Saturday, 22 March 1947
F.A. Amateur Cup - Semi-Final
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Wimbledon Harry Stannard (2), Denis Walker (2) 4 (2) - (1) 2 Bishop Auckland
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With the week off allowing the other ties to be completed, and the Dons to rest their weary legs and recovered from the cuts and bruises inflicted during the game against Tilbury, the Dons went into the semi-final in good shape. Their opponents, the redoubtable northerners Bishop Auckland, had long been installed as favourites and were playing in their eighteenth semi-final, having won the Cup on seven previous occasions. It was the Dons third semi-final, having been defeated by Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic at Fratton Park in 1929/30 and beaten Enfield in 1934/35 before losing to Bishop Auckland at Stamford Bridge in a replayed final. The other semi-final of the day saw the holders, Bromley, take on Wimbledon’s fellow Isthmian League side Leytonstone. An all Isthmian League final was thought to be the least likely outcome. Over 3,000 fans made the long journey south from Durham to Dulwich Hamlet’s Champion Hill ground, but they were unsurprisingly dwarfed by the local home support in a total attendance of almost 20,000. A training ground injury to winger Tom Laker had rather dented the Dons fans hopes, his replacement young Dave Walker, who’s only two previous outings for the first team included a game at half-back, where he had often been found playing for the reserves. The Wimbledon News summed up the game as follows; |
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