October 9, 1897
Match: Football League, First Division, at Anfield, kick-off: 15:30.
Liverpool – Stoke 4-0 (1-0).
Attendance: 14,000.
Referee: Mr. Thomas Helme.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Harry Storer, Archie Goldie, Tom Wilkie, John McCartney, Thomas Cleghorn, John Holmes, Robert Marshall, William Walker, Daniel Cunliffe, Frank Becton, Harry Bradshaw.
Stoke (2-3-5): Freddie Johnson, Tom J. Robertson, Jack Eccles, Joe Murphy, Jimmy Grewer, Arthur Rowley, Harry Pugh, Willie Maxwell, Alf Wood, Jimmy Hill, Joe Schofield.
The goals: 1-0 Cunliffe (25 min.), 2-0 Bradshaw, 3-0 Becton, 4-0 Cunliffe.
Match reports:
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