October 24, 1892
Match: League trial, at Bramall Lane.
Lancashire and North – Midlands 2-3 (1-2).
Attendance: 5,000.
Lancashire and North (2-3-5): John Sutcliffe (Bolton Wanderers), Bob Holmes (Preston North End), James Orr (Darwen), Hugh Wilson (Sunderland), Harry Gardiner (Bolton Wanderers), Michael McAvoy (Darwen), Jimmy Hannah (Sunderland), Jimmy Ross (Preston North End), John Middleton Campbell (Sunderland), Edgar Chadwick (Everton), Jimmy Hill (Burnley).
Midlands (2-3-5): Chris Charsley (Small Heath), Tom Brandon (The Wednesday), Jack Hendry (Notts County), Jeremiah “Jerry” Reynolds (West Bromwich Albion), Willie Hendry (Sheffield United), Peter Dowds (Aston Villa), Billy Bassett (West Bromwich Albion), Bob Brown (The Wednesday), John Goodall (Derby County), Harry Wood (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Dennis Hodgetts (Aston Villa).
Goals: 1-0 Hannah (5 min.), 1-1 Goodall (6 min.), 1-2 Dowds (12 min.), 2-2 Campbell, 2-3 Brown (73 min.).
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