Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Monday 08 September 1919

Mexboro’s Good Win.

Veteran Goalkeepers Fine Work for Halifax.

Mexborough Town 3   Halifax Town 0

The Mexborough team, slightly revised after the Trent Bridge defeat, show their supporters on Saturday that they Nottingham form was all wrong, and for the second Saturday in succession they brought off a fine 3 – 0 victory. But for Surer, the veteran goalkeeper, the would have scored a dozen. The home forwards raged round him for an hour before he was beaten.

Sheldon, a Denaby youth, justified his flection (vice Beevere) by scoring the first and second goals, the first in a scrimmage, after Suter had been brought down by a shot from Burkinshaw, and the second a very fine from an opening supplied by Burkinshaw. Shaw got the third, after cleverly outwitting Livingstone, the former Rotherham back.

The Halifax backs showed up fairly well in the first half, but they were worn down by incessant pressure, and kicked wretchedly the latter stages. The visitors were starved and disorganised, and Beech never had real shot to deal with. To add to their misfortunes, Halifax’s captain, Jock Nixon the outside right, twisted his knee ten minutes before time, and went off. All through it Mexborough attack against Suter and until Sheldon forced his way through as it looked as if the goalkeeper would win.

The gate was nearly a thousand up compared with the previous home match and something like 3,000 paid for admission.

Result: Mexborough Town 3   Halifax Town 0