Liverpool  2 - 3  Everton
 
Thursday 12 October 1922 Central League
 
"Liverpool" "Everton"
2 - 3  (1-0)
 
GOAL
 H Wadsworth, Gilherspy  
 
Image with site www.historicalkits.co.uk   1  Mitchell
  -  Tommy Lucas
  -  John Lilley
  -  John Bamber
  -  R Mitchell
  -  William Cunningham
  -  Cyril Gilherspy
  -  Danny Shone
  -  Jack Sambrooks
  -  Harry Lewis
  -  Harold Wadsworth		 Image with site www.historicalkits.co.uk   1  Ernie Salt
  -  Caddick
  -  Duggie Livingstone
  -  William Brown
  -  George Brewster
  -  Alan Grenyer
  -  George Jones
  -  Harry Miller
  -  Stan Fazackerley
  -  Alec Wall
  -  David Reid
 
OFFICIALS & BOOKINGS
Referee:
   
VENUE RESERVES COACHS
Anfield (capacity )
Attendance: 12,000		 (Liverpool)
(Everton)

 

   EVERTON RESERVES WIN WITH NINE MEN

  SALT BROKE COLLAR BONE

  Anfield's ground was the scene of a curious game yesterday, when Liverpool Reserves and Everton Reserves played their Central League match before about 12,000 spectators. It was a poor first half with moderate forward play, and open goals were missed. Everton had a strong side out, including Brewster, Grenyer, and Fazackerley, and after Bamber had scored though a wise effort by H. Wadsworth –Salt appeared to be at fault –Reid equalised. Mitchell pulling the ball down over the line. Mitchell had saved many good shots, his best being from the lively Miller. The second half was somewhat remarkable. Caddick strained a muscle of the leg and left the field early on. Then Salt was hurt in a collision, and Brewster went into goal. It transpired that Salt had broken his collarbone, finally Brown was so lame that he had to play at outside right. Yet Everton started to take a useful lead. When Caddick had gone D. Reid, though a perfect header from Grenyer, made a centre, and Miller increased the lead. Wall added a goal, and then Liverpool attacked in such a manner that there was one long struggle for goals against the weakened Everton defence, for Brewster was keeping goal and Livingstone was on his own at full back. Liverpool got one point through a solo effort by Gilhespy. Lewis waded through and had no one to beat the goalkeeper. He pulled the ball wide –not for the first time in the match – then Shone hit a fierce ball and failed to beat Brewster, who brought off a perfect save. Lucas joined the Liverpool forwards in an endeavour to snatch the game out of the fire, and once he was near scoring with a header from a corner. Mitchell the goalkeeper left his area and advanced a quarter of the length of the field to make a pass to his right wing. It was curious, unbalanced football, but for excitement it was indeed a good game. Right up to the finish Everton were penned in and would not yield the equaliser, so that the visitors won 3-2 – and deserved their win. They could not be blamed as the home side refused to take simple chances. On the winners' side Livingstone played a played a sound game. He was on his own, though Caddick, before his injury, had done his part nobly. At half-back, Brewster was not fighting fit, but Brown played exceptionally well, and Grenyer was very sure in all he undertook. Forward, Jones was below form, Wall was inclined to indulge in too close dribbling, and Fazackerley did not seem to relish centre forward work. On the left David Reid was resourceful and solid. His centres were good, and yet Miller was the best of the line, for he was a live forward with ideas and a ready shot. The losers have their forwards to blame for the defeat. One could have wanted no better goalkeeping than that of Mitchell, and the back work of Lucas, and in lesser light, Lilley was admirable. The half-backs, too showed up Liverpool's strength, for Cunningham never plays poorly, and R. Mitchell is a tireless pivot, while Bamber touched his old high class form all the times. It was forward where Liverpool failed. Sambrooks made some good headers, and Lewis in the open was clever and forceful, yet his shooting was wretched. Harold Wadsworth, and Gilhespy were the reliable men, and from their work a crop of goals should have accounted. Teams: - Liverpool Reservers: - Mitchell, goal, Lucas, and Lilley, backs, Bamber, R. Mitchell, and Cunningham, half-backs, Gilherspy, Shone, Sambrooks, Lewis, and H. Wadsworth, forwards. Everton Reserves: - Salt, goal, Caddick, and Livingstone, backs, Brown, Brewster, and Grenyer, half-backs, Jones, Miller, Fazackerley, Wall, and Reid, forwards.

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