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1st Division

Anfield | Friday 3 April 1953 at 14:30 UK local time

Liverpool 2 - 1 Cardiff City
Half time 2–1

Starting Lineup (Average age 28.64)

1
Russell Crossley
2
Ray Lambert
3
Eddie Spicer
4
Roy Saunders
5
Laurie Hughes
6
Bob Paisley
7
Jimmy Payne
8
Sammy Smyth
9
Louis Bimpson
10
Bill Jones
11
Billy Liddell

Opposition Lineup (Average age 27.35)

Ron Howells
Alf Sherwood
Ron Stitfall
Stan Montgomery
Alan Harrington
Wilf Grant
Mike Tiddy
Tommy Northcott
Derek Sullivan
Glyn Williams
Douglas Blair

Notes

  • - Louis Bimpson scores his first LFC goal

Other details

Manager: Don Welsh
Opposition manager: Cyril Spiers
Referee: Ratcliffe W
Attendance: 52,079
Half-time score: 2 - 1
Game number: 2086
League game number: 1894
Liverpool league position: 14th
Cardiff City league position: 12th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Cardiff City
Bill Jones (Sammy Smyth) (1–0)
4'
15'
Tommy Northcott (1–1)
Louis Bimpson (2–1)
19'
HT 2–1
Full time 2–1

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