Crewe Alexandra 4
Wrexham 1
FA Cup (3rd Qualifying Round)


Crewe 

4 - 1
HT: 1-0

Wrexham


FA Cup
(3rd Qualifying Round)
Saturday, October 30th, 1897
Attendance: 4,000
3:00pm kick-off


Goalscorers
Brookfield (pen.) (10)
Brookfield (58)
Brookfield (75)
Burgoyne (80)
Fred Kelly (57)

Team Managers
Unknown.

Starting Eleven
1. Latham
2. Wilson
3. Steele
4. Wilcox
5. Timmis
6. Batho
7. Brookfield
8. Eccles
9. Burgoyne
10. Williams
11. Simpson
David Jardine .1
John R. Jones .2
Horace Blew .3
John Taylor .4
Ted 'Mac' Robinson .5
Joseph Rogers .6
Fred Kelly .7
Ben Lewis .8
John Hughes .9
Billy Harrison .10
Alfie Williams .11

Match Officials

Mr. Barker (Newcastle-under-Lyme) (Referee)




Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at October 30th, 1897)


1897-98 All Time
League Cups All
David Jardine (GK) 4 - 4 - 201
Horace Blew 4 - 4 - 8 -
John R. Jones 5 - 4 - 301
Ted 'Mac' Robinson 5 - 41537
Joseph Rogers 5 - 4 - 292
John Taylor 5 - 4 - 271
Billy Harrison 41427642
Fred Kelly 424385
Ben Lewis 434 - 9552
John Hughes 1 - 3 - 208
Alfie Williams 414 - 5421







League Table & Results (as at October 30th, 1897)


Other Wrexham matches played on October 30th, 1897:
Denbighshire & District League
Wrexham Reserves2-3Druids Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
11th October 1897
Dresden United1-1Everton
16th October 1897
Chester5-0Dresden United
Crewe6-0Stoke City
23rd October 1897
Crewe6-0Northwich Vics
Dresden United2-4Wrexham
Everton4-1Chester
Rock Ferry2-1Garston
White Star W.2-2Buxton
25th October 1897
Chirk2-0Rock Ferry
30th October 1897
Garston3-3Buxton
Northwich Vics0-3Dresden United


FA Cup - 3rd Qualifying Round 1897-98
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Crewe 8 6 1 1 2.556 13
2. Chirk 6 5 0 1 2.286 10
3. Everton 6 3 2 1 1.571 8
4. Rock Ferry 7 3 2 2 1.444 8
5. WREXHAM 6 3 2 1 1.417 8
6. White Star W. 7 2 4 1 1.250 8
7. Stoke City 5 3 0 2 1.000 6
8. Buxton 4 1 3 0 1.143 5
9. Chester 7 1 3 3 0.909 5
10. Garston 7 1 3 3 0.714 5
11. Druids 5 2 0 3 0.769 4
12. Dresden United 8 1 2 5 0.444 4
13. Tranmere 5 1 0 4 0.636 2
14. Northwich Vics 7 0 2 5 0.292 2