Crewe Alexandra 2
Wrexham 1
League (Combination League)
Crewe |
2 - 1
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Wrexham |
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League |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Unknown (50) Betts (75) |
Ben Lewis (25) |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. | |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Latham 2. Steele 3. Perrin 4. Wilcock 5. Timmis 6. Batho 7. Eccles 8. Williams 9. Betts 10. Burgoyne 11. Brookfield |
David Jardine .1 John R. Jones .2 Horace Blew .3 John Taylor .4 Joseph Rogers .6 Fred Kelly .7 Stephen Garratt .8 Windsor Davies .9 Ben Lewis .10 Alfie Williams .11 |
| Match Officials | |
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Match Report
Centre-half Ted Robinson missed his connecting train at Stafford and so Wrexham played the entire game with ten men. To make matters worse, Windsor Davies went off injured in the second-half.
Squad Statistics (as at January 1st, 1898)
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
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| David Jardine (GK) | 32 |
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11 | - | 4 | - | 20 | 1 | 7 | - | 27 | 1 | |||
| Horace Blew | 19 |
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9 | - | 4 | - | 9 | - | 4 | - | 13 | - | |||
| John R. Jones | - |
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10 | - | 4 | - | 27 | 1 | 8 | - | 35 | 1 | |||
| Joseph Rogers | 28 |
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10 | - | 4 | - | 19 | - | 15 | 2 | 34 | 2 | |||
| John Taylor | 23 |
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9 | - | 4 | - | 23 | 1 | 8 | - | 31 | 1 | |||
| Stephen Garratt | - |
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4 | - | 0 | - | 4 | - | 0 | - | 4 | - | |||
| Fred Kelly | 21 |
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9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 5 | |||
| Alfie Williams | - |
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9 | 3 | 4 | - | 38 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 59 | 23 | |||
| Windsor Davies | - |
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6 | 7 | 0 | - | 6 | 7 | 0 | - | 6 | 7 | |||
| Ben Lewis | 33 |
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7 | 4 | 4 | - | 67 | 37 | 31 | 16 | 98 | 53 | |||
League Table & Results (as at January 1st, 1898)
| Other Wrexham matches played on January 1st, 1898: |
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| Denbighshire & District League | ||
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| Wrexham Reserves | 3-1 | Adwy Utd |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 1st January 1898 |
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| Chirk | 5-1 | Buxton |
| Crewe | 2-1 | Wrexham |
| Everton | 4-1 | Druids |
| Rock Ferry | 2-0 | Tranmere |
| White Star W. | 3-3 | Garston |
| League - Combination League 1897-98 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Everton | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2.625 | 21 |
| 2. | Crewe | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1.762 | 21 |
| 3. | Chirk | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2.200 | 20 |
| 4. | White Star W. | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1.300 | 16 |
| 5. | WREXHAM | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1.029 | 15 |
| 6. | Rock Ferry | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1.111 | 14 |
| 7. | Chester | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1.125 | 13 |
| 8. | Stoke City | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1.000 | 13 |
| 9. | Garston | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0.600 | 12 |
| 10. | Buxton | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0.952 | 11 |
| 11. | Druids | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0.917 | 9 |
| 12. | Northwich Vics | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0.634 | 8 |
| 13. | Tranmere | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0.433 | 5 |
| 14. | Dresden United | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.367 | 4 |