85. Tranmere Rovers

v Tranmere Rovers 1st Team: Total Matches Played 13 Won 6 Drawn 2 Lost 5 Goals 15-18

League Matches Played 8 - (Home) Won 3 Drawn 1 Lost 0 Goals 4-1 - (Away) Won 0 Drawn 1 Lost 3 Goals 3-11

v Tranmere Rovers Reserve Team: Total Matches Played 97 Won 36 Drawn 9 Lost 52 Goals 189 -240

League Matches Played 88 - (Home) Won 23 Drawn 4 Lost 17 Goals 116-77 - (Away) Won 6 Drawn 5 Lost 33 Goals 54-153

The picture is from the Liverpool Echo of November 16th 1957 when we lost 1-2 in the F.A Cup First Round.

First Home Encounter: October 5th 1901 The Combination 1-0 att. n/k

Last Home Encounter: September 20th 2006 Cheshire Senior Cup Rd. 1 5-1 att. 166

First Away Encounter: September 14th 1901 The Combination 0-3 att. n/k

Last Away Encounter: August 26th 1969 Cheshire County League 3-4 att. 504

Biggest Home Win: November 24th 1945 Cheshire County League 8-0 att. n/k

Biggest Away Win: March 25th 1933 Cheshire County League 5-1 att. n/k

Heaviest Home Defeat: October 20th 1928 Cheshire County League 2-6 att. n/k

Heaviest Away Defeat: September 30th 1926 Cheshire County League 2-11 att. n/k

Highest Home Attendance*: November 16th 1957 F.A. Cup First Round 5-0 att. 4,500

Highest Away Attendance*: December 31st 1949 Cheshire County League 1-2 att. 9,283

Lowest Home Attendance*: September 20th 2006 Cheshire Senior Cup Rd. 1 5-1 att. 166

Lowest Away Attendance*: May 4th 1967 Cheshire County League 0-1 att. 249

* nb. No regular record of attendances pre 1949

Goal Scorers (197*): 8: HAROLD HOWARD & ALF ASHLEY.
6: Joe Dale & Frank Fidler. 5: Gerry Duffy.
4: Eric Hyde, Harry McCann, Ken Yearsley, Reg Dorsett & Johnny Lovell.
3: Morgan Thomas, John Eyres, Harry Gregory, Fred Eastwood, G. Wood, Henry Williams, Jack Wilkinson, Colin Gwinneth, Fred Taberner, Bill Tynan, Trevor Ogden, Ken Barnes & Paddy Daly.
2: William Millward, George Reynolds, Ernie Kershaw, George Albinson, Charles Kelly, Harold Odenrode, Harry Tew, George Dagnall, Charles Ramsden, Bill Taylor, Tommy Douglas, Ernie Brain, Billy Rudd, Jack Waring, George Stubbs, Bill Evans, Arthur Lomas, Ralph Gregory, Gordon Smith, Alf Curzon, Archie Elsby, Colin Barnes, Len Stephenson, Stan Smith, John Houghton & Kevin Sanasy.
1: Billy Armitage, Joe Forster, A. Capper, Edwin Hughes, Jack Drinkwater, Jack Forster, Harry Hilditch, Dai Davies, Thomas Hall, Frank Kenyon, William Lightfoot, Len Littlemore, Stan Gallimore, J. Settle, James Lowe, Steven Morris, Harry Watson, Llewellyn Purcell, H. Lowe, Harry Litherland, Bill Challenger, John Harrison, Jackie Cheetham, Ralph Piercy, Edward Bury, Don Triner, Harold Bridges, Parkinson, John Thompson, Jack Christopher, John Wainwright, Jim Pennington, George Kirkby, Bill Davies, Roly Lewis, Malcolm Dutton, Ian Duthie, Jimmy Wallwork, Tony Lee, Mike Phoenix, Alan Rogers, Tony Bailey, Kenny Davies, Ray Perry, Chris Riley, Bobby Cunliffe, Don Phillips, Brian Pritchard, Carl Frost & Mark Peers. + 3 own goals: Ted Anderson (6/5/39), Bill Cartwright (24/4/51) & Whitehead 13/10/1951).

* 7 goalscorers missing: 8-Mar-1902, 21-Mar-1903(2), 19-Nov-1921, 12-Apr-1923 & 30-Sep-1926(2).

Scoring Feats:
4 Goals In Match: FRANK FIDLER (22/4/50 home in 6-1 Cheshire League) & GERRY DUFFY (17/9/60 home in 5-0 Cheshire League).
Hat-Tricks (6): Morgan Thomas (19/10/1907 home in 4-1 FA Cup), John Eyres (19/11/1921 away in 4-3 Cheshire League), Harold Howard (29/8/1923 home in 3-3 Cheshire League), Fred Eastwood (25/3/1933 away in 5-1 Cheshire League), Joe Dale (15/2/1947 home in 3-2 Cheshire Senior Cup), Colin Gwinneth (7/4/62 home in 6-1 Cheshire League).

Goalkeeping Clean Sheets: (22) - 3: PETER MELLOR.
2: Jim Bell, Mark Radcliffe & Johnny Southern.
1: Albert Darlington, W. Gerrard, George Clarke, Fred Bryce, Les Newton, Doug Daniels, Tony Yoxall, George Ashbrook, John Bland, Bob Park, John Green & Ged Johnson. + 26-Nov-1921.