Match details

Date	Saturday 28th August 1948
Competition	English Third Division (North)
Season	1948/49
League matchday	3
Venue	Gresty Road
Attendance	9,472

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Lineups and substitutes

Stockport County

Starting line up:

1. Jack 'Tiger' Bowles
2. Ron Staniforth
3. John Monks
4. Billy McCulloch
5. Gordon Wilmott
6. Alex Paterson
7. Len Barker
8. Alec Herd
9. Robert Barclay
10. George Glaister
11. Ralph Maddison

Crewe Alexandra

Starting line up:

1. William Parker
2. Ralph Ward
3. Bob Young
4. Tony Waddington
5. Louis Cardwell
6. Les Micklewright
7. Fred Inskip
8. John Meaney
9. Jack Basford
10. Bobby Finan
11. Murdoch McCormack

Managers

Stockport County:
Bob Marshall

Crewe Alexandra
Frank Hill

League positions (before / after)

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Facts and figures

This was the 20th meeting between the two sides at Gresty Road. After this game our overall record against Crewe Alexandra at Gresty Road now reads 5 wins, 5 draws and 10 defeats

This was the 43rd meeting between the two sides overall. After this game our overall record against Crewe Alexandra now reads 20 wins, 9 draws and 14 defeats

Before this game the last draw against Crewe Alexandra was on Wednesday 30th September 1936

The last draw in the English Third Division (North) was on Saturday 21st August 1948

This was the 113th time that Bob Marshall has been in charge of us. After this game his managerial record now reads 47 wins, 22 draws and 44 defeats

This was the 5th time that Frank Hill has managed a team against us. After this game his managerial record against us now reads 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats

Len Barker was the first player to score a hat-trick for us since Tommy Barkas against York City on 22nd November 1947

Robert Barclay made his 1st appearance for the club in this game

Len Barker made his 1st appearance for the club in this game

Ralph Maddison made his 1st appearance for the club in this game

John Monks made his 50th appearance for the club in this game

Len Barker scored his 1st goal for the club in this game

Robert Barclay made his last appearance for the club in this game

After this game, our last 10 results in all competitions was WLLWDLWDLD

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