Grimsby Town 2
Wrexham 3
FA Cup (2nd Round)


Grimsby Town 

2 - 3
HT: 0-2

Wrexham


FA Cup
(2nd Round)
Saturday, December 5th, 1959
Blundell Park
Attendance: 11,472
2:15pm kick-off


Goalscorers
Ron Rafferty (60)
Ralph Hunt (86)
Don Weston (6)
Don Weston (10)
Stan Bennion (65)

Team Managers
Bill Lambton Cliff Lloyd

Starting Eleven
1. Alan Barnett
2. Brian Keeble
3. Dave Richardson
4. Don Donovan
5. Keith Jobling
6. Joe Birbeck
7. Johnny Scott
8. Mick Cullen
9. Ron Rafferty
10. Ralph Hunt
11. Jimmy Fell
Charlie Hughes .1
Aly McGowan .2
Barry Wright .3
Harvey Jones .4
Alan Fox .5
George Evans .6
Gren Jones .7
Arfon Griffiths .8
Don Weston .9
Ron Hewitt .10
Stan Bennion .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

J. Kelly (Eccleston, Nr. Chorley) (Referee)



Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at December 5th, 1959)


1959-60 All Time
League Cups All
Charlie Hughes (GK) 3 - 1 - 4 -
Alan Fox 19 - 2 - 187 -
Aly McGowan 2212 - 3012
Barry Wright 4 - 2 - 6 -
George Evans 1632 - 735
Arfon Griffiths 1 - 1 - 2 -
Harvey Jones 1 - 1 - 2 -
Stan Bennion 12121142
Ron Hewitt 18522256103
Gren Jones 1412 - 20531
Don Weston 2113224329







League Table & Results (as at December 5th, 1959)


Other Wrexham matches played on December 5th, 1959:
Cheshire County League
Witton Albion4-3Wrexham Reserves
North Wales Coast FA Challenge Cup
Wrexham Colts2-4Holyhead Town

Results of league matches played since last match
5th December 1959
Accrington S.1-3Chesterfield


Division Three 1959-60
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Bury 22 14 2 6 2.000 30
2. Southampton 22 12 6 4 1.538 30
3. Coventry City 22 11 5 6 1.481 27
4. Grimsby Town 22 10 7 5 1.382 27
5. Norwich City 21 11 5 5 1.367 27
6. AFC Bournemouth 22 12 3 7 1.167 27
7. Shrewsbury Town 21 10 6 5 1.459 26
8. Queens Park Rangers 22 9 6 7 1.423 24
9. Newport County 21 10 3 8 1.081 23
10. Colchester United 22 9 5 8 1.000 23
11. Halifax Town 21 9 5 7 0.933 23
12. Brentford 21 9 4 8 1.182 22
13. Barnsley 22 8 6 8 1.033 22
14. Swindon Town 22 9 4 9 0.842 22
15. York City 22 7 7 8 0.906 21
16. Port Vale 21 9 2 10 0.800 20
17. Bradford City 21 6 6 9 0.865 18
18. Tranmere Rovers 22 6 5 11 0.949 17
19. Southend United 21 7 2 12 0.810 16
20. Reading 21 5 5 11 1.000 15
21. Chesterfield 21 7 1 13 0.694 15
22. WREXHAM 22 6 3 13 0.630 15
23. Mansfield Town 21 5 4 12 0.673 14
24. Accrington Stanley 23 5 4 14 0.475 14