Manchester United v Football League 1-4 (Benefit match: April 27, 1910)


April 27, 1910
Match: Benefit for the wife and children of Spencer Whittaker, at Turf Moor (Burnley).
Manchester United – Football League 1-4 (1-2).
Attendance: 8,000; gate receipt: £160.
Referee: Mr. J. Lewis; linesmen: Messrs. A. Watson (Accrington) and C.E. Sutcliffe (Oswaldtwistle).
Manchester United (2-3-5): Harry Moger, Dick Holden, Tony Donnelly, Dick Duckworth, Charlie Roberts, Alex Bell, Jack Sheldon, John Picken, Tom Homer, Sandy Turnbull, George Wall.
Football League (2-3-5): Jerry Dawson (Burnley), Arthur Cowell (Blackburn Rovers), Jock Maconnachie (Everton), Jon Cretney (Burnley), Jack Dewhurst (Bury), Hugh Moffat (Burnley), Dickie Bond (Bradford City), Billy Hibbert (Bury), David McLean (Preston North End), Walter Aitkenhead (Blackburn Rovers), John Macdonald (Liverpool).
The goals: 0-1 Hibbert (pen., 27 min.), 1-1 Homer, 1-2 Hibbert, 1-3 McLean, 1-4.

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