| RESULT | 1-1 a moral victory for the Yellows |
| TEAM |
Folland, Davis, Robinson, Lewis, Powell Tait, Fear, Beauchamp Murphy Lilley |
| SUBS | Cook (for Lilley, 63)
McGowan (for Folland, 76) Lambert, Lundin, Weatherstone (not used) |
| GOALS | 1-0 MURPHY () - Headed a Beauchamp
free kick against the post and it bounced in.
1-1 Cadamarteri () - Beat Lewis to the ball, and his shot deflected off Folland past Arendse. |
| PERFORMANCE | Excellent passing game by makeshift Oxford against a rather abject Everton side. |
| MAN OF MATCH | Steve DAVIS - Supposedly only half-fit, but defended superbly, keeping Hutchison quiet. |
| BOOKINGS | Mickey LEWIS (17) - Foul. Took out Cadarmateri after being well-beaten
for pace.
Paul TAIT (27) - Foul. |
| ATTENDANCE | 7,345 - Ticket sales not what they might have been. Previous performances to blame? |
| REFEREE | Mick Fletcher (Warley) - The best I've seen in ages. Used the new advantage rule well, and made few mistakes. |
| REPORTS | Oxford sites
From The Terrace ("Mad Dog's last stand")Everton sites EvertoniaFootball sites CarlingNet ("Oh Danny joy as Everton avoid cup blues")Newspapers Daily Post/Liverpool Echo |
U's battle for draw
A depleted Oxford valiantly fought to a 1-1 draw against Premiership
Everton in the Worthington
Cup after taking the lead early on.
Matt Murphy headed home via a post from Joey Beauchamp's free
kick from the right on 21
minutes to give Oxford the lead against Walter Smith's Everton.
Phelan went off for the visitors a minute later with a bad injury
following a 50-50 challenge but
this spurred the Blues on to a 29th minute equaliser when Danny
Cadamarteri swivelled well to
knock a left foot shot past 'keeper Arendse.
If Lilley had done better with an early effort in the first
half then the U's could have faced going to
Goodison with a 2-1 lead next week.
Malcom Shotton will be very pleased that his depleted side,
which saw youth team coach Mickey
Lewis in defence, held a quality Everton side to a draw and
kept Jeffers and Campbell at bay in
the final ten minutes.
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