Cardiff City 5
Wrexham 3
Welsh Cup (6th Round)
Cardiff C. |
5 - 3
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Wrexham |
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Welsh Cup |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Trevor Ford (4) Gerry Hitchens (6) Gerry Hitchens (27) Gerry Hitchens (32) John McSeveney (40) |
Elfed Evans (26) Elfed Evans (70) Ron Hewitt (78) |
| Team Managers | |
| Trevor Morris |
Cliff Lloyd |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Graham Vearncombe 2. Ron Davies 3. Derrick Sullivan 4. Alan Harrington 5. John Frowen 6. Colin Baker 7. Brian Walsh 8. Harry Kirtley 9. Trevor Ford 10. Gerry Hitchens 11. John McSeveney |
Billy Waters .1 Bill Green .2 Aly McGowan .3 Dennis Griffiths .4 Alan Fox .5 Fred Davis .6 Gren Jones .7 Ron Hewitt .8 Bernard Evans .9 Elfed Evans .10 Gordon Richards .11 |
| Bench | |
| None. | None. |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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C.W. Kingston (Newport) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at February 29th, 1956)
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| Billy Waters (GK) | 24 |
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18 | - | 3 | - | 18 | - | 3 | - | 21 | - | |||
| Alan Fox | 19 |
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6 | - | 1 | - | 11 | - | 1 | - | 12 | - | |||
| Aly McGowan | 26 |
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34 | 1 | 3 | - | 116 | 1 | 13 | - | 129 | 1 | |||
| Fred Davis | 26 |
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28 | 1 | 2 | - | 28 | 1 | 2 | - | 30 | 1 | |||
| Bill Green | 28 |
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13 | 1 | 2 | - | 33 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 3 | |||
| Dennis Griffiths | 20 |
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16 | 2 | 3 | - | 52 | 3 | 11 | - | 63 | 3 | |||
| Elfed Evans | 29 |
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19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | |||
| Ron Hewitt | 27 |
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22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 171 | 60 | 23 | 8 | 194 | 68 | |||
| Bernard Evans | 19 |
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17 | 9 | 1 | - | 22 | 11 | 1 | - | 23 | 11 | |||
| Gordon Richards | 22 |
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24 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 71 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 80 | 21 | |||
| Gren Jones | 23 |
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23 | 5 | 3 | - | 23 | 5 | 3 | - | 26 | 5 | |||
League Table & Results (as at February 29th, 1956)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| None. |
| Division Three (North) 1955-56 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Southport | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 1.441 | 44 |
| 2. | Grimsby Town | 32 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 2.125 | 43 |
| 3. | Accrington Stanley | 31 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 1.971 | 43 |
| 4. | Derby County | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 1.976 | 42 |
| 5. | Chesterfield | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 1.435 | 40 |
| 6. | Hartlepools United | 33 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 1.156 | 40 |
| 7. | Bradford City | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 1.295 | 37 |
| 8. | Workington | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 1.176 | 36 |
| 9. | Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1.395 | 34 |
| 10. | Stockport County | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 1.200 | 34 |
| 11. | Darlington | 33 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 0.962 | 34 |
| 12. | Gateshead AFC | 35 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 0.915 | 33 |
| 13. | Tranmere Rovers | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 0.800 | 32 |
| 14. | York City | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 1.100 | 31 |
| 15. | Carlisle United | 33 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 0.885 | 31 |
| 16. | Halifax Town | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 0.982 | 30 |
| 17. | Rochdale | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 0.806 | 30 |
| 18. | Chester | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 0.649 | 29 |
| 19. | WREXHAM | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 0.781 | 28 |
| 20. | Mansfield Town | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 0.847 | 26 |
| 21. | Oldham Athletic | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 0.723 | 25 |
| 22. | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 0.526 | 23 |
| 23. | Barrow | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 0.721 | 22 |
| 24. | Crewe Alexandra | 33 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 0.487 | 19 |