| 1¹ | A shot from MAGUIRE was smothered by the 'keeper. | 
| 1¹ | VALERY dribbled away from CANNON and rifled a weak shot into the crowd. | 
| 5¹ | MAGUIRE fired the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left. | 
| 7¹ | A twenty yard shot from DE WIJS caused the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper little difficulty. | 
| 11¹ | A corner bobbled toward VALERY who nodded an effort wide. | 
| 12¹ | A weak strike from WOODBURN bounced agonisingly wide. | 
| 14¹ | WOODBURN blasted a looping shot inches wide from thirty yards out. | 
| 19¹ | A lovely pass from LOWERY was lashed goalbound by MAGENNIS only for the 'keeper to palm clear. | 
| 20¹ | BANNAN stepped inside MAGENNIS but flicked the ball into the arms of the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper. | 
| 22¹ | LOWERY beat WILLIAMS and hit the ball to WOODBURN who fumbled his shot wide. | 
| 27¹ | VALERY ran onto a delightful ball from MAGENNIS but dragged his effort wide. | 
| 30¹ | The 'keeper was able to claw away a poor shot from BANNAN. | 
| 32¹ | HEISE headed just beyond the near post. | 
| 35¹ | A header by BANNAN at the near post was easily collected by PEACOCK-FARRELL. | 
| 1² | DONE shot over. | 
| 2² | An outswinging corner was nodded into the arms of ARCHER by BOWEN. | 
| 2² | A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper. | 
| 5² | BROWN's shot beat ARCHER but rebounded off the Rochdale crossbar. | 
| 12² | A drive from BANNAN seemed a certain goal but the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper managed to fist the ball away. | 
| 13² | WOODBURN floated the ball to BROWN who headed it over. | 
| 19² | VALERY beat a number of Rochdale players and slammed a golden opportunity just beyond the far post. | 
| 22² | BROWN kicked the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area. | 
| 24² | ARCHER stopped a clever shot from NG. | 
| 26² | NG's shot was well held by ARCHER. | 
| 32² | GOAL!! A swerving inswinging corner was nodded in at the far post by BOWEN. (1-0 Crewe Alexandra) |