Shrewsbury Town 4
Wrexham 2
League (Division Three)
Shrewsbury |
4 - 2
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Albert Harley (27) Jimmy McLaughlin (51) Arthur Rowley (86) Arthur Rowley (88) |
Ken Barnes (pen.) (24) Brian Whitehouse (26) |
| Team Managers | |
| Arthur Rowley |
Ken Barnes |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Mike Gibson 2. Pat Wright 3. George Walters 4. Ted Hemsley 5. Peter Dolby 6. Dave Pountney 7. Harry Middleton 8. Albert Harley 9. Frank Clarke 10. Arthur Rowley 11. Jimmy McLaughlin |
Ken Simpkins .1 Peter Jones .2 Wally Bellett .3 Ken Barnes .4 Alan Fox .5 Tecwyn Jones .6 Ron Barnes .7 Arfon Griffiths .8 Ernie Phythian .9 Brian Whitehouse .10 Clive Colbridge .11 |
| Bench | |
| None. | None. |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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D.H. Howell (Birmingham) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at December 26th, 1962)
| 1962-63 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| Ken Simpkins (GK) | 19 |
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2 | - | 0 | - | 2 | - | 0 | - | 2 | - | |||
| Wally Bellett | 29 |
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2 | - | 0 | - | 2 | - | 0 | - | 2 | - | |||
| Alan Fox | 26 |
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23 | - | 4 | - | 302 | 1 | 53 | - | 355 | 1 | |||
| Peter Jones | 25 |
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23 | - | 4 | - | 102 | 2 | 24 | - | 126 | 2 | |||
| Ken Barnes | 33 |
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23 | 2 | 4 | - | 57 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 68 | 11 | |||
| Arfon Griffiths | 21 |
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15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 73 | 16 | |||
| Tecwyn Jones | 21 |
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18 | 1 | 3 | - | 28 | 1 | 5 | - | 33 | 1 | |||
| Ron Barnes | 26 |
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23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 64 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 75 | 23 | |||
| Clive Colbridge | 28 |
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21 | 6 | 4 | - | 27 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 8 | |||
| Ernie Phythian | 21 |
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20 | 7 | 4 | - | 33 | 10 | 7 | - | 40 | 10 | |||
| Brian Whitehouse | 27 |
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9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 19 | |||
League Table & Results (as at December 26th, 1962)
| Other Wrexham matches played on December 26th, 1962: |
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| Cheshire County League | |||||||
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| Wrexham Reserves | P-P | Oswestry | |||||
| Welsh League (North) | ||
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| Dolgellau A. | P-P | Wrexham 'A' |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 21st December 1962 |
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| Barnsley | 0-2 | Peterborough |
| 22nd December 1962 |
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| Bournemouth | 3-1 | Notts County |
| Bristol City | 3-1 | Shrewsbury |
| Hull City | 2-1 | Brighton & HA |
| QPR | 2-2 | Carlisle United |
| Reading | 4-3 | Port Vale |
| 26th December 1962 |
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| Bradford PA | 2-0 | Swindon Town |
| Bristol City | 1-2 | Brighton & HA |
| Carlisle United | 2-1 | Watford |
| Crystal Palace | 3-0 | Millwall |
| Notts County | 2-1 | Northampton |
| Peterborough | 0-3 | Coventry C. |
| Shrewsbury | 4-2 | Wrexham |
| Southend | 0-1 | Hull City |
| Division Three 1962-63 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Peterborough United | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 1.512 | 33 |
| 2. | AFC Bournemouth | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1.308 | 30 |
| 3. | Notts County | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0.973 | 30 |
| 4. | Northampton Town | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1.500 | 29 |
| 5. | Coventry City | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1.243 | 29 |
| 6. | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1.667 | 28 |
| 7. | Swindon Town | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1.484 | 28 |
| 8. | Watford | 25 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 1.256 | 28 |
| 9. | Hull City | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 1.184 | 27 |
| 10. | Port Vale | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1.167 | 27 |
| 11. | Shrewsbury Town | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1.115 | 26 |
| 12. | Southend United | 24 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0.978 | 26 |
| 13. | WREXHAM | 23 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0.939 | 24 |
| 14. | Bristol City | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 1.020 | 23 |
| 15. | Colchester United | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0.769 | 22 |
| 16. | Millwall | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 0.900 | 21 |
| 17. | Barnsley | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 0.892 | 21 |
| 18. | Bristol Rovers | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 0.765 | 21 |
| 19. | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0.735 | 21 |
| 20. | Reading | 24 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 0.953 | 20 |
| 21. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 0.706 | 20 |
| 22. | Halifax Town | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 0.615 | 18 |
| 23. | Crystal Palace | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0.650 | 17 |
| 24. | Carlisle United | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0.587 | 15 |