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Era
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1945-1970 : Magnificent to Mediocre
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Season
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1949-50
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Date
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Sat Dec 31, 1949
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Match Type
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Reserve Team
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Competition
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Football Combination Cup
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Stage
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Match 1
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Kick Off
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3.00pm
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Venue
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The Dell
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Weather
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Fine
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Home Team
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Southampton
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Away Team
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Portsmouth
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Attendance
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Receipts
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Referee
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Status
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Completed after 90 minutes
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Final Score
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Southampton 5-0 Portsmouth
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Home Scorers
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Lowder 2, Wilkins, Judd, Dare.
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Away Scorers
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None
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Home Line Up
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Thomas, Anderson, Gregory, Elliott, Clements, Smith, Grant, Wilkins, Dare, Judd, Lowder.
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Away Line Up
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Leather, Rookes, Gunter, Cairney, Spence, Beale, King, Reid, Atyeo, Pickett, Parker.
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Match Summary
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Portsmouth Reserves fielded one of their strongest sides of the season but Southampton Reserves, playing like a cat with a mouse, crashed in four goals in the first 17 minutes to end the game as a contest.
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