March 2, 1897
Match: Football League, First Division, at Newcastle Road.
Sunderland – Burnley 1-1 (0-1).
Attendance: 3,000.
Sunderland (2-3-5): Ned Doig, Robert McNeill, Donald Gow, Matt Ferguson, William Dunlop, Hugh Wilson, James Gillespie, John Middleton Campbell, Jack McIntosh, Hugh Morgan, Jimmy Hannah.
Burnley (2-3-5): David Haddow, Jeremiah “Jerry” Reynolds, Tom McLintock, Walter Place senior, William Longair, Joe Taylor, Tommy Morrison, Billy Bowes, Hugh Robertson, Walter Place junior, David Black.
The goals: 0-1 Bowes, 1-1 Campbell.
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John Middleton Campbell, Sunderland F.C. (Exeter and Plymouth Gazette: January 16, 1894):
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Jerry Reynolds, Burnley F.C. (Glasgow Evening Post: October 17, 1891):
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Tom McLintock, Burnley (Lancashire Evening Post: November 16, 1901).
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