Wrexham 0
Chester 2
League (Combination League)
WrexhamWrexham |
0 - 2
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ChesterChester |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Coventry (25) Barker (pen.) (35) |
| Team Managers | |
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Unknown. |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. David Jardine 2. John R. Jones 3. Ted Ellis 4. Harry Humphreys 5. Billy Harrison 6. Frank Stokes 7. Harry Pugh 8. John E. Jones 9. Thomas Davies 10. Ben Lewis 11. Alfie Williams |
Coventry .1 Cathrall .2 Barker .3 W. Carter .4 Snell .5 Spencer .6 Blakeman .7 Gordon .8 W. Lewis .9 Speakman .10 Lipsham .11 |
| Match Officials | |
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Mr. Roach (Liverpool) (Referee) |
Match Report
Shortly after the start, W. Lewis, the Chester centre-forward was injured and he went in goal with Coventry replacing him in attack.
Squad Statistics (as at April 12th, 1897)
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
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| David Jardine (GK) | 31 |
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8 | 1 | 2 | - | 8 | 1 | 2 | - | 10 | 1 | |||
| Ted Ellis | - |
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14 | - | 3 | - | 90 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 138 | 2 | |||
| John R. Jones | - |
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16 | 1 | 3 | - | 16 | 1 | 3 | - | 19 | 1 | |||
| Billy Harrison | 25 |
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17 | 2 | 3 | - | 38 | 21 | 29 | 18 | 67 | 39 | |||
| Frank Stokes | - |
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4 | - | 0 | - | 29 | 1 | 14 | - | 43 | 1 | |||
| Harry Humphreys | - |
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1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | - | |||
| John E. Jones | - |
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11 | 1 | 1 | - | 13 | 1 | 11 | - | 24 | 1 | |||
| Harry Pugh | 22 |
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13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 36 | 18 | |||
| Thomas Davies | - |
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9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | |||
| Ben Lewis | 33 |
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14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 33 | 26 | 16 | 85 | 49 | |||
| Alfie Williams | - |
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16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 44 | 19 | |||
League Table & Results (as at April 12th, 1897)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 12th April 1897 |
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| Wrexham | 0-2 | Chester |
| League - Combination League 1896-97 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Everton | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 4.615 | 30 |
| 2. | Rock Ferry | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3.176 | 25 |
| 3. | Chester | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1.565 | 19 |
| 4. | Middleton | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1.310 | 17 |
| 5. | WREXHAM | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1.026 | 15 |
| 6. | Northwich Vics | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0.667 | 15 |
| 7. | Buxton | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0.844 | 12 |
| 8. | Macclesfield | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0.681 | 12 |
| 9. | Crewe | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0.690 | 9 |
| 10. | Barnton | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0.222 | 6 |