Wrexham 5
Accrington Stanley 2
League (Division Three North)

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Wrexham
5 - 2
Accrington S. 

League
(Division Three North)
Saturday, October 27th, 1956
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 11,929
3:00pm kick-off
Goalscorers
Ron Hewitt (25)
Gren Jones (30)
Johnny Anderson (33)
Ron Hewitt (65)
Peter Thompson (75)
 		Wattie Dick (16)
Paddy Sowden (49)

Team Managers
Cliff Lloyd
 Walter Galbraith

Starting Eleven
1. Billy Waters
2. Aly McGowan
3. Albert Parker
4. Gwyn Morgans
5. Alan Fox
6. Fred Davis
7. Gren Jones
8. Ron Hewitt
9. Peter Thompson
10. Johnny Anderson
11. David Jones
 Tommy McQueen .1
Bob McNichol .2
Armour Ashe .3
Eddie Hunter .4
Gordon Stones .5
Jimmy Harrower .6
Bert Scott .7
Paddy Sowden .8
George Stewart .9
Wattie Dick .10
Willie Millar .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

J. Mitchell (Prescott) (Referee)
J. Lindsay (Gatley, Cheshire) & L. Clarke (Northwich) (Assistants)


Match Report

This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at October 27th, 1956)

1956-57 All Time
League Cups All
Billy Waters (GK) 17 - 0 - 49 -
Alan Fox 17 - 0 - 40 -
Aly McGowan 17 - 0 - 1471
Albert Parker 13 - 0 - 1421
Fred Davis 17 - 0 - 591
Gwyn Morgans 1420 - 142
Johnny Anderson 1780 - 178
Ron Hewitt 8100 - 20478
David Jones 1720 - 172
Gren Jones 1520 - 527
Peter Thompson 1490 - 2012







League Table & Results (as at October 27th, 1956)

Other Wrexham matches played on October 27th, 1956:
Cheshire County League
Stockport Co. Reserves2-2Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
27th October 1956
Barrow2-0Mansfield Town
Bradford PA0-2York City
Crewe Alex.0-1Stockport Co.
Darlington1-0Oldham
Derby County3-0Carlisle United
Gateshead AFC3-1Tranmere R.
Halifax Town2-1Chester
Hull City2-1Southport
Rochdale1-0Hartlepools United
Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd1-1Bradford City
Workington2-1Chesterfield
Wrexham5-2Accrington S.


Division Three (North) 1956-57
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Hartlepools United 17 13 1 3 2.143 27
2. Accrington Stanley 17 11 2 4 1.481 24
3. Bradford City 17 10 3 4 1.500 23
4. Workington 16 9 5 2 1.318 23
5. Derby County 17 9 3 5 1.714 21
6. Rochdale 16 9 3 4 1.667 21
7. Stockport County 17 9 3 5 1.280 21
8. Chesterfield 16 8 4 4 1.591 20
9. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 17 7 5 5 1.476 19
10. WREXHAM 17 8 3 6 1.462 19
11. Oldham Athletic 16 8 3 5 1.292 19
12. Gateshead AFC 17 8 2 7 1.000 18
13. Hull City 17 8 1 8 1.080 17
14. York City 16 7 3 6 1.000 17
15. Barrow 17 6 3 8 0.828 15
16. Darlington 16 6 3 7 0.700 15
17. Mansfield Town 16 5 4 7 1.071 14
18. Halifax Town 17 6 2 9 0.568 14
19. Bradford (Park Avenue) 17 6 1 10 0.862 13
20. Carlisle United 16 3 4 9 0.600 10
21. Chester 17 3 2 12 0.526 8
22. Southport 16 1 5 10 0.500 7
23. Tranmere Rovers 16 2 3 11 0.457 7
24. Crewe Alexandra 17 2 2 13 0.256 6