Wrexham 1
Birmingham 3
FA Cup (4th Round)
WrexhamWrexham |
1 - 3
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BirminghamBirmingham |
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FA Cup |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Gordon Gunson (90) |
Jackie Randle (pen.) (9) Stanley Davies (31) Stanley Davies (70) |
| Team Managers | |
| Bill Harvey | |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Arthur Smith 2. Alf Jones 3. Albert Lumberg 4. Billie Rogers 5. George Bellis 6. Bob Graham 7. Archie Longmuir 8. Bill Harris 9. Cecil Smith 10. Rowland Woodhouse 11. Gordon Gunson |
Harry Hibbs .1 Joe Smith .2 Jackie Randle .3 George Morrall .4 Jimmy Cringan .5 Alec Leslie .6 George Briggs .7 Johnny Crosbie .8 Joe Bradford .9 Stanley Davies .10 Billy Ellis .11 |
| Bench | |
| None. | None. |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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A. Howarth (Bolton) (Referee) |
Match Report
The referee is well positioned to see Wrexham goalkeeper Arthur Smith stop a Birmingham attack on the goal-line.
Squad Statistics (as at January 28th, 1928)
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| Arthur Smith (GK) | - |
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3 | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | 5 | - | |||
| George Bellis | - |
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24 | 2 | 5 | - | 24 | 2 | 5 | - | 29 | 2 | |||
| Alf Jones | 28 |
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24 | 1 | 5 | - | 187 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 217 | 5 | |||
| Albert Lumberg | - |
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11 | - | 2 | - | 73 | - | 10 | - | 83 | - | |||
| Bob Graham | - |
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24 | - | 5 | - | 61 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 72 | 2 | |||
| Billie Rogers | 23 |
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12 | 5 | 4 | - | 45 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 55 | 19 | |||
| Gordon Gunson | - |
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21 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 58 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 71 | 16 | |||
| Bill Harris | - |
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4 | 1 | 4 | - | 4 | 1 | 4 | - | 8 | 1 | |||
| Archie Longmuir | - |
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22 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 137 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 159 | 20 | |||
| Cecil Smith | - |
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16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 22 | |||
| Rowland Woodhouse | - |
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23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 10 | |||
League Table & Results (as at January 28th, 1928)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 28th January 1928 |
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| Ashington | 3-1 | Hartlepools United |
| Barrow | 1-2 | Durham City |
| Bradford PA | 5-0 | Bradford City |
| Darlington | 3-0 | Accrington S. |
| Doncaster R. | 4-1 | Wigan Borough |
| Stockport Co. | 2-0 | Lincoln City |
| Tranmere R. | 6-3 | Chesterfield |
| Division Three (North) 1927-28 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2.542 | 40 |
| 2. | Doncaster Rovers | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2.900 | 38 |
| 3. | Stockport County | 25 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 1.581 | 33 |
| 4. | Tranmere Rovers | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1.774 | 30 |
| 5. | Lincoln City | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 1.000 | 30 |
| 6. | Halifax Town | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1.333 | 28 |
| 7. | WREXHAM | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 1.114 | 27 |
| 8. | Darlington | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1.351 | 26 |
| 9. | Accrington Stanley | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1.122 | 26 |
| 10. | Bradford City | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1.293 | 25 |
| 11. | Rochdale | 23 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1.020 | 25 |
| 12. | Hartlepools United | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 0.880 | 25 |
| 13. | Chesterfield | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 0.860 | 23 |
| 14. | Southport | 23 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 1.167 | 22 |
| 15. | New Brighton | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1.171 | 21 |
| 16. | Rotherham United | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 0.975 | 20 |
| 17. | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 0.811 | 19 |
| 18. | Ashington | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0.588 | 19 |
| 19. | Durham City | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 0.574 | 19 |
| 20. | Nelson | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0.635 | 17 |
| 21. | Wigan Borough | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 0.500 | 15 |
| 22. | Barrow | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 0.425 | 14 |