Doncaster Rovers 3-1 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League Two · Saturday 21 January 2017

Result

Doncaster Rovers 3-1 Crewe Alexandra

League Two · Saturday 21 January 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Doncaster Rovers 3-1 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Doncaster Rovers won against Crewe Alexandra 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 21 January 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Conor Grant opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from Conor Grant (22'), John Marquis (56') and Tommy Rowe (68'). Crewe Alexandra scored through James Jones (32').

Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 1st on 55 points from 26 and Crewe Alexandra 18th on 28 points from 26. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 3rd with 85 points, and Crewe Alexandra 17th with 55.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Doncaster Rovers win, 0 draws and 2 for Crewe Alexandra.

Going into the match Doncaster Rovers's last five read W-W-W-D-W and Crewe Alexandra's L-L-D-L-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Conor GrantDoncaster Rovers · 1-0
  • 32'Goal · James JonesCrewe Alexandra · 1-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Matty BlairDoncaster Rovers
  • 56'Goal · John MarquisDoncaster Rovers · 2-1
  • 68'Goal · Tommy RoweDoncaster Rovers · 3-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Andy WilliamsDoncaster Rovers
  • 82'Yellow card · George RayCrewe Alexandra
  • 83'Yellow card · Andy ButlerDoncaster Rovers

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 1, draws 0, Crewe Alexandra 2.

Team news

Doncaster Rovers line-up

Ian Lawlor, Mathieu Baudry, Andy Butler, Tommy Rowe, Niall Mason, Jordan Houghton, Matty Blair, Conor Grant, James Coppinger, John Marquis, Andy Williams

Crewe Alexandra line-up

Ben Garratt, Ollie Turton, Jon Guthrie, George Ray, Zoumana Bakayogo, J. Jones, George Cooper, Danny Hollands, Chris Dagnall, Jordan Bowery, Charlie Kirk