September 4, 1897
Match: Liverpool & District Combination, at Anfield.
Liverpool “A” – Vulcan Foundry 2-0 (0-0).
Liverpool ‘A’ (2-3-5): Griffin; Ogilvy, Woods; Marshall, Ellison, Wilson; Gregson, Galbraith, McCulloch, Lloyd, Copeland.
Vulcan Foundry (2-3-5):
The goals: 1-0 ?, 2-0 ?.
** Note that the line up is from Mercury’s morning paper, so a so-called “preview line-up.”
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