February 25, 1893
Match: Football League, Second Division, at Hawthorne Road.
Bootle – Burton Swifts 3-2 (2-1).
Attendance: 3,000.
Bootle (2-3-5): Alex McLachlan, Smart Arridge, Jack Hutchinson, Jimmy “Punch” McEwen, Billy Hughes, Hope Robertson, John Clarkin, Willie Gallacher, Jim Brandon, Charles McLafferty, A. Montgomery.
Burton Swifts (2-3-5): Ted Hadley, Billy Furniss, Jack Berry, Clarrie Upton, Will West, Ollie Hackett, Willie Mason, Sam Emery, Arthur Worrall, Joe Dewey, Walter Perry.
The goals: 1-0 Brandon (1 min.), 1-1 Emery, 2-1 Gallacher, 3-1 Gallacher, 3-2 Dewey.
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