Date: 13/10/1956 
Stadium: The Shay, Halifax
Attendance: 5938
Competition: Football League / D3N
 Halifax Town |
3 - 1 Full-Time |
 Southport |
| Manager: Gordon Hunt | ||
| Goalscorers | ||
 Ray Gryba |
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Line-Ups
| 1 | Ray Minshull |
| - | Wilf Charlton |
| - | Ray Gryba |
| - | Don Hunter |
| - | Tommy Lawrenson |
| - | Jimmy McDermott |
| - | Denis Miles |
| - | Bert Mitchell |
| - | Allan Parkinson |
| - | George Rankin |
| - | Wally Taylor |