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22 / Sat Dec 18, 1948 / League / Football League Division One (D1) / Portsmouth 3-1 Preston North End

22 /  Sat Dec 18, 1948 / League / Football League Division One (D1) / Portsmouth 3-1 Preston North End

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Era 1946-1973
Season 1948-49
Date Sat Dec 18, 1948
Match Type First Team
Competition Sponsor
Competition Football League Division One (D1)
Match No 22
Stage League
Kick Off 2.30pm
Venue Fratton Park
Weather
Home Team Portsmouth
Away Team Preston North End
Attendance 26545
Receipts
Referee L Brown (Barnes)
Status Completed after 90 minutes
Final Score Portsmouth 3-1 Preston North End
Home Scorers Harris 10, Phillips 33, Barlow 49
Away Scorers Brown 87
Home Line Up Butler Rookes Ferrier Scoular Flewin Dickinson Harris Barlow Clarke Phillips Froggatt
Away Line Up Newlands Walton Kane Davie Waters Dougall Brown Knight McIntosh Jackson Langton
Match Summary Proud Preston are anything but as Pompey stroll home. Barlow and Clarke combine to set up Harris, then Froggatt slips a pass to Phillips who makes no mistake. Waters chops down Harris, but Barlow has the luck as Newlands blocks the penalty only for the ball to creep over the line.
Source Portsmouth Champions of England, Farmery C, Desert Island Books (2000)
Pompeyrama Portsmouth 3-1 Preston North End
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