Portsmouth 1 Middlesbrough 0
Outcome: Lost
Date: 9/8/1948
Manager: David Jack
Attendance: 33275
Competition: Division One
Played at: Fratton Park
Goals:
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Rolando Ugolini | |||
| Billy Whitaker | |||
| Dick Robinson | |||
| Tommy Blenkinsopp | |||
| Gordon Hepple | |||
| Geoff Walker | |||
| Jimmy Gordon | |||
| Harold Dobbie | |||
| Johnny Spuhler | |||
| Michael Fenton | |||
| Ronnie Dicks |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |