Wrexham 2
Accrington Stanley 3
League (Division Three)


Wrexham
2 - 3
Accrington S. 

League
(Division Three)
Saturday, January 2nd, 1960
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 7,048
3:15pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Ron Hewitt (16)
Gren Jones (31)
Jackie Swindells (42)
Harvey McCreadie (56)
Harry Anders (71)

Team Managers
Cliff Lloyd
Harold Bodle

Starting Eleven
1. Charlie Hughes
2. Aly McGowan
3. Ken Jones
4. Fred Davis
5. Alan Fox
6. George Evans
7. Gren Jones
8. Arfon Griffiths
9. Don Weston
10. Ron Hewitt
11. Stan Bennion
Willie Brown .1
Vince Jack .2
Graham Lord .3
Terry Tighe .4
Jimmy Harrower .5
Alex Hamilton .6
Harry Anders .7
Jackie Swindells .8
Harvey McCreadie .9
Eric Jones .10
Jimmy Anders .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

H. Horner (Coventry) (Referee)
D.L. Lovelady (Liverpool) & J.C. Meredith (Shrewsbury) (Assistants)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at January 2nd, 1960)


1959-60 All Time
League Cups All
Charlie Hughes (GK) 7 - 1 - 8 -
Alan Fox 23 - 2 - 191 -
Ken Jones 6 - 0 - 36 -
Aly McGowan 2612 - 3052
Fred Davis 17 - 0 - 1965
George Evans 2032 - 775
Arfon Griffiths 511 - 61
Stan Bennion 16221183
Ron Hewitt 22822260106
Gren Jones 1842 - 20934
Don Weston 2513224729







League Table & Results (as at January 2nd, 1960)


Other Wrexham matches played on January 2nd, 1960:
Cheshire County League
Northwich Vics2-0Wrexham Reserves
Welsh League (North)
Flint Town Utd7-1Wrexham Colts
Welsh Youth Cup
Wrexham Youth?-?Oswestry Juniors

Results of league matches played since last match
28th December 1959
Bradford City2-2Grimsby Town
Brentford3-1Southend
Bury2-1Shrewsbury T.
Colchester Utd2-0QPR
Norwich City5-1Mansfield Town
Port Vale7-0Halifax Town
Swindon Town2-0Bournemouth
York City3-0Tranmere R.
30th December 1959
Reading3-2Barnsley
1st January 1960
Chesterfield2-0Newport Co.
2nd January 1960
Barnsley2-1Colchester Utd
Bradford City1-0Swindon Town
Bury3-0Southend
Coventry C.5-2York City
Grimsby Town0-1Newport Co.
Halifax Town4-2Mansfield Town
Reading0-2Norwich City
Shrewsbury T.2-1Port Vale
Southampton2-0Brentford
Tranmere R.1-1Bournemouth
Wrexham2-3Accrington S.


Division Three 1959-60
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Bury 27 17 3 7 1.864 37
2. Southampton 26 15 6 5 1.571 36
3. Coventry City 26 14 5 7 1.486 33
4. Bournemouth 27 13 6 8 1.143 32
5. Shrewsbury Town 26 12 7 7 1.432 31
6. Norwich City 26 13 5 8 1.368 31
7. Grimsby Town 27 10 10 7 1.227 30
8. Colchester United 27 12 5 10 1.067 29
9. Newport County 25 12 3 10 1.047 27
10. Port Vale 26 12 3 11 1.043 27
11. Barnsley 27 10 7 10 0.976 27
12. Queens Park Rangers 26 10 6 10 1.273 26
13. Brentford 26 11 4 11 1.119 26
14. Bradford City 26 9 8 9 1.000 26
15. Swindon Town 27 11 4 12 0.848 26
16. Halifax Town 26 10 6 10 0.756 26
17. York City 27 8 9 10 0.841 25
18. Tranmere Rovers 27 8 7 12 0.979 23
19. Southend United 26 9 3 14 0.833 21
20. Reading 26 7 6 13 0.962 20
21. Chesterfield 25 9 2 14 0.727 20
22. Accrington Stanley 27 7 4 16 0.545 18
23. WREXHAM 26 7 3 16 0.636 17
24. Mansfield Town 25 6 4 15 0.643 16