Wrexham 4
Crewe Alexandra 2
League (Division Three North)

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Wrexham
4 - 2
Crewe Alex. 

League
(Division Three North)
Saturday, December 31st, 1955
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 6,148
2:30pm kick-off
Goalscorers
Peter Thompson (44)
Peter Thompson (52)
Arthur Rowley (67)
Bernard Evans (85)
 		Bryan Williams (40)
Bryan Williams (50)

Team Managers
Cliff Lloyd
 Maurice Lindley

Starting Eleven
1. Pat Egglestone
2. Bill Green
3. Aly McGowan
4. Dennis Griffiths
5. Ron Wynn
6. Johnny Tapscott
7. Phil Gwatkin
8. Peter Thompson
9. Bernard Evans
10. Arthur Rowley
11. Eric Betts
 Peter Ellson .1
John Cotton .2
Denis Wilson .3
Len Edwards .4
Tom Briggs .5
Roy Campbell .6
Jimmy Rolfe .7
Des Frost .8
Eric Littler .9
Bryan Williams .10
David Duncan .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
Eric Betts (55)
 John Cotton (55)

Match Officials

T.L. Wood (Bury) (Referee)


Match Report

Ronnie Hewitt refused to play at outside-right and was suspended for 14 days by the club.



Squad Statistics (as at December 31st, 1955)

1955-56 All Time
League Cups All
Pat Egglestone (GK) 13 - 0 - 91 -
Aly McGowan 2611 - 1191
Ron Wynn 23 - 1 - 19717
Bill Green 5 - 0 - 282
Dennis Griffiths 1121 - 563
Johnny Tapscott 7 - 0 - 1865
Eric Betts 730 - 6124
Bernard Evans 1070 - 159
Phil Gwatkin 4 - 0 - 5611
Arthur Rowley 1821 - 509
Peter Thompson 121 - 22







League Table & Results (as at December 31st, 1955)

Other Wrexham matches played on December 31st, 1955:
Cheshire County League
Port Vale Reserves1-3Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
31st December 1955
Bradford City3-1York City
Chesterfield5-1Bradford PA
Darlington4-2Barrow
Gateshead AFC1-1Chester
Halifax Town2-2Derby County
Mansfield Town5-1Hartlepools United
Oldham2-2Rochdale
Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd3-1Workington
Southport3-0Carlisle United
Stockport Co.1-2Accrington S.
Tranmere R.0-1Grimsby Town
Wrexham4-2Crewe Alex.


Division Three (North) 1955-56
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Grimsby Town 26 17 3 6 2.316 37
2. Accrington Stanley 25 16 4 5 1.963 36
3. Derby County 26 13 6 7 1.703 32
4. Southport 25 14 4 7 1.226 32
5. Bradford City 26 11 8 7 1.273 30
6. Hartlepools United 26 14 2 10 1.167 30
7. York City 26 12 5 9 1.256 29
8. Chesterfield 26 13 3 10 1.200 29
9. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 26 12 4 10 1.333 28
10. Darlington 26 12 4 10 0.947 28
11. Workington 26 12 3 11 1.263 27
12. Rochdale 26 9 9 8 0.923 27
13. Tranmere Rovers 26 10 5 11 0.881 25
14. Stockport County 26 10 4 12 1.077 24
15. Halifax Town 26 9 5 12 0.933 23
16. Gateshead AFC 26 7 9 10 0.864 23
17. WREXHAM 26 9 5 12 0.830 23
18. Chester 26 8 7 11 0.688 23
19. Carlisle United 25 9 4 12 0.841 22
20. Oldham Athletic 26 6 10 10 0.800 22
21. Mansfield Town 26 5 9 12 0.750 19
22. Bradford (Park Avenue) 25 7 5 13 0.485 19
23. Crewe Alexandra 26 6 5 15 0.564 17
24. Barrow 26 6 3 17 0.729 15