Wrexham 4
York City 5
League (Division Three North)

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Wrexham
4 - 5
York City 

League
(Division Three North)
Saturday, December 17th, 1955
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 5,722
2:30pm kick-off
Goalscorers
Gren Jones (10)
Gordon Richards (13)
Bernard Evans (19)
Bernard Evans (56)
 		Norman Wilkinson (14)
Billy Fenton (65)
Billy Fenton (69)
Norman Wilkinson (73)
Norman Wilkinson (75)

Team Managers
Cliff Lloyd
 Tom Lockie & Bill Sherrington

Starting Eleven
1. Billy Waters
2. Albert Parker
3. Aly McGowan
4. Dennis Griffiths
5. Ron Wynn
6. Johnny Tapscott
7. Gren Jones
8. Ron Hewitt
9. Bernard Evans
10. Arthur Rowley
11. Gordon Richards
 Tommy Forgan .1
Ernie Phillips .2
George Howe .3
Gordon Brown .4
Alan Stewart .5
Ron Spence .6
Johnny Linaker .7
Arthur Bottom .8
Norman Wilkinson .9
Sid Storey .10
Billy Fenton .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

R.H. Windle (Chesterfield) (Referee)


Match Report

This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at December 17th, 1955)

1955-56 All Time
League Cups All
Billy Waters (GK) 13 - 1 - 14 -
Aly McGowan 2211 - 1151
Albert Parker 20 - 1 - 1181
Ron Wynn 19 - 1 - 19317
Dennis Griffiths 1021 - 553
Johnny Tapscott 3 - 0 - 1825
Bernard Evans 860 - 138
Ron Hewitt 1961 - 19067
Gren Jones 1741 - 184
Gordon Richards 175117119
Arthur Rowley 1411 - 468







League Table & Results (as at December 17th, 1955)

Other Wrexham matches played on December 17th, 1955:
Cheshire County League
Mossley3-2Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
17th December 1955
Bradford City0-0Oldham
Chesterfield2-1Carlisle United
Darlington0-0Hartlepools United
Gateshead AFC4-0Accrington S.
Halifax Town2-0Workington
Mansfield1-1Derby County
Rochdale2-0Grimsby Town
Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd4-2Bradford PA
Southport2-1Barrow
Stockport2-1Crewe
Tranmere4-0Chester
Wrexham4-5York City


Division Three (North) 1955-56
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Grimsby Town 22 14 3 5 2.176 31
2. Accrington S. 22 14 3 5 2.000 31
3. Derby County 22 11 5 6 1.697 27
4. Southport 22 12 3 7 1.069 27
5. Bradford City 22 9 8 5 1.360 26
6. York City 22 11 4 7 1.281 26
7. Chesterfield 22 11 3 8 1.212 25
8. Hartlepools United 22 12 1 9 1.103 25
9. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 22 10 4 8 1.346 24
10. Darlington 22 10 3 9 0.882 23
11. Carlisle United 21 9 4 8 1.097 22
12. Workington 22 9 3 10 1.242 21
13. Stockport 22 9 3 10 1.147 21
14. Gateshead AFC 22 7 7 8 0.974 21
15. WREXHAM 22 8 5 9 0.872 21
16. Tranmere 22 9 3 10 0.821 21
17. Rochdale 22 7 7 8 0.818 21
18. Chester 22 7 6 9 0.683 20
19. Oldham 22 5 9 8 0.882 19
20. Halifax Town 22 7 4 11 0.889 18
21. Bradford PA 21 6 4 11 0.473 16
22. Crewe 22 5 5 12 0.610 15
23. Mansfield 22 3 8 11 0.590 14
24. Barrow 22 5 1 16 0.643 11