March 28, 1896
Match: Football League, Second Division, at Recreation Ground, kick-off: 15:30.
Crewe Alexandra – Liverpool 0-7 (0-4).
Attendance: 3,000.
Crewe Alexandra (2-3-5): Fred Latham, William Tuxford, Jim Brookes, George Batho, Harry Simpson, R. Dixon, Solomon Riley, Jack Woolfe, James Peake, Ted Williams, John Jones.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Harry Storer, Archie Goldie, Tom Wilkie, John McCartney, Joe McQue, Thomas Cleghorn, Malcolm McVean, Fred Geary, George Allan, Frank Becton, Harry Bradshaw.
The goals: 0-1 Allan (15 min.), 0-2 McQue, 0-3 Allan, 0-4 McVean, 0-5 Allan (50 min.), 0-6 McVean (assist: Cleghorn), 0-7 Becton.
Match reports:
* Liverpool Mercury: “Liverpool v Crewe Alexandra”;
* Liverpool Mercury: “Weekly review”;
* Crewe Guardian: “Crewe Alexandra v Liverpool”;
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