Everton v Burnley 2-4 (Friendly: August 15, 1885)

August 15, 1885
Match: Friendly, at Anfield, kick-off: 16:45.
Everton – Burnley 2-4 (2-0).
Attendance: 1,000.
Referee: Mr. Lamont.
Everton (2-3-5): Charles Joliffe, Tom Marriott, George Dobson, Pickering, Finlay, Sutton, Richards, Brown, Mike Higgins, George Farmer, Jack McGill.
Burnley (2-3-5): McClintock, Smith, Hargreaves, Raynor, Beattie, Keenan, Hutton, McCrae, Kennedy, Woods, Boyce.
Goals: Farmer and Higgins (Everton); Hutton 2, Beattie and Woods (Burnley).

George Dobson, Liverpool Echo: January 18, 1890.