Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Norton United (12th, 61 pts) held a 22-point advantage over Carlton Town (18th, 39 pts). Per game in the league, Norton United were scoring 1.88 and conceding 1.79, Carlton Town 1.24 and 1.88, against a competition average of 1.65 goals per team per game.
Norton United arrived off three straight defeats. Defeat had followed defeat for Carlton Town — three in succession.
The venue was Norton Cricket Club & Miners Welfare Institute in Stoke-on-Trent, with room for 2,000 spectators.


