Liverpool v Manchester City 4-1 (League match: August 28, 1943)

August 28, 1943
Match: Football League, Northern Section, at Anfield, kick-off: 15:00.
Liverpool – Manchester City 4-1 (2-1).
Attendance: 13,000; gate receipts: £901.
Referee: Mr. H. Hartley (Bolton).
Liverpool (2-3-5): Alf Hobson, Kenneth Seddon, Jack Westby, Harry Kaye, Laurie Hughes, Jack Pilling, Billy Liddell, Phil Taylor, Jack Balmer, Cyril Done, Don Welsh, Alf Hanson.
Manchester City (2-3-5): Frank Swift, Harry Jackson, Jackie Bray, Billy Walsh, Eric Eastwood, Les McDowall, Jack Percival, Johnny Williamson, Boothway, Thomson, Barclay.
The goals: 1-0 Balmer (7 min.), 2-0 Balmer (29 min.), 2-1 Percival (42 min.), 3-1 Done (77 min.), 4-1 Balmer (90 min.).

Match report:
** Liverpool Daily Post: “Three goals for Jack Balmer.”;

Liverpool Echo, sketch: August 30, 1943.

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