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17 / Sat Nov 13, 1948 / League / Football League Division One (D1) / Portsmouth 1-1 Blackpool

17 /  Sat Nov 13, 1948 / League / Football League Division One (D1) / Portsmouth 1-1 Blackpool

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Era 1946-1973
Season 1948-49
Date Sat Nov 13, 1948
Match Type First Team
Competition Sponsor
Competition Football League Division One (D1)
Match No 17
Stage League
Kick Off 2.30pm
Venue Fratton Park
Weather
Home Team Portsmouth
Away Team Blackpool
Attendance 44869
Receipts
Referee F Green (Wolverhampton)
Status Completed after 90 minutes
Final Score Portsmouth 1-1 Blackpool
Home Scorers Harris 84
Away Scorers Mortensen 82p
Home Line Up Butler Rookes Ferrier Scoular Flewin Dickinson Harris Delapenha Reid Clarke Froggatt
Away Line Up Farm Shimwell Suart Johnston Hayward Kelly Matthews Rickett McIntosh Mortensen Wardle
Match Summary Jamaican Delapenha is Pompey’s first black player and Clarke replaces Phillips, but still the attack fires blanks. The ref courts controversy as Rookes supposedly fouls McIntosh and Mortensen converts. Harris levels almost at once and news of Derby’s loss brightens the mood further.
Source Portsmouth Champions of England, Farmery C, Desert Island Books (2000)
Pompeyrama Portsmouth 1-1 Blackpool
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