This Day (2nd Sept 1933): Benny Yorston's Sunderland Hattrick Lifts Roker

On 2 September 1933, Sunderland’s third match of the 1933/34 season brought Stoke City to Roker Park. After two earlier defeats, Sunderland found a winning formula with Benny Yorston scoring a hat-trick, helping secure victory. Yorston, dropped for the Portsmouth game despite scoring against Huddersfield Town in the opener, returned to the lineup inside-right with Bobby Gurney and Patsy Gallacher. With Stoke missing Bobby Liddle due to injury, 18-year-old Stanley Matthews played on the right. Sunderland pressed early, with Yorston and winger Bert Davis combining for the first goal just five minutes in. Yorston added two more, including a swerve-and-kink finish after a Davis through-ball near the end of the first half.