Wrexham 4
Macclesfield 1
League (Combination League)

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Wrexham
4 - 1
Macclesfield 

League
(Combination League)
Saturday, October 17th, 1896
Racecourse Ground
3:00pm kick-off
Goalscorers
Ben Lewis (5)
Alfie Williams (25)
Ben Lewis (70)
Alfie Williams (80)
 		Wheeldon (10)

Team Managers

Unknown.

Starting Eleven
1. William Ball
2. John R. Jones
3. Ted Ellis
4. John Taylor
5. Ted 'Mac' Robinson
6. Billy Harrison
7. E.R. Griffiths
8. John E. Jones
9. John Hughes
10. Ben Lewis
11. Alfie Williams
 Jospeh Barrington .1
John McVickers .2
Thomas Lunt .3
W. Reddish .4
E. Reddish .5
W. Bolton .6
Johnson .7
Thomas Potter .8
Hooley .9
Barton .10
Samuel Wheeldon .11


Match Officials

R.T. Gough (Oswestry) (Referee)


Match Report

Wrexham's Harry Pugh was unavailable for this game as he was at Caernarfon assisting the Borough Brass Band.



Squad Statistics (as at October 17th, 1896)

1896-97 All Time
League Cups All
William Ball (GK) 3 - 0 - 65 -
Ted Ellis 2 - 0 - 1232
John R. Jones 3 - 0 - 3 -
Billy Harrison 310 - 5038
Ted 'Mac' Robinson 3 - 0 - 274
John Taylor 1 - 0 - 1 -
John E. Jones 310 - 151
John Hughes 3 - 0 - 3 -
Ben Lewis 220 - 7040
Alfie Williams 320 - 2815
E.R. Griffiths 1 - 0 - 2 -







League Table & Results (as at October 17th, 1896)

Results of league matches played since last match
3rd October 1896
Chester7-0Barnton
Macclesfield5-1Crewe
Northwich Vics1-2Rock Ferry
17th October 1896
Barnton1-3Everton
Buxton5-0Northwich Vics
Crewe4-2Chester
Middleton0-2Rock Ferry
Wrexham4-1Macclesfield


League - Combination League 1896-97
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Everton 5 4 1 0 3.167 9
2. Rock Ferry 4 3 1 0 3.667 7
3. Macclesfield 5 3 0 2 1.545 6
4. Middleton 5 2 1 2 0.889 5
5. Crewe 6 2 0 4 0.750 4
6. Chester 4 1 1 2 1.375 3
7. WREXHAM 3 1 1 1 0.778 3
8. Northwich Vics 4 1 1 2 0.667 3
9. Buxton 3 1 0 2 0.700 2
10. Barnton 5 1 0 4 0.190 2