Wrexham 3
Chester 2
FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round)


Wrexham
3 - 2
Chester 

FA Cup
(1st Qualifying Round)
Saturday, October 1st, 1898
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 1,000
3:30pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Harry Grainger (1)
Eardley (o.g.) (25)
Fred Kelly (60)
Billy Lewis (40)
Unknown (88)

Team Managers

Unknown.

Starting Eleven
1. David Jardine
2. John Povah
3. Horace Blew
4. Joseph Rogers
5. Ted 'Mac' Robinson
6. Billy Harrison
7. Fred Kelly
8. Arthur Challoner
9. Harry Grainger
10. Ben Lewis
11. William Jones
Eardley .1
Halliday .2
Wilson .3
Barker .4
Billy Lewis .5
Bennion .6
Donoghue .7
Tommy Gordon .8
Hales .9
Delaney .10
Speakman .11


Match Officials

T.H. Morgan (Crewe) (Referee)



Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at October 1st, 1898)


1898-99 All Time
League Cups All
David Jardine (GK) 3 - 1 - 463
Horace Blew 3 - 1 - 28 -
John Povah 3 - 1 - 10 -
Billy Harrison 2 - 1 - 9247
Ted 'Mac' Robinson 3 - 1 - 738
Joseph Rogers 2 - 1 - 502
Harry Grainger 1 - 1121
Arthur Challoner 311 - 41
Fred Kelly 4111329
William Jones 0 - 1 - 1 -
Ben Lewis 211 - 10254







League Table & Results (as at October 1st, 1898)


Other Wrexham matches played on October 1st, 1898:
Denbighshire & District League
Adwy Utd7-1Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
1st October 1898
Everton7-1Tranmere
Llandudno S.3-1Buxton


FA Cup - 1st Qualifying Round 1898-99
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Everton 5 5 0 0 16.500 10
2. Druids 4 3 0 1 10.000 6
3. Liverpool 3 3 0 0 6.000 6
4. Llandudno S. 5 3 0 2 2.500 6
5. Tranmere 3 2 0 1 0.857 4
6. Buxton 4 2 0 2 0.818 4
7. Chester 4 2 0 2 0.625 4
8. White Star W. 4 1 2 1 0.625 4
9. Chirk 4 1 1 2 0.600 3
10. WREXHAM 4 1 1 2 0.571 3
11. Oswestry United 3 1 0 2 1.200 2
12. Garston Copper Works 4 1 0 3 0.500 2
13. South Liverpool 3 1 0 2 0.417 2
14. Bangor 4 1 0 3 0.261 2
15. Rhyl United 4 0 0 4 0.045 0