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Home Grounds used:
Thorneyholme Road, Accrington

Away Grounds visited:
Turf Moor, Burnley; Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn; Seedhill, Nelson; Blackburn Road, Oswaldtwistle; Dill Hall Lane, Enfield; Centre Vale, Todmorden; Acre Bottom, Ramsbottom; Bentgate, Haslingden; Blackburn Road, Rishton; Lanehead, Bacup; The Worswick Memorial Ground, Rawtenstall; The Horsfield, Colne; Liverpool Road, Lowerhouse

First XI playing record:
P 27     W 5     D 17     L 5

Click on this link for the season's First XI scorecards and results

18 players appeared in First XI matches for Accrington in 1953:
B Barnes; L Carter; J Clitheroe; J Collier; T Cunliffe; JL Dewhurst; R Dewhurst; R Eckersley; J Eland; R Frankland; W Haworth; JN Hope; J Marsland; AR Naidu; B Osbaldeston; D Rushton; F Rushton; JB Tomlinson.