– 3 ▁defeat ▁( four ▁of ▁S under land ' s ▁goals ▁came ▁from ▁Dave ▁Hall iday ), ▁but ▁retained ▁his ▁place ▁for ▁the ▁remaining ▁games ▁that ▁season ▁as ▁Pom pe y ▁avoided ▁re leg ation ▁by ▁one ▁point . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 8 – 2 9 ▁season , ▁Mc Il wa ine ▁capt ained ▁the ▁team ▁and ▁led ▁them ▁to ▁their ▁first ▁Cup ▁Final , ▁be ating ▁fellow ▁First ▁Division ▁clubs , ▁West ▁Ham ▁United ▁and ▁A ston ▁Villa ▁en ▁route . ▁In ▁the ▁final ▁itself , ▁despite ▁do gg ed ▁def ending , ▁Port sm outh ▁were ▁defeated ▁by ▁Bol ton ▁W ander ers ▁with ▁two ▁late ▁goals . ▁ ▁The ▁following ▁year , ▁Mc Il wa ine ▁lost ▁his ▁place ▁at ▁centre - half ▁to ▁Bob ▁K ear ney , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁recently ▁rec ru ited ▁from ▁D und ee . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁season , ▁he ▁was ▁transferred ▁to ▁South am pton ▁for ▁a ▁fee ▁of ▁£ 2 6 5 0 ; ▁in ▁his ▁two ▁and ▁a ▁half ▁seasons ▁at ▁F rat ton ▁Park , ▁Mc Il wa ine ▁played ▁ 6 2 ▁games ▁scoring ▁ 5 ▁goals . ▁ ▁South am pton ▁Mc Il wa ine ▁was ▁rec ru ited ▁to ▁South am pton ▁by ▁manager ▁Arthur ▁Ch ad wick ▁as ▁a ▁replacement ▁for ▁the ▁age ing ▁Bert ▁Sh elle y , ▁and ▁made ▁his ▁debut ▁on ▁ 3 0 ▁August ▁ 1 9 3 0 , ▁behind ▁his ▁former ▁Port