EVERTON RESERVES 3 SOUTHPORT CENTRAL 2

September 19, 1907. The Liverpool Courier.

Lancashire Combination Division One.

This match was played last evening at Goodison-park, before a fair attendance. The teams were as follows: – Everton: – Sloan, goal, Strettle, and Stevenson backs, Chadwick, McConnachie, and Booth half-back, Rafferty, Graham, Jones, Rouse, and Winterhalmer, forwards. Southport Central: – Dent, goal, Orrell, and Meunier, backs, Holdsworth, Edmunds, and Turner, half-backs, Birch, Aaron, Wright, Graham and Gale forwards. The opening play for some time was confined to midfield. Jones then secured and passing to Rafferty, that player transferred to Graham, whose shot was inches wide. The Southport forwards initiated a pretty movement, and when the ball was in the penalty area, Settle handled. The penalty kick was entrusted trusted to Meunier, who gave Sloan no chance. This reverse roused the Blues, and Rafferty gained a corner, which was not improved upon. Again the Sandgrounders invaded Everton territory, and again handling took place within the dreaded area Stevenson being this time the culprit, and Meunier converted the second penalty kick. Everton once more asserted themselves, this time to some effect, for Booth from long range scored a beautiful goal. Continuing to press, the home team drew level, Jones doing the trick with a fine shot. End to end play followed, and at the interval the score was: – Everton 2 Central 2. On resuming, Everton maintained a severe pressure on the Southport goal, Jones once having particularly hard lines, from a clever header. Southport broke away, Birch securing and sending in a capital shot, which Sloan cleverly saved. The home team returned to the attack, the halves showing fine tactics and Booth once came within an ace of scoring with a fine effort. The pressure on the visitors’ goal hereabouts was continuous, but Dent was seldom troubled owing to the worrying tactics of the Southport defence. At length the pertinacity of the home team was rewarded. The ball crossed and recrossed, the Southport goal in most bewildering fashion, until Rafferty secured and scored, with an oblique shot. Just on time Southport raced down and secured a corner, but this was somewhat easily cleared. Final Everton 3, Southport 2.