Fulham 5-0 West Ham United (1936-37 Second Division)

Sat 7 Nov 1936 14:45	Fulham	(1) 5-0 (0)	West Ham United	Craven Cottage, Fulham, London Attendance: 22,281 Referee: George Searle
	Rooke  16'  74'  79' Arnold  68' Hammond  83'

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FULHAM (2-3-5) GK 1 Alf Tootill RB 2 Joe Birch LB 3 Mike Keeping (c) RH 4 Bruce Clarke CH 5 Syd Gibbons LH 6 Jimmy Tompkins OR 7 Jack Finch IR 8 Trevor Smith CF 9 Ronnie Rooke IL 10 Jim Hammond OL 11 Johnny Arnold Manager: Jack Peart

WEST HAM UNITED (2-3-5) GK 1 Jack Weare RB 2 Alf Chalkley 10' LB 3 Charlie Walker RH 4 David Corbett CH 5 Len Young LH 6 Joe Cockroft (c) OR 7 John Foreman IR 8 Jackie Morton ST 9 Tudor Martin IL 10 Len Goulden OL 11 William Guest Manager: Charlie Paynter

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Linesmen: Previous Meeting: West Ham United 0-0 Fulham (1935-36 Second Division) (4 Apr 1936) Following Meeting: West Ham United 3-3 Fulham (1936-37 Second Division) (13 Mar 1937) Trivia Ronnie Rooke makes his Fulham debut and becomes the first (and only) player to score a hat-trick on debut for the club West Ham lost Alf Chalkley just ten minutes into the match with a fractured rib This result remains Fulham's largest win over West Ham; a feat they would repeat in another 5-0 win on 10 Dec 2023

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West Ham lost their right back Alf Chalkley just ten minutes into the match after he collided with their goalkeeper, Jack Weare. It was later found out that he had fractured rib

Debutant Ronnie Rooke scores one of his three goals. Johnny Arnold (inset) also grabbed Fulham's second goal after the interval

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