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Friendly
Yellow Jacket Field | Sunday 26 May 1946
| Philadelphia Select | 0 | - | 12 | Liverpool |
Notes
- Tour: Tour of America And Canada (1946)
- Lineup Sidlow, Harley, Ramsden, Taylor, Hughes, Spicer, Eastham, Balmer, Done, Fagan, Priday.
Opposition
Lineup: Wackenhutt, Christian, Altemose, Gallagher, Meith, Bahr, Gormley, Kelly, Swieconek, McLaughlin, Mervine
The referee, Joseph Schillinger, was also the co-manager of the Philadelphia team!
The stadium was also known as Frankford Stadium. The "Yellow Jacket" name came because it was the home of the Frankford Yellow Jackets, an American football team that predated the Philadelphia Eagles.
Other details
- Attendance: 7,000
- Referee: Schillinger J
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