Cardiff City 5
Wrexham 3
Welsh Cup (6th Round)


Cardiff C. 

5 - 3
HT: 5-1

Wrexham


Welsh Cup
(6th Round)
Wednesday, February 29th, 1956
Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,000
4:00pm kick-off


Goalscorers
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
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

C.W. Kingston (Newport) (Referee)
D.E.R. Morgan & L.P. Williams (Assistants)



Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at February 29th, 1956)


1955-56 All Time
League Cups All
Billy Waters (GK) 18 - 3 - 21 -
Alan Fox 6 - 1 - 12 -
Aly McGowan 3413 - 1291
Fred Davis 2812 - 301
Bill Green 1312 - 383
Dennis Griffiths 1623 - 633
Elfed Evans 198232111
Ron Hewitt 2262119468
Bernard Evans 1791 - 2311
Gordon Richards 246328021
Gren Jones 2353 - 265







League Table & Results (as at February 29th, 1956)


Results of league matches played since last match
None.


Division Three (North) 1955-56
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