Wrexham 3
Halifax Town 1
League (Division Three)


Wrexham
3 - 1
Halifax Town 

League
(Division Three)
Wednesday, May 1st, 1963
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 4,197
7:15pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Mickey Metcalf 
Mickey Metcalf 
Ken Barnes (pen.) 
Brian Redfearn

Team Managers
Ken Barnes
Don McEvoy

Starting Eleven
1. Kevin Keelan
2. Peter Jones
3. Reg Holland
4. Ken Barnes
5. Roy Thurnham
6. Tecwyn Jones
7. Ron Barnes
8. Arfon Griffiths
9. Brian Whitehouse
10. Mickey Metcalf
11. Clive Colbridge
Peter Downsborough .1
Malcolm Russell .2
Phil Roscoe .3
Eric Harrison .4
Peter Tilley .5
Alex South .6
Dave Worthington .7
Barry Tait .8
Brian Redfearn .9
Willie Carlin .10
Dennis Fidler .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

A. Edge (Liverpool) (Referee)
J.A. Hargreaves (Wolverhampton) & R. Egan (Lymm) (Assistants)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at May 1st, 1963)


1962-63 All Time
League Cups All
Kevin Keelan (GK) 38 - 6 - 74 -
Reg Holland 5 - 1 - 45 -
Peter Jones 40 - 7 - 1462
Roy Thurnham 2 - 1 - 3 -
Ken Barnes 387718617
Arfon Griffiths 327629320
Tecwyn Jones 2625 - 432
Ron Barnes 3910739426
Clive Colbridge 3496 - 4911
Mickey Metcalf 23122 - 11356
Brian Whitehouse 2410554325







League Table & Results (as at May 1st, 1963)


Other Wrexham matches played on May 1st, 1963:
Cheshire County League
Frickley C.5-0Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
29th April 1963
Coventry C.5-0Bristol Rovers
Port Vale3-2QPR
30th April 1963
Barnsley1-4Bradford PA
Bristol City1-1Notts County
Swindon Town2-0Carlisle United
Watford0-2Millwall
1st May 1963
Crystal Palace1-1Hull City
Reading4-1Coventry C.
Shrewsbury T.1-0Northampton
Wrexham3-1Halifax Town


Division Three 1962-63
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Northampton Town 43 23 10 10 1.667 56
2. Swindon Town 42 20 12 10 1.519 52
3. Peterborough United 43 20 10 13 1.333 50
4. Coventry City 40 17 15 8 1.258 49
5. Bournemouth 40 16 14 10 1.381 46
6. Notts County 41 17 11 13 0.896 45
7. Port Vale 40 18 8 14 1.192 44
8. Hull City 40 18 8 14 1.150 44
9. Southend United 40 17 10 13 0.986 44
10. Colchester United 41 16 11 14 0.827 43
11. Queens Park Rangers 42 17 8 17 1.155 42
12. Bristol City 42 15 12 15 1.119 42
13. Crystal Palace 41 15 11 15 1.071 41
14. WREXHAM 40 17 7 16 0.975 41
15. Shrewsbury Town 42 14 11 17 0.987 39
16. Watford 42 16 7 19 0.974 39
17. Millwall 41 13 12 16 0.920 38
18. Bradford (Park Avenue) 43 13 12 18 0.822 38
19. Barnsley 40 13 10 17 0.906 36
20. Bristol Rovers 41 13 10 18 0.780 36
21. Reading 40 14 7 19 0.971 35
22. Brighton & Hove Albion 43 12 11 20 0.722 35
23. Carlisle United 40 10 8 22 0.667 28
24. Halifax Town 41 7 11 23 0.556 25