Blackpool Beat Luton (1954)

BLACKPOOL 2 V LUTON 0. (RE-PLAY) Wolverhampton. LV. Blackpool Dark shirts kick-off Ball up right wing Stanley Matthews starts to chase. SV. Crowd. SV. Matthews with ball he tries a shot which hits a defender hand and rebounds back to Matthews who next shot also a defender and is cleared out danger. A Luton Defender pushes the Ball forward to his left winger. SV. Ball bounces and shoots off the hard surface and goes out of play. SV. Crowd. LV. Blackpool forcing corner. SV. LV. Matthews takes corner Players have difficulty in controlling it until south African born Perry collects and shoots and scores Pan players. SV. Crowd,Half time: Blackpool 1 Luton 0. GV. Blackpool attacking in second half SV. William (Bill) Perry seizes on a bad clearance, shoots but ball goes high over bar. SV. Crowd. LV. Luton attacking. Farm is there to collect and clears up field. SV. Perry running down speeds in front of Dodd Centres and goal keeper Streten Hurls himself forward to deflect Ball from Taylor. SV. Crowd. SV. P
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