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Era
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1946-1973
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Season
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1949-50
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Date
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Wed Mar 22, 1950
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Match Type
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Reserve Team
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Competition Sponsor
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Competition
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Football Combination Cup
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Match No
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11
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Stage
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Group
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Kick Off
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6.00pm
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Venue
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Elm Park
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Weather
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Not known
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Home Team
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Reading
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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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Mr S V Davis (Chippenham)
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Status
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Completed after 90 minutes
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Final Score
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Reading 0-0 Portsmouth
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Home Scorers
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None
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Away Scorers
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None
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Home Line Up
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Kirkwood, Barton, Smith, Jones, Niblett, Cryle, Ellison, Millard, Brown, Hutton, Allison. (Line up taken from Programme)
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Away Line Up
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Humpston, Rookes, Stephen, Thompson, Spence, Duggins, Wood, Gordon, Delapenha, Elder, Parker. (Line up taken from Programme)
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Match Summary
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No goals and no thrills in a lifeless match at Reading. Defences were outstanding, but they did not have a difficult task. Although the Portsmouth eleven showed the better teamwork, Reading had the easier chances and how Ellison failed to score on two occasions was a mystery.
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Source
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Pompeyrama
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