October 30, 1897
Match: Lancashire Combination, at Anfield.
Liverpool Reserves – Padiham 7-0 (2-0).
Liverpool (2-3-5): Willie Donnelly, Bennett, Patrick Gray, Harry Mainman, Archie Goldie, Harry Nicholl, McCartney, Patrick Finnerhan, Fred Geary, William Otty, Joe Lumsden.
Padiham (2-3-5): Ramsbottom, Tattersall, General Stevenson, Thompson, Holden, Waters, Jackson, Dewhurst, Howarth, Heaton, Sutcliffe.
The goals: 1-0 Lumsden, 2-0 Geary, 3-0 McCartney, 4-0 Geary, 5-0 Finnerhan, 6-0 Geary, 7-0 Finnerhan.
Match reports:
* Burnley Gazette: “Padiham heavily defeated”;
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