Wrexham 3
Tranmere Rovers 1
League (Division Three North)


Wrexham
3 - 1
Tranmere R. 

League
(Division Three North)
Saturday, November 5th, 1955
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 6,674
2:45pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Ron Hewitt (20)
Gordon Richards (pen.) (25)
Arthur Rowley (29)
Sammy Speakman (40)

Team Managers
Cliff Lloyd
Ernie Blackburn

Starting Eleven
1. Billy Waters
2. Albert Parker
3. Aly McGowan
4. Dennis Griffiths
5. Ron Wynn
6. Fred Davis
7. Gren Jones
8. Ron Hewitt
9. Bernard Evans
10. Arthur Rowley
11. Gordon Richards
George Payne .1
Percy Steele .2
Bill Lamont .3
Ralph Millington .4
Harold Bell .5
Hugh Shaw .6
Ray Davies .7
Noel Kelly .8
Ray Williams .9
Kenny McDevitt .10
Sammy Speakman .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

R. Ryalls (Sheffield) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at November 5th, 1955)


1955-56 All Time
League Cups All
Billy Waters (GK) 9 - 0 - 9 -
Aly McGowan 1810 - 1101
Albert Parker 17 - 0 - 1141
Ron Wynn 15 - 0 - 18817
Fred Davis 1810 - 181
Dennis Griffiths 720 - 513
Bernard Evans 420 - 94
Ron Hewitt 1560 - 18567
Gren Jones 1320 - 132
Gordon Richards 1340 - 6617
Arthur Rowley 1010 - 418







League Table & Results (as at November 5th, 1955)


Other Wrexham matches played on November 5th, 1955:
Cheshire County League
Bangor City5-1Wrexham Reserves
Welsh Youth Cup
Wrexham Youth?-?Wrexham Juniors

Results of league matches played since last match
5th November 1955
Bradford City3-1Gateshead AFC
Crewe Alex.0-0Grimsby Town
Derby County3-0Carlisle United
Halifax Town0-1Southport
Hartlepools United3-1Bradford PA
Mansfield Town0-1Chesterfield
Oldham1-3Accrington S.
Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd0-1Darlington
Stockport Co.0-0Rochdale
Workington6-1Barrow
Wrexham3-1Tranmere R.
York City3-0Chester


Division Three (North) 1955-56
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Grimsby Town 18 12 3 3 2.429 27
2. Accrington Stanley 18 11 3 4 2.000 25
3. Bradford City 18 9 5 4 1.579 23
4. Derby County 18 9 4 5 1.692 22
5. Workington 18 9 3 6 1.842 21
6. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 18 8 4 6 1.333 20
7. Chesterfield 18 9 2 7 1.207 20
8. Darlington 18 9 2 7 1.087 20
9. Hartlepools United 18 10 0 8 1.071 20
10. Southport 18 9 2 7 0.917 20
11. Chester 18 7 6 5 0.862 20
12. WREXHAM 18 7 5 6 0.964 19
13. York City 18 7 4 7 1.111 18
14. Stockport County 18 7 3 8 1.308 17
15. Carlisle United 17 6 4 7 0.889 16
16. Crewe Alexandra 18 5 5 8 0.852 15
17. Gateshead AFC 18 4 7 7 0.824 15
18. Oldham Athletic 18 4 7 7 0.800 15
19. Rochdale 18 5 5 8 0.725 15
20. Tranmere Rovers 18 6 3 9 0.697 15
21. Halifax Town 18 5 4 9 0.688 14
22. Mansfield Town 18 3 6 9 0.618 12
23. Bradford (Park Avenue) 17 4 4 9 0.419 12
24. Barrow 18 4 1 13 0.553 9