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1 / Sat Jan 8, 1949 / Third Round / FA Challenge Cup / Portsmouth 7-0 Stockport County

1 /  Sat Jan 8, 1949 / Third Round / FA Challenge Cup / Portsmouth 7-0 Stockport County

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Era 1946-1973
Season 1948-49
Date Sat Jan 8, 1949
Match Type First Team
Competition Sponsor
Competition FA Challenge Cup
Match No 1
Stage Third Round
Kick Off 2.15pm
Venue Fratton Park
Weather Overcast
Home Team Portsmouth
Away Team Stockport County
Attendance 33590
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Referee S Beasley (Burbage)
Status Completed after 90 minutes
Final Score Portsmouth 7-0 Stockport County
Home Scorers Phillips 21, 67, Harris 22 ,82, 88, Clarke 41, 65
Away Scorers None
Home Line Up Butler Rookes Ferrier Scoular Flewin Dickinson Harris Barlow Clarke Phillips Froggatt
Away Line Up Bowles Staniforth Monks McCulloch Easdale Paterson Dainty Walker Swinscoe Herd Brown
Match Summary Barlow sends Phillips clear, then Harris is given time and space as Pompey show their class. Clarke scores from point blank, then two quick goals let the limping Rookes leave the field. Harris nabbed a hat-trick late on, bracketing County’s best effort which was cleared off the line.
Source Portsmouth Champions of England, Farmery C, Desert Island Books (2000)
Pompeyrama Portsmouth 7-0 Stockport County
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