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15 / Sat Nov 5, 1949 / League / Football League Division One (D1) / Chelsea 1-4 Portsmouth

15 /  Sat Nov 5, 1949 / League / Football League Division One (D1) / Chelsea 1-4 Portsmouth

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Era 1946-1973
Season 1949-50
Date Sat Nov 5, 1949
Match Type First Team
Competition Sponsor
Competition Football League Division One (D1)
Match No 15
Stage League
Kick Off 2.45pm
Venue Stamford Bridge
Weather
Home Team Chelsea
Away Team Portsmouth
Attendance 31650
Receipts
Referee E Baker (Epsom)
Status Completed after 90 minutes
Final Score Chelsea 1-4 Portsmouth
Home Scorers Billington 14
Away Scorers Froggatt 7, 80, Clarke 32, 68
Home Line Up Medhurst Bathgate Hughes Armstrong Harris Macauley Gray Billington Bentley Goulden Williams
Away Line Up Butler Hindmarsh Ferrier Scoular Spence Dickinson Harris Reid Clarke Phillips Froggatt
Match Summary Thousands of Pompey fans brave the wet, then celebrate by letting off fireworks. Froggatt’s deflection opens, only for Billington to burst through. Clarke nets after Froggatt and Phillips see shots blocked. Froggatt wows the England selectors, setting up Clarke, then wrapping it up.
Source Portsmouth The Modern Era, Farmery C, Desert Island Books (2005)
Pompeyrama Chelsea 1-4 Portsmouth
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