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Group / Wed Mar 22, 1950 / Reading 0-0 Portsmouth

Group / Wed Mar 22, 1950 / Reading 0-0 Portsmouth

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Era 1946-1973
Season 1949-50
Date Wed Mar 22, 1950
Match Type Reserve Team
Competition Football Combination Cup
Match No 11
Stage Group
Kick Off 6.00pm
Venue
Stadium Name Elm Park
Weather Not known
Referee Mr S V Davis (Chippenham)
Opponents
Final Score Reading 0-0 Portsmouth
Home Scorers None
Home Team Reading
Away Scorers None
Away Team Portsmouth
Attendance
Receipts
Status Completed after 90 minutes
Home Line Up Kirkwood, Barton, Smith, Jones, Niblett, Cryle, Ellison, Millard, Brown, Hutton, Allison. (Line up taken from Programme)
Away Line Up Humpston, Rookes, Stephen, Thompson, Spence, Duggins, Wood, Gordon, Delapenha, Elder, Parker. (Line up taken from Programme)
Match Summary 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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