Chester Reserves 2
Wrexham Reserves 5
Cheshire County League
Chester Reserves |
2 - 5 |
Wrexham Reserves |
 |
Cheshire County League |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Crawford Coffin |
Stan Roberts Stan Roberts Eddie Beynon Jack Jones Roy Pemberton |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Tom Williams |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Threadgold 2. Young 3. Bryan 4. Marsh 5. Williams 6. Skinner 7. Coffin 8. Crawford 9. E. Webb 10. J. Davies 11. Brown |
Frank Williams .1 Glyn Williams .2 Ronald Jackson .3 Charlie Kelsall .4 Peter Wilson .5 Les Speed .6 Jack Jones .7 Stan Roberts .8 Ron Wynn .9 Eddie Beynon .10 Roy Pemberton .11 |
| Bench | |
| None. | None. |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
|
Match Report
Prior to the kick-off the teams lined up and stood in silence as a tribute to the memory of Mr John Hughes, chairman of Wrexham, who died on Christmas Eve.
League Table & Results (as at December 25th, 1947)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
|---|
| 25th December 1947 |
|---|
| Buxton | 1-0 | Hyde United |
| Chester | 2-5 | Wrexham |
| Droylsden | 3-2 | Ashton United |
| Macclesfield T. | 3-0 | Congleton |
| Northwich Vics | 1-0 | Witton Albion |
| South Liverpool | 3-2 | Runcorn |
| Stalybridge | 4-2 | Mossley |
| Wellington Town | 4-1 | Crewe |
| Tranmere | 1-0 | Rhyl |
| Winsford Utd | 1-2 | Altrincham |
| Cheshire County League 1947-48 |
|---|
| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Northwich Vics | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1.576 | 26 |
| 2. | Tranmere | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1.538 | 26 |
| 3. | Chester | 23 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1.133 | 26 |
| 4. | Rhyl | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1.840 | 25 |
| 5. | WREXHAM | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1.692 | 24 |
| 6. | Stalybridge | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1.419 | 24 |
| 7. | Wellington Town | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1.256 | 24 |
| 8. | Stockport | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1.158 | 21 |
| 9. | Buxton | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1.024 | 21 |
| 10. | Droylsden | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1.750 | 20 |
| 11. | South Liverpool | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 0.886 | 20 |
| 12. | Runcorn | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1.429 | 19 |
| 13. | Port Vale | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 0.829 | 19 |
| 14. | Crewe | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 0.805 | 19 |
| 15. | Witton Albion | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1.037 | 18 |
| 16. | Winsford Utd | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0.780 | 18 |
| 17. | Mossley | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 0.702 | 18 |
| 18. | Macclesfield T. | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.857 | 17 |
| 19. | Hyde United | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 0.875 | 16 |
| 20. | Ashton United | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0.645 | 11 |
| 21. | Altrincham | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 0.597 | 10 |
| 22. | Congleton | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 0.382 | 10 |