Match detail: Chelsea v Manchester United - 10/09/1949

Match detail: Chelsea v Manchester United

Match Date: Saturday, 10th Sep 1949 at 15:00
Competition: League - Football League Division 1
Opponent: Manchester United
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 61,357
Half Time: 0 - 0
Result: Drew 1 - 1
Referee: R Wood (Sunderland)

Team: Ken Armstrong Roy Bentley Hugh Billington Bobby Campbell Billy Gray John Harris (C) Harry Medhurst (GK) Frank Mitchell Stan Willemse Reg Williams Danny Winter

Chelsea Goal Scorers: Billy Gray (85) Manchester United Goal Scorers: Jack Rowley (70) Match Notes: Chelsea goal originally listed in "90 years of the blues" as Bentley and reported as such in contemporary news reports. Goal re-assigned officially to Gray in later appendices and also later books e.g Glanvill statistical history.