£45,000 GATE FOR SOCCER CUP FINAL

Chronicle (Levin), 29 April 1946, Page 8

£45,000 GATE FOR SOCCER CUP FINAL

Received Suriday 7.0 p.m. LONDON, Aprii 27. In tlie Oup fmal Derby defeated Charlton 4 — 1. A erowd of more than 100,000 vvatehed the match at Wembley and most of the British Cabinet, also Mr, Walter Nash, attended. Admissiqn was by ticlcet only and there was a reeord gate of £45,000, half of which was entertainment tax. It is estiinated that if the ground had had the capacity to take all who wanted to attend, the takings would have been £1,000,000. Tlie first speetators arrived at Weiubley at five a.m. — ten hours before the kick-Qlf. Trains and motoreoaehes po.ured 10,000 rosetted speetators into London from the provinees fi'om early morning. They filled in the time with sightseeing trips around the eapital but there was an absence of cheering aqd rattle-waving promenadei's who featured prewar Cup day seenes. The Iving, Queen and Princess Elizabetli attended tlie niqteh apd arrived ten minutes before the kick-off. The Queen and Princess went to the Royal box wliile tlie Iving went to the arena for the pvesentation of the teqms. There was no score at half-tinie. Derby 's first goal and Charlton 's equgliser eame in suecessive minutes. Ev'ery- ' thing happened towards the end. Even

the ball burst for tho first time jn tlie history of the Cup final. Olever worK by Derby in the first two minutes ot extra time, resulted in Doliertv scoring Derby 's second goal. Derby continued to hold the upper hand to" the final whistle. Stamps, who had been held in eheek by Oakes, became elusivo and scored the tinui two snap goals. To Bert Turner, of Charlton, went the doubtful honour of scoring for hot h sides. When Dunca* shot what turnpcl out to be Derby 's first goal, the bjjll was going wide but liit Turner, who deflected it into the not. Directly afterwards Charlton was given a free kick tweijtytive yards out and Turner gained his reveng'e by driving a scorcher into the net.