Wrexham 2
Southport 1
League (Division Three North)


Wrexham
2 - 1
Southport 

League
(Division Three North)
Saturday, March 10th, 1956
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 8,048
3:15pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Brian Griffiths (39)
Gordon Richards (90)
Jimmy McDermott (34)

Team Managers
Cliff Lloyd
Gordon Hunt

Starting Eleven
1. Billy Waters
2. Bill Green
3. Albert Parker
4. Dennis Griffiths
5. Alan Fox
6. Fred Davis
7. Gren Jones
8. Elfed Evans
9. Bernard Evans
10. Brian Griffiths
11. Gordon Richards
Ray Minshull .1
Allan Parkinson .2
Willie Robertson .3
Don Hunter .4
Wally Taylor .5
Wilf Charlton .6
Tommy Lawrenson .7
Bill Beadnell .8
George Bromilow .9
Bobby McIlvenny .10
Jimmy McDermott .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

F.V. Stringer (Nantwich) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at March 10th, 1956)


1955-56 All Time
League Cups All
Billy Waters (GK) 20 - 3 - 23 -
Alan Fox 8 - 1 - 14 -
Albert Parker 21 - 1 - 1191
Fred Davis 3012 - 321
Bill Green 1512 - 403
Dennis Griffiths 1823 - 653
Bernard Evans 1991 - 2511
Elfed Evans 219232312
Brian Griffiths 330 - 93
Gren Jones 2553 - 285
Gordon Richards 267328222







League Table & Results (as at March 10th, 1956)


Other Wrexham matches played on March 10th, 1956:
Cheshire County League
Winsford Utd1-2Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
7th March 1956
Derby County2-1Barrow
10th March 1956
Bradford City3-0Darlington
Crewe Alex.4-2Bradford PA
Derby County1-3Grimsby Town
Halifax Town3-3Gateshead AFC
Hartlepools United1-0Rochdale
Mansfield Town6-0Tranmere R.
Oldham6-1Barrow
Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd2-3Accrington S.
Stockport Co.2-1Chesterfield
Workington0-0Chester
Wrexham2-1Southport
York City3-1Carlisle United


Division Three (North) 1955-56
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Grimsby Town 34 21 5 8 2.154 47
2. Accrington Stanley 33 21 5 7 2.000 47
3. Derby County 35 20 6 9 1.872 46
4. Southport 34 19 7 8 1.378 45
5. Hartlepools United 35 20 4 11 1.191 44
6. Chesterfield 36 18 4 14 1.353 40
7. Bradford City 35 15 9 11 1.304 39
8. Workington 36 17 5 14 1.208 39
9. Stockport County 36 15 6 15 1.189 36
10. Gateshead AFC 37 13 10 14 0.937 36
11. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 32 15 5 12 1.326 35
12. Darlington 35 14 6 15 0.895 34
13. Tranmere Rovers 36 14 6 16 0.746 34
14. York City 33 13 7 13 1.113 33
15. Halifax Town 35 12 9 14 1.000 33
16. Rochdale 34 11 10 13 0.809 32
17. Chester 34 11 10 13 0.678 32
18. Carlisle United 35 13 5 17 0.838 31
19. WREXHAM 36 11 8 17 0.791 30
20. Mansfield Town 35 9 11 15 0.950 29
21. Oldham Athletic 36 7 13 16 0.797 27
22. Barrow 37 8 7 22 0.676 23
23. Bradford (Park Avenue) 32 9 5 18 0.523 23
24. Crewe Alexandra 35 7 7 21 0.519 21