Wrexham 4
Rochdale 1
League (Division Three North)


Wrexham
4 - 1
Rochdale 

League
(Division Three North)
Tuesday, December 25th, 1956
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 5,051
2:30pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Gren Jones 
Peter Thompson 
Johnny Anderson 
Bernard Evans 
Andy McLaren

Team Managers
Cliff Lloyd
Harry Catterick

Starting Eleven
1. Billy Waters
2. Aly McGowan
3. Albert Parker
4. Gwyn Morgans
5. Alan Fox
6. Brian Jarvis
7. Gren Jones
8. Peter Thompson
9. Bernard Evans
10. Johnny Anderson
11. David Jones
Jimmy Jones .1
Charlie Ferguson .2
Steve Parr .3
Jackie Grant .4
Billy McCulloch .5
Cyril Lello .6
Frank Lord .7
Eddie Wainwright .8
Brian Green .9
Andy McLaren .10
Jimmy McGuigan .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

J. Mitchell (Prescot) (Referee)
A.E. Ward (Northwich) & R.J. Garvey (Northwich) (Assistants)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at December 25th, 1956)


1956-57 All Time
League Cups All
Billy Waters (GK) 24 - 4 - 60 -
Alan Fox 24 - 4 - 51 -
Aly McGowan 23 - 4 - 1571
Albert Parker 20 - 4 - 1531
Brian Jarvis 1 - 0 - 21 -
Gwyn Morgans 1922 - 212
Johnny Anderson 2412412813
David Jones 24441285
Gren Jones 22341639
Peter Thompson 2111443118
Bernard Evans 840 - 4318







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


Other Wrexham matches played on December 25th, 1956:
Cheshire County League
Chester Reserves1-1Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
25th December 1956
Bradford City4-1Tranmere R.
Carlisle United1-1Barrow
Chesterfield1-0Mansfield Town
Crewe Alex.0-0Southport
Darlington1-1Hull City
Derby County4-0Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd
Gateshead AFC2-1Halifax Town
Oldham0-0Chester
Stockport Co.2-1Accrington S.
Workington0-1Bradford PA
Wrexham4-1Rochdale
York City3-3Hartlepools United


Division Three (North) 1956-57
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Bradford City 24 15 4 5 1.852 34
2. Accrington Stanley 24 14 4 6 1.405 32
3. Derby County 24 13 5 6 2.000 31
4. Hartlepools United 24 13 5 6 1.472 31
5. Workington 23 12 6 5 1.250 30
6. WREXHAM 24 11 7 6 1.606 29
7. Chesterfield 23 12 4 7 1.531 28
8. Stockport County 24 12 4 8 1.098 28
9. York City 23 10 7 6 1.129 27
10. Oldham Athletic 23 10 6 7 1.229 26
11. Barrow 24 10 6 8 1.030 26
12. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 24 9 7 8 1.147 25
13. Gateshead AFC 25 11 3 11 0.958 25
14. Hull City 23 11 2 10 1.125 24
15. Rochdale 22 9 6 7 1.107 24
16. Mansfield Town 24 9 5 10 1.087 23
17. Darlington 23 9 4 10 0.814 22
18. Carlisle United 23 7 7 9 0.886 21
19. Bradford (Park Avenue) 24 10 1 13 0.844 21
20. Halifax Town 24 8 2 14 0.588 18
21. Chester 24 4 6 14 0.531 14
22. Tranmere Rovers 23 3 4 16 0.491 10
23. Southport 23 1 7 15 0.417 9
24. Crewe Alexandra 24 2 4 18 0.345 8