1 - 3 v FC Halifax Town (H) 11/10/2025 
Date: 10/09/1956 
Stadium: Victoria Park, Hartlepool
Attendance: 10474
Competition: Football League / D3N
 Hartlepools United |
5 - 2 Full-Time |
 Southport |
| Manager: Gordon Hunt | ||
| Goalscorers | ||
 George Bromilow Wilf Charlton |
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Line-Ups
| 1 | Ray Minshull |
| - | George Bromilow |
| - | Wilf Charlton (P) |
| - | Don Hunter |
| - | Bobby McIlvenny |
| - | Denis Miles |
| - | Bert Mitchell |
| - | Allan Parkinson |
| - | George Rankin |
| - | Wally Taylor |
| - | Kevin Walsh |
