| 1 | Collis |
| 5 | O'Donnell |
| 6 | Baudet |
| 2 | Woodards |
| 11 | Grant *** |
| 8 | O'Connor |
| 12 | Rix ** |
| 23 | Bailey |
| 19 | Pope |
| 17 | Moore |
| 9 | Elding * |
| 20 | Westwood |
| 18 | Carrington * (78) |
| 4 | Schumacher ** (86) |
| 20 | Miller |
| 24 | Donaldson *** (87) |
| 28 | Mcmannus |
| 32 | Legzoins |
| 22 | Weale |
| 18 | Wilson |
| 6 | Carey |
| 4 | Fontaine |
| 3 | McAllister * |
| 14 | Skuse *** |
| 2 | Orr |
| 11 | McIndoe |
| 33 | Johnson |
| 10 | Maynard |
| 9 | Adebola ** |
| 1 | Basso |
| 22 | Webster * (21) |
| 29 | Sproule |
| 11 | Williams |
| 8 | Noble |
| 9 | Brooker ** (59) |
| 23 | Trundle *** (78) |
Brian Wilson gave the visitors a lifeline in the second period but Crewe held on for a deserved victory.
Alex started brightly but it was the Robins who had the first sight of goal.
Cole Skuse put Dele Adebola clean through and goalkeeper Steve Collis did well to beat his shot out.
At the other end Tom Pope played in Elding only for the striker to screw his shot high and wide.
But Elding made no mistake in the 24th minute when a neat one-two with Pope left him with just goalkeeper Chris Weale to beat.
This time Elding kept his cool and curled the ball into the bottom far corner of the net.
The Alex should have doubled their account after half-time with Grant and Pope guilty of missing golden chances.
But Moore netted in the 76th minute after racing onto Grant's through-ball to put Crewe 2-0 up.
Two minutes later Wilson scored with a 25-yard screamer but it was too little, too late for Gary Johnson's men.
| Today's other Carling Cup matches. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | 4 - 0 | Crystal Palace | Report |
| Douglas 11 Beckford 32 Becchio 52 Showunmi 76 | Att: 10765 | ||
| Middlesbrough | 5 - 1 | Yeovil | Report |
| Mido 11 Digard 23 Aliadiere 32 Emnes 47 Johnson 66 | Tomlin 45 | Att: 15651 | |
| Wigan | 4 - 0 | Notts County | Report |
| Camara 32,62 Zaki 60 Cywka 90 | Att: 4100 | ||
| Coventry | 2 - 3 | Newcastle | Report |
| Morrison 45 Dann 90 | Dann 21(og) Milner 38 Owen 97 | Att: 19249 | |
| Southampton | 2 - 0 | Birmingham | Report |
| Holmes 17 Lallana 86 | Att: 11331 | ||
| Watford | 2 - 1 | Darlington | Report |
| Francis 37 O'Toole 116 | Blundell 90 | Att: 5236 | |
| Preston | 0 - 1 | Derby | Report |
| Green 40 | Att: 8037 | ||
| Hartlepool | 3 - 1 | West Brom | Report |
| Porter 61 Foley 102 Barker 105 | Koren 87 | Att: 3387 | |
| Cheltenham | 2 - 3 | Stoke | Report |
| Vincent 57 Russell 90 | Whelan 51 Cresswell 54 Parkin 78 | Att: 3600 | |
| Ipswich | 2 - 1 | Colchester | Report |
| Counago 28 Lisbie 56 | Gillespie 87 | Att: 17084 | |
| Rotherham | 0 - 0 | Wolverhampton | Report |
| Att: 5404 | |||
| Cardiff | 2 - 1 | Milton Keynes Dons | Report |
| McCormack 45(pen) Whittingham 58 | O'Hanlon 75 | Att: 6334 | |
| QPR | 4 - 0 | Carlisle | Report |
| Stewart 48 Ledesma 56,63,85 | Att: 8021 | ||
| Burnley | 3 - 0 | Oldham | Report |
| McCann 12 Paterson 63,79 | Att: 5528 | ||
| Swansea | 2 - 1 | Hull | Report |
| Pintado 63 Jordi Gomez 105(pen) | Windass 11 | Att: 8622 | |
| Bolton | 1 - 2 | Northampton | Report |
| Nolan 82 Cahill s/o 38 | Akinfenwa 22(pen),28 | Att: 7136 | |
| Reading | 5 - 1 | Luton | Report |
| Hunt 11,15 Pearce 54 Karacan 55 Henry 76 | Charles 80 | Att: 7498 | |

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