrington S.1-0Rochdale
Bradford City1-1Port Vale
Gateshead AFC0-1Bradford PA
Wrexham2-1Southport


Division Three (North) 1953-54
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Port Vale 39 24 12 3 3.316 60
2. Barnsley 39 21 9 9 1.489 51
3. Bradford City 40 22 6 12 1.273 50
4. Gateshead AFC 40 19 11 10 1.426 49
5. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 40 16 14 10 1.151 46
6. Mansfield Town 41 17 11 13 1.270 45
7. WREXHAM 39 18 8 13 1.298 44
8. Chesterfield 40 16 12 12 1.167 44
9. Bradford (Park Avenue) 40 15 12 13 1.109 42
10. Southport 39 15 9 15 1.019 39
11. Carlisle United 39 12 13 14 1.200 37
12. Stockport County 39 14 9 16 1.161 37
13. Barrow 39 14 9 16 1.000 37
14. Accrington Stanley 39 14 9 16 0.937 37
15. Rochdale 40 14 8 18 0.779 36
16. Crewe Alexandra 39 12 12 15 0.754 36
17. Tranmere Rovers 38 15 5 18 0.845 35
18. Workington 40 11 13 16 0.739 35
19. Grimsby Town 39 14 6 19 0.614 34
20. Hartlepools United 39 11 10 18 0.862 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