SOCCER FOOTBALL.
SUNDERLAND WINS ENGLISH CUP FINAL FOR FIRST TIME IN FIFTY YEARS GREAT ASSEMBLAGE CHEERS THEIR MAJESTIES. ■ (Received Sunday. 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 1. In the English Association Football Cup final, Sundeeland defeated Preston, 3/1. The ’bus strike did not affect the attendance. Half an hour before the start the Stadium was packed. Ninetythree thousand spectators engaged in community singing led by Naval and Military bands. Brilliant sunshine added tp the general carefree atmosphere. The enormous assembly’s exuberance was stilled when the bands began the solemn chorus of “Abide With Me,” which is now traditional on these occasions. The crowd stood bareheaded and joined in. Their Majesties, bn arrival, were greeted with tremendous enthusiasm and the cheering was renewed when the King shook hands with the players. Preston led 1/0 at half-time, Frank O’Donnell having scored after snapping up a perfect pass from his brother Harry. Sunderland played the more scientific football in the second half, Gurney, Chrter and Burbands scoring and enabling Sunderland to win the cup for the first time in its fifty years’ existence.
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Wairarapa Age, 3 May 1937, Page 5
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