Denaby Utd – Denaby 1 Scarborough 7 – Prelude to Cup Tie Form.

December 1964

South Yorkshire Times, December 5, 1964.

Prelude to Cup Tie Form
Denaby United 1 Scarborough 7

The scoreline speaks for itself.Denaby United were outplayed at Tickhill square on Saturday by a Scarborough side was well please with this performance in readiness for this Saturday’s FA Cup clash at Doncaster Rovers.

Scarborough riding high on the way with their FA Cup run, were marked or less fielding the same side that will meet Rovers at Bellevue. Therefore display was impressive – centre forward Robson, their hat-trick hero.

In contrast to the lively Scarborough forwards. Denaby were shot shy except Trevor Whittaker. When they were initial to position the Denaby forwards insisted on taking the ball that few yachts further and getting themselves in a tangle.

They match the Scarborough in spirit and fight, but nothing seemed to go their way, and the goals just piled up.

Scarborough reached six in the 67th minute and 3 minutes later, David Whittaker was taken off with a nose injury.

The Denaby crowd broke into the spontaneous cheer when Trevor Whittaker scored for Denaby were one of the best goals of the match. He beat to Scarborough defenders before lashing the ball into the net after 80 min.

But Scarborough and the last word when Robson beat Bolwell to the ball to score into an empty net.

Team: Bolwell 6; Taylor5, Foster 6; Wroe 6, Hinton 5, Harvey 5; Cox 5, Gant 5, Wright 6, Whittaker (T) 7, Whittaker (D) 6