May 2, 1945
Match: Benefit for the Command Welfare Funds, at Goodison Park, kick-off: 18:30.
Liverton – Western Command 4-3 (1-0).
Attendance: 8,410; gate receipts: £486.
Referee: Mr. A.M. Cunningham.
Liverton (2-3-5): George Burnett (Everton), George Jackson (Everton), Jeff Gulliver (Liverpool), Jack Pilling (Liverpool), Laurie Hughes (Liverpool), Gordon Watson (Everton), Jack Campbell (Liverpool), Stan Bentham (Everton), Cec Wyles (Everton), Phil Taylor (Liverpool), Wally Boyes (Everton).
Western Command (2-3-5): Herbert Hall (Bolton Wanderers), Ron Cater (West Ham United), Arthur Jefferson (Queens Park Rangers), Reg Attwell (West Ham United), Ron Suart (Blackpool), Fred Harris (Birmingham), Robin Newsome (West Bromwich Albion), Dick Dunn (West Ham United), Fred Durrant (Brentford), Ronnie Dix (Tottenham Hotspur), Chapman (Preston North End).
The goals: 1-0 Wyles (4 min.), 1-1 Durrant, 2-1 Boyes, 3-1 Boyes, 4-1 Boyes, 4-2 Newsome, 4-3 Chapman.
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