Wrexham 2
Southport 3
League (Division Four)

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Wrexham
2 - 3
Southport 

League
(Division Four)
Saturday, October 7th, 1961
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 10,508
3:15pm kick-off
Goalscorers
Mickey Metcalf (2)
Stan Bennion (75)
 		Jimmy Blain (15)
Jimmy Blain (pen.) (60)
Reg Blore (63)

Team Managers
Ken Barnes
 Len Newcomb

Starting Eleven
1. Arthur Johnson
2. Peter Jones
3. Aly McGowan
4. Ken Barnes
5. Alan Fox
6. George Evans
7. Ron Barnes
8. Mickey Metcalf
9. Wyn Davies
10. Stan Bennion
11. Ron Roberts
 Willie McInnes .1
Fred Leeder .2
Bryan Griffiths .3
Jack Hannaway .4
Roger Darvell .5
Bill Rutherford .6
Eric Jones .7
Johnny Fielding .8
Reg Blore .9
Jimmy Blain .10
Peter Harrison .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

J.S. Pickles (Stockport) (Referee)


Match Report

This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at October 7th, 1961)

1961-62 All Time
League Cups All
Arthur Johnson (GK) 13 - 1 - 51 -
Alan Fox 13 - 1 - 288 -
Peter Jones 13 - 1 - 61 -
Aly McGowan 11 - 1 - 3962
Ken Barnes 1321 - 142
George Evans 1321 - 1638
Ron Barnes 1310 - 131
Stan Bennion 13101 - 4215
Wyn Davies 1251 - 4514
Mickey Metcalf 1361 - 7030
Ron Roberts 13 - 1 - 624







League Table & Results (as at October 7th, 1961)

Other Wrexham matches played on October 7th, 1961:
Cheshire County League
Buxton2-3Wrexham Reserves
Welsh League (North)
Llandudno8-1Wrexham Colts
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One
Welshpool?-?Wrexham 'B'

Results of league matches played since last match
2nd October 1961
Accrington S.1-0Oldham
Colchester Utd5-2Chester
Darlington3-0Stockport Co.
Hartlepools United0-2Aldershot
Millwall4-0Mansfield Town
Tranmere R.0-3Carlisle United
York City4-2Crewe Alex.
3rd October 1961
Southport2-1Bradford City
4th October 1961
Gillingham3-2Barrow
Workington3-1Exeter City
7th October 1961
Barrow3-1Oldham
Chesterfield1-3Carlisle United
Crewe Alex.5-1Darlington
Doncaster R.6-1Tranmere R.
Exeter City1-1Hartlepools United
Gillingham3-1Bradford City
Mansfield Town2-0Stockport Co.
Millwall2-1Aldershot
Rochdale1-0Accrington S.
Workington4-1Chester
Wrexham2-3Southport
York City5-0Colchester Utd


Division Four 1961-62
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Colchester United 14 10 2 2 2.053 22
2. Carlisle United 14 9 3 2 2.000 21
3. Aldershot 14 9 2 3 2.214 20
4. York City 14 7 2 5 1.571 16
5. Millwall 14 7 2 5 1.200 16
6. Southport 14 7 2 5 1.091 16
7. Workington 14 6 4 4 0.958 16
8. WREXHAM 13 7 1 5 1.867 15
9. Doncaster Rovers 12 6 3 3 1.421 15
10. Mansfield Town 12 6 3 3 1.400 15
11. Crewe Alexandra 14 7 0 7 1.000 14
12. Rochdale 12 6 1 5 1.294 13
13. Darlington 13 5 3 5 0.920 13
14. Stockport County 14 5 3 6 0.870 13
15. Barrow 13 5 3 5 0.850 13
16. Exeter City 14 5 3 6 0.815 13
17. Chester 14 4 3 7 0.667 11
18. Accrington Stanley 14 4 3 7 0.667 11
19. Bradford City 13 3 4 6 0.960 10
20. Tranmere Rovers 14 5 0 9 0.647 10
21. Oldham Athletic 12 2 4 6 0.727 8
22. Gillingham 14 3 1 10 0.556 7
23. Chesterfield 12 3 1 8 0.480 7
24. Hartlepools United 14 2 3 9 0.450 7