Cardiff V Barnsley (1957)

Cardiff, Wales. Start of the FA (Football Association) Cup 4th round football match between Cardiff City and Barnsley. LV. Kick off. Barnsley kick off and Edgar pushes the ball out to the left wing. Robert McCann receives and starts a move going. LV. McCann tries a long shot at a goal from the left wing. Ball lands on top of the Cardiff crossbar and goes behind. CU. Man holds his head in crowd. SV. Barnsley attacking again. Kaye centres the ball in front of the Cardiff goal where McCann receives and shoots at the goal again. Malloy heads it clear but not very far. Edgar shoots at goal and the ball goes over the sprawling goalkeeper Graham Vearncombe. Vearncombe manages to gather it safely in his arms quite near the goal line. He gets up and starts to run with the ball to clear up-field. LV. Hough waiting in his goal. LV. Hitchens is racing through after shaking off Sharpe, he runs and shoots at goal. Hough tips a beautiful shot over the bar. GV. Crowd in stand. Half time score 0-0. LV. Hitchens with the b
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