Group / Sat Dec 31, 1949 / Southampton 5-0 Portsmouth

Entity details

Era	1946-1973
Season	1949-50
Date	Sat Dec 31, 1949
Match Type	Reserve Team
Competition	Football Combination Cup
Match No	1
Stage	Group
Kick Off	3.00pm
Stadium Name	The Dell
Weather	Fine
Final Score	Southampton 5-0 Portsmouth
Home Scorers	Lowder 2, Wilkins, Judd, Dare.
Home Team	Southampton
Away Scorers	None
Away Team	Portsmouth
Status	Completed after 90 minutes
Home Line Up	Thomas, Anderson, Gregory, Elliott, Clements, Smith, Grant, Wilkins, Dare, Judd, Lowder.
Away Line Up	Leather, Rookes, Gunter, Cairney, Spence, Beale, King, Reid, Atyeo, Pickett, Parker.
Match Summary	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.