March 30, 1946
Match: Football League, Northern Section, at Ayresome Park.
Middlesbrough – Liverpool 2-5 (0-4).
Attendance: 20,000.
Middlesbrough (2-3-5): Norman Malan, Dick Robinson, George Hardwick, Harry Bell, John Douglas, Jim McCabe, Johnny Spuhler, Eddie Murphy, Micky Fenton, George Dews, Watson.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Charles Ashcroft, Jim Harley, Bernard Ramsden, Ray Lambert, Laurie Hughes, Bob Paisley, Berry Nieuwenhuys, Jack Balmer, Cyril Done, Willie Fagan, Bob Priday.
The goals: 0-1 Done (4 min.), 0-2 Done (19 min.), 0-3 Balmer (29 min.), 0-4 Done (31 min.), 1-4 Own goal (Ramsden, 68 min.), 2-4 Hardwick (87 min.), 2-5 Fagan (89 min.).
Match reports:
* Newcastle Evening Chronicle “Liverpool start with a rush”;
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