1950 FA Cup Final

1950 FA Cup Final
Event	1949–50 FA Cup
Date	29 April 1950
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Harry Pearce (Luton)
Attendance	100,000

The 1950 FA Cup Final was the 69th final of the FA Cup. It took place on 29 April 1950 at Wembley Stadium and was contested between Arsenal and Liverpool.

Arsenal won the match 2–0 to win the FA Cup for the third time, with both goals scored by Reg Lewis. The Arsenal team also featured cricketer Denis Compton, who played alongside his brother Leslie. Liverpool dropped future manager Bob Paisley for the match, even though he had scored against Merseyside rivals Everton in the semi-final.[1]

Match details

29 April 1950
15:00 BST

Arsenal	2–0	Liverpool
Lewis 18' 63'	(Report)

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 100,000[2]

Referee: Harry Pearce[3]

Arsenal

Liverpool



GK	1	George Swindin
RB	2	Laurie Scott
LB	3	Walley Barnes
RH	4	Alex Forbes
CH	5	Leslie Compton
LH	6	Joe Mercer (c)
OR	7	Freddie Cox
IR	8	Jimmy Logie
CF	9	Peter Goring
IL	10	Reg Lewis
OL	11	Denis Compton
Manager:
Tom Whittaker



GK	1	Cyril Sidlow
RB	2	Ray Lambert
LB	3	Eddie Spicer
RH	4	Phil Taylor (c)
CH	5	Laurie Hughes
LH	6	Bill Jones
OR	7	Jimmy Payne
IR	8	Kevin Baron
CF	9	Albert Stubbins
IL	10	Willie Fagan
OL	11	Billy Liddell
Manager:
George Kay

References

General

FA Cup Final kits, 1950–59

Specific

"Liverpoolfc.tv: LFC STORY 1950". liverpoolfc.tv. Archived from the original on 5 May 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2007.
"sportingchronicle.com/FACUP/1950.html". Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
"Cup final ref's watch to go under hammer". The Post, Bristol. Local World. 13 October 2009. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.

LFC History Match Report

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[1] "Liverpoolfc.tv: LFC STORY 1950". liverpoolfc.tv. Archived from the original on 5 May 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2007.

[2] "sportingchronicle.com/FACUP/1950.html". Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2009.

[3] "Cup final ref's watch to go under hammer". The Post, Bristol. Local World. 13 October 2009. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.

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