EVERTON 2 SOUTHPORT CENTRAL 1

April 27, 1892, The Liverpool Mercury

The Liverpool and district cup final tie.

Last evening the bootle enclosure was occupied by the above teams to bring off the final tie for the local cup. Through the weather was fine the attenance was about 3,000. The teams were composed as follow:- Everton, Jardine, goal, Chadwick, and Collins, backs, Kelso, Jones and Robertson, half-backs Gordon, Murray Maxwell, McMillan, and Geary, forwards. Southport Centre:- Gee, goal, Sugg and Fairhurst, backs, Gee (g), McLaren,, and Lee, half-backs, Platt, Iddon, Lee (h) Halsall and Cadwell forwards. Losing the toss. Maxwell started against a strong sun, and sending over to his right wing Gordon quickkly got away, and giving to Murray Sugg had to repel a swift attempt from the latter. The Southport men now made an advance on the left and look getting near Jardine when Chadwick nicely intercepted and converted play to the other end. Everton attacked stronly, and both Sugg and Fairhurst were put on their mettle in stemming them off. A corner fell to the Anfielders, but nothing was gained. Clever passing by the Southport men looked like ending in a downfall to Jardine as Platt from a pass by H Lee had a clear course, but his finish was badly judged. With this let off the Everton men warmly attacked at the Southport goal and Gee had to fist away twice from Geary and Maxwell. At this stage Collins was jumped upon by Platt, and had to leave the field. Everton, however, continued to have the best of matters, but somehow they could not find an opening, owing to lofty shooting. Collins returned and soon made his presence felt, as he repeatedly broke up the combination of the Centre forwards. Pretty passing by Geary and McMillan eventually ended in a trio of corners falling to the Anfielders. Sugg was here prominent in ably assisting his custodian in baffling the effect of the Everton men. A capital bit of work by McLaren was the means of the Central paying a visit to Jardine, who saved a grand aim from Iddon. Coming back to Southport goal the Anfield men again troubled Gee, who ultimately had to go under to a slow swift shot from McMillan. Everton up to the interval held the advantage, but the score at half-time remained unaltered. Everton thus crossing over with one goal in hand. Re-starting, Gordon and Murray were the first to show up,, and became exceedingly dangerous. Fairhurst, however, stepped in, and cleared in a finshed style. Battling away, the Southport men were soon in the Everton quarters and after Halsall had tested Jardine, Caldwell experienced hard luck, as he skimmed the crossbar with a beautiful sho. Grand passing by the Central men again ended in Jardine throwing out a straight attempt from Platt. Taking up a lob fromChadwick, Murray and Maxwell put in a fine sprint and the latter crossing to Geary, he in turn sent to McMillan who beat Gee with a slow shot. From the midfield kick off the Central men showed up splendidly and aftersome excellent combination Iddon beat Jardine with the best shot of the match. The game for a short ruled in favour of the Central, and both Chadwick and Collins had to work to stem them off. Kelso was in great form at half-back, and he was mainly instrumental in Everton raising a siege upon the Central which was kept up for fully 15 minutes, Geary being also prominent as he banged in some very forcible shots. No further scoring was done. Everton thus after a well contested game retiring the victors by 2 goals to 1.

LIVERPUDLIAN

Cricket and Football Field – Saturday 30 April 1892

By Richard Samuel

Everton Secure a “Pot”

The final tie for Liverpool and District Senior Cup as the programme on Tuesday evening, the venue being Hawthorne-rd,  where somewhat sparse attendance turned up to witness the game betwixt Everton and Southport Central. The couple of hundred Centrelites’ supporters took up their position on the stand, and they did not forget to let the Everton people knew they were there. For noisy enthusiasm commend me to the Sand grounders. Their exhortations to their men to “never mind the £15O down and £3 a week men,” and to “not let ’em have one pot, “caused some merriment amongst the Everton supporters. The Combination team, strengthened by the inclusion of Jardine, Kelso, Robertson and Geary, were entrusted to defeat the Centralites, and this they succeeded in doing by two goals to one. It was fortunate the League men were played, as I think the Central would have just about accounted for the Combination team. In the first half Everton, although having almost the whole the play, could only score once. This was against the wind and blazing sun, and when they crossed over leading by one to none I fully anticipated the visitors were in for a drubbing. Not so, however, for the Southport boys stuck to their work in business-like fashion and Everton had not anything like so much of the play as in the first portion. The Southport half-backs were very prominent and played all the time. Each side scored once in the second half and the end found Everton winners of the trophy for the third year in succession. Kelso played a grand game for the winners. I did not notice him beaten once throughout the game and on several occasions he saved his goal at a critical moment after one or more of his colleagues got beaten. All the Southport men played hard, but as I have previously mentioned, their half-back division was their stronghold, C. Gee in particular playing vigorously and with good judgment, whilst the goalkeeper of that ilk was, unlike the proverbial policeman, always there when wanted.