Wrexham 5
Connah's Quay Nomads 2
Welsh Cup (5th Round)


Wrexham
5 - 2
Connah's Quay 

Welsh Cup
(5th Round)
Wednesday, December 30th, 1953
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 1,935
2:30pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Tommy Tilston 
Phil Gwatkin 
Phil Gwatkin (14)
Bill Heggie (24)
Bill Heggie (30)
M. Owen
D. Weigh

Team Managers
Peter Jackson
Unknown.

Starting Eleven
1. Pat Egglestone
2. Les Speed
3. Peter Fisher
4. Dennis Griffiths
5. Ron Wynn
6. Johnny Tapscott
7. Phil Gwatkin
8. Ron Hewitt
9. Bill Heggie
10. Tommy Tilston
11. Eric Betts
Earl Godding .1
K. Pounall .2
Len Andrews .3
Freddy Cooper .4
K. Smallwood .5
D. Weigh .6
M. Owen .7
A. Jenkins .8
Neville Williams .9
Gerald Barker .10
B. Ratcliffe .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

O.H. Barton (Caernarvon) (Referee)
R.A. Chandler & S. Roberts (Assistants)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at December 30th, 1953)


1953-54 All Time
League Cups All
Pat Egglestone (GK) 15 - 5 - 37 -
Peter Fisher 17 - 3 - 95 -
Les Speed 7 - 4 - 2001
Ron Wynn 10 - 1 - 12715
Dennis Griffiths 1 - 1 - 3 -
Johnny Tapscott 25 - 5 - 1302
Eric Betts 772 - 97
Phil Gwatkin 521264
Bill Heggie 159222714
Ron Hewitt 2475111936
Tommy Tilston 238518531







League Table & Results (as at December 30th, 1953)


Results of league matches played since last match
28th December 1953
Barrow3-1Crewe Alex.
Bradford PA1-1Southport
Rochdale4-0Chester


Division Three (North) 1953-54
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Port Vale 25 19 5 1 5.750 43
2. Gateshead AFC 26 13 8 5 1.630 34
3. Barnsley 24 12 7 5 1.346 31
4. Stockport County 25 11 7 7 1.606 29
5. Bradford (Park Avenue) 24 10 9 5 1.452 29
6. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 24 11 7 6 1.171 29
7. Bradford City 25 12 4 9 1.200 28
8. Barrow 25 12 4 9 1.171 28
9. Carlisle United 24 10 6 8 1.471 26
10. WREXHAM 25 11 4 10 1.469 26
11. Mansfield Town 25 9 8 8 1.225 26
12. Chesterfield 24 10 6 8 1.103 26
13. Southport 24 10 5 9 0.971 25
14. Crewe Alexandra 26 8 9 9 0.634 25
15. Grimsby Town 25 10 4 11 0.795 24
16. Accrington Stanley 24 9 5 10 1.048 23
17. Hartlepools United 24 7 8 9 1.000 22
18. Rochdale 26 8 4 14 0.540 20
19. Tranmere Rovers 24 8 3 13 0.762 19
20. Chester 26 6 5 15 0.556 17
21. Darlington 25 5 7 13 0.548 17
22. Halifax Town 26 6 4 16 0.535 16
23. Workington 24 5 6 13 0.529 16
24. York City 24 4 7 13 0.577 15