SOUTHPORT CENTRAL 3 EVERTON RESERVES 3

December 26, 1908. The Liverpool Courier.

Lancashire Combination Division One

At Southport, before about 5,000 spectators. Central started, and within the first ten minutes Graham scored for Central. For half-an-hour play ruled even, and then from a pass by Dawson Jones headed through the home goal. Everton continued to press until the interval when the teams crossed over Centrel leading by two goals to one. In the second half Gates put in a corner kick with great judgement, and Berry tipped it the wrong side of the line. With the score three to one, Centrel looked certain of a win, but Jones scored from a penalty kick from a fault by Taylor, and then in the last minute, the same player put on an equalising point, and the match ended in a draw of three each. Everton: – Berry, goal, Stevenson, and Strettell, backs Pratt, Borthwick, and Rafferty, half-backs, Buck, Lacey, Jones, Bolton and Dawson, forwards.