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29-01-55: Blackpool (h) 1-3 (HT 1-2) Crowd (19,500)
| Shirt No. | Player Name | Goals Scored | | | |
Leeds United: | | | | | |
1. | Wood, Royden | | | | |
2. | Dawson, Bobby | | | | |
3. | Hair, Grenville | | | | |
4. | Mollatt, Ronnie | | | | |
5. | Marsden, Jack | | | | |
6. | Kerfoot, Eric | | | | |
7. | Dunn, Jimmy | | | | |
8. | Vickers, Peter | | | | |
9. | Forrest, Bob | | | | |
10. | Brook, Harold | 1 | | | |
11. | Lydon, Mickey | | | | |
Blackpool: | | | | | |
1. | Wyllie, Bob | | | | |
2. | Shimwell, Eddie | | | | |
3. | Garrett, Tommy | | | | |
4. | Fenton, Ewan | 1 | | | |
5. | Gratrix, Roy | | | | |
6. | Kelly, Hugh | | | | |
7. | Matthews, Stanley | | | | |
8. | Kelly, Jimmy | | | | |
9. | Hepton, Stan | | | | |
10. | Brown, Allan | | | | |
11. | Perry, Bill | 2 | | | |
Programme:
Albert Nightingale replaced Peter Vickers at Inside-Right, but no detail of when was given.
Match Report (Courtesy Steve Bell)
Yorkshire Post: 31st January 1955
The masterly Matthews
By W. IAN GUILD
Leeds United 1 Blackpool 3
Leeds United's friendly match provided some of the most entertaining football seen at Elland Road this season. The presence of Stanley Matthews added that touch of football genius seen all too rarely these days and helped to swell the gate to 19,500. The result fairly represented the difference between First and Second Division football. Whether it would have been different had John Charles been able to play (he had a boil on his knee) is a matter of conjecture, for well as Marsden played there is only one John Charles. There is, of course, only one Stanley Matthews and it was he that made all Blackpool's goals, scored by Perry (2) and Fenton. Brook, the only home forward with a shot in his boot, replied for Leeds.
Dunn on the wing
Dunn, transferred from full-back to outside-right, showed touches of skill and rarely wasted a ball and Vickers and Lydon put in some useful thrusts against the powerful Blackpool defence. But the man of the match was Matthews. His twinkling feet and queer shuffling gait frequently had the Leeds defence on the wrong foot. Several times he beat three or four defenders with a burst of speed which belied his years and he "laid on" innumerable scoring chances. That more were not turned to account was due to some stout work by United's rearguard and some excellent saves by Wood. Hair and Kerfoot played Matthews fairly, but were seldom able to make contact. No doubt both will profit from the experience. Brook was United's best forward and Dawson and Mollatt put up a creditable show against Perry and Brown.
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