Wrexham 1
Halifax Town 2
League (Division Three North)


Wrexham
1 - 2
Halifax Town 

League
(Division Three North)
Wednesday, April 25th, 1956
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 3,905
6:30pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Gordon Richards (43)
Allen Hampson (5)
Alf Clarke (18)

Team Managers
Cliff Lloyd
Billy Burnicle

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. Arthur Rowley
11. Gordon Richards
Arthur Johnson .1
George Griffiths .2
Bert Ferguson .3
Tommy Bell .4
Les Horsman .5
Roy Lorenson .6
Joe Dubois .7
Allen Hampson .8
Harry Darbyshire .9
Alf Clarke .10
Stan Lonsdale .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

F. Collinge (Rochdale) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at April 25th, 1956)


1955-56 All Time
League Cups All
Billy Waters (GK) 29 - 3 - 32 -
Alan Fox 16 - 1 - 22 -
Albert Parker 30 - 1 - 1281
Fred Davis 3912 - 411
Bill Green 2412 - 493
Dennis Griffiths 2723 - 743
Bernard Evans 28121 - 3414
Elfed Evans 3013233216
Gren Jones 3353 - 365
Gordon Richards 348329023
Arthur Rowley 2622 - 599







League Table & Results (as at April 25th, 1956)


Results of league matches played since last match
23rd April 1956
Bradford PA1-0Accrington S.
York City1-0Derby County
24th April 1956
Carlisle United4-1Chester
Rochdale1-0Darlington
25th April 1956
Bradford City4-2Mansfield Town
Crewe Alex.2-1Workington
Grimsby Town2-0Southport
Wrexham1-2Halifax Town


Division Three (North) 1955-56
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Grimsby Town 44 29 6 9 2.517 64
2. Derby County 45 27 7 11 2.019 61
3. Accrington Stanley 43 24 7 12 1.600 55
4. Southport 44 22 11 11 1.286 55
5. Chesterfield 45 25 4 16 1.476 54
6. Hartlepools United 43 25 4 14 1.333 54
7. Bradford City 45 18 13 14 1.258 49
8. Stockport County 44 19 9 16 1.373 47
9. York City 45 19 9 17 1.235 47
10. Rochdale 45 17 12 16 0.786 46
11. Workington 45 18 9 18 1.177 45
12. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 43 18 8 17 1.200 44
13. Gateshead AFC 45 16 11 18 0.880 43
14. WREXHAM 45 16 9 20 0.903 41
15. Darlington 45 16 9 20 0.833 41
16. Tranmere Rovers 45 16 8 21 0.702 40
17. Mansfield Town 45 14 11 20 1.051 39
18. Halifax Town 44 14 11 19 0.917 39
19. Chester 44 13 13 18 0.636 39
20. Carlisle United 44 15 8 21 0.778 38
21. Oldham Athletic 45 10 17 18 0.882 37
22. Barrow 45 11 9 25 0.707 31
23. Bradford (Park Avenue) 45 12 7 26 0.488 31
24. Crewe Alexandra 45 9 10 26 0.485 28