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1st Division

Roker Park | Saturday 14 November 1953 at 14:30 UK local time

Sunderland 3 - 2 Liverpool
Half time 1–2

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.85)

1
Russell Crossley
2
Ray Lambert
3
Eddie Spicer
4
Roy Saunders
5
Laurie Hughes
6
Don Campbell
7
Jimmy Payne
8
Sammy Smyth
9
Louis Bimpson
10
Bill Jones (c)
11
Alan A'Court

Opposition Lineup (Average age 28.5)

Ted McNeill
Fred Hall
Arthur Hudgell
Stan Anderson
Ray Daniel
George Aitken
Billy Bingham
Arthur Wright
Trevor Ford
Len Shackleton
Billy Elliott

Notes

  • - Don Campbell makes his LFC debut

Other details

Manager: Don Welsh
Opposition manager: William Murray
Referee: Wilkinson A
Attendance: 36,369
Half-time score: 1 - 2
Game number: 2110
League game number: 1918
Liverpool league position: 16th
Sunderland league position: 20th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Sunderland
Sammy Smyth (Alan A'Court) (1–0)
20'
34'
George Aitken (1–1)
Sammy Smyth (Roy Saunders) (2–1)
40'
HT 2–1
74'
Billy Elliott (2–2)
77'
Billy Elliott (2–3)
Full time 2–3

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