Date: 30/04/1956 
Stadium: Peel Park, Accrington
Attendance: 7785
Competition: Football League / D3N
 Accrington Stanley (1891) |
4 - 2 Full-Time |
 Southport |
| Manager: Gordon Hunt | ||
| Goalscorers | ||
 Denis Miles Ray Gryba |
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Line-Ups
| 1 | Ray Minshull |
| - | Alf Barratt |
| - | Wilf Charlton |
| - | Ray Gryba |
| - | Trevor Hitchen |
| - | Don Hunter |
| - | Jimmy McDermott |
| - | Bobby McIlvenny |
| - | Denis Miles |
| - | Stan Taylor |
| - | Wally Taylor |