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League / Sat Feb 25, 1950 / Portsmouth 2-0 Birmingham City

League / Sat Feb 25, 1950 / Portsmouth 2-0 Birmingham City

Entity details

Era 1946-1973
Season 1949-50
Date Sat Feb 25, 1950
Match Type First Team
Competition Football League Division One (D1)
Match No 30
Stage League
Kick Off 2.45pm
Venue
Stadium Name Fratton Park
Weather
Referee W Edwards (Yeovil)
Opponents
Final Score Portsmouth 2-0 Birmingham City
Home Scorers Harris 47, 89
Home Team Portsmouth
Away Scorers -
Away Team Birmingham City
Attendance 28429
Receipts
Status Completed after 90 minutes
Home Line Up Butler Rookes Ferrier Scoular Thompson Dickinson Harris Pickett Higham Phillips Bennett
Away Line Up Merrick Duckhouse Green Dornan Badham McKee Berry Stewart Dailey Harris Roberts
Match Summary Royal Marine Higham (18) is picked after just two reserve games and he helps break Birmingham, setting up Harris to run across the face of goal and angle in. Earlier Pickett hit a post and only Merrick’s agility kept the score down, although he misjudged Harris’s lob at the death.
Pompeyrama Portsmouth 2-0 Birmingham City
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