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Home Grounds used:
Thorneyholme Road, Accrington

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

First XI playing record:
P 29     W 16     D 7     L 6

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

18 players appeared in First XI matches for Accrington in 1961:
L Carter; J Collier; RF Cuddihy; T Cunliffe; JL Dewhurst; R Dewhurst; J Eland; E Foster; J Foulkes; WW Hall; JN Hope; D Mark; N Richardson; E Robinson; D Rushton; F Rushton; B Rutter; JM Welbourne.