Manchester City/United XI v Leeds City 3-0 (Benefit match: April 27, 1918)

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April 27, 1918
Match: Benefit for the Footballers War Fund, at Hyde Road.
Manchester City/Manchester United XI – Leeds City 3-0 (1-0).
Attendance: 10,000.
Referee: Mr. J. Head (Burslem).
Manchester City/United (2-3-5): Jack Mew; Jack Silcock, Eli Fletcher; Clarrie Hilditch, Kinsella Bates, Jack Brennan; Billy Meredith, Wilf Woodcock, Herbert Tyler, Billy Lomas, Charles Cunningham.
Leeds City (2-3-5): Tommy Hampson; William Hampson, Willis Walker; Bob Hewison, Harry Sherwin, Tommy Lamph; Tom Cawley, Clem Stephenson, Harry Peart, Arthur Price, Ted Connor.
The goals: 1-0 Meredith, 2-0 Lomas (88 min.), 3-0 Woodcock (89 min.).

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