Wrexham 2
Halifax Town 1
League (Division Three)

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Wrexham
2 - 1
Halifax Town 

League
(Division Three)
Saturday, December 12th, 1959
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 8,624
3:15pm kick-off
Goalscorers
Gren Jones (55)
Stan Bennion (72)
 		Frank Large (85)

Team Managers
Cliff Lloyd
 Harry Hooper

Starting Eleven
1. Charlie Hughes
2. Aly McGowan
3. Barry Wright
4. Harvey Jones
5. Alan Fox
6. George Evans
7. Gren Jones
8. Arfon Griffiths
9. Don Weston
10. Ron Hewitt
11. Stan Bennion
 Arthur Johnson .1
Phil Roscoe .2
Stan Lonsdale .3
Eric Harrison .4
Roy Lorenson .5
Frank Large .6
Andy McCall .7
Tommy Holmes .8
George Whitelaw .9
Conway Smith .10
Alan Blackburn .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

L.J. Hamer (Chorley) (Referee)
F.R. Bate (Stourbridge) & A. Walters (Warwick) (Assistants)


Match Report

This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at December 12th, 1959)

1959-60 All Time
League Cups All
Charlie Hughes (GK) 4 - 1 - 5 -
Alan Fox 20 - 2 - 188 -
Aly McGowan 2312 - 3022
Barry Wright 5 - 2 - 7 -
George Evans 1732 - 745
Arfon Griffiths 2 - 1 - 3 -
Harvey Jones 2 - 1 - 3 -
Stan Bennion 13221153
Ron Hewitt 19522257103
Gren Jones 1522 - 20632
Don Weston 2213224429







League Table & Results (as at December 12th, 1959)

Other Wrexham matches played on December 12th, 1959:
Cheshire County League
Altrincham2-2Wrexham Reserves
Welsh League (North)
Nantlle Vale5-1Wrexham Colts
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division Two
Pentre Broughton?-?Wrexham 'B'
Welsh Youth Cup
Wrexham Youth?-?Druids United Youth

Results of league matches played since last match
5th December 1959
Accrington S.1-3Chesterfield
12th December 1959
Accrington S.1-2Colchester Utd
Barnsley2-1QPR
Bournemouth0-0Southend
Bradford City2-0Southampton
Chesterfield2-1Norwich City
Grimsby Town2-2Bury
Newport Co.4-2Brentford
Reading4-2Coventry C.
Shrewsbury4-0York City
Swindon Town2-3Port Vale
Tranmere R.4-2Mansfield Town
Wrexham2-1Halifax Town


Division Three 1959-60
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Bury 23 14 3 6 1.889 31
2. Southampton 23 12 6 5 1.463 30
3. Shrewsbury Town 22 11 6 5 1.568 28
4. Grimsby Town 23 10 8 5 1.361 28
5. AFC Bournemouth 23 12 4 7 1.167 28
6. Coventry City 23 11 5 7 1.355 27
7. Norwich City 22 11 5 6 1.313 27
8. Newport County 22 11 3 8 1.128 25
9. Colchester United 23 10 5 8 1.025 25
10. Queens Park Rangers 23 9 6 8 1.357 24
11. Barnsley 23 9 6 8 1.065 24
12. Halifax Town 22 9 5 8 0.906 23
13. Brentford 22 9 4 9 1.108 22
14. Port Vale 22 10 2 10 0.833 22
15. Swindon Town 23 9 4 10 0.829 22
16. York City 23 7 7 9 0.806 21
17. Bradford City 22 7 6 9 0.919 20
18. Tranmere Rovers 23 7 5 11 1.000 19
19. Reading 22 6 5 11 1.048 17
20. Southend United 22 7 3 12 0.810 17
21. Chesterfield 22 8 1 13 0.720 17
22. WREXHAM 23 7 3 13 0.655 17
23. Mansfield Town 22 5 4 13 0.661 14
24. Accrington Stanley 24 5 4 15 0.475 14