November 27, 1897
Match: Football League, First Division, at City Ground, kick-off: 14:30.
Nottingham Forest – Liverpool 2-3 (0-2).
Attendance: 6,000.
Referee: Mr. J.E. Carpenter.
Nottingham Forest (2-3-5): Dan Allsopp, Archie Ritchie, Adam Scott, Frank Forman, John McPherson, Willie Wragg, Charles Richards, Arthur Capes, Tom McInnes, Len Benbow, Alf Spouncer.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Harry Storer, Archie Goldie, Billy Dunlop, John McCartney, Thomas Cleghorn, John Holmes, Robert Marshall, Andy McCowie, Harry Bradshaw, Frank Becton, Joe Lumsden.
The goals: 0-1 McCowie (5 min., assist: Lumsden), 0-2 Lumsden (20 min., assist: Marshall), 0-3 Lumsden (assist: Goldie), 1-3 Richards, 2-3 Benbow.
Match reports:
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Len Benbow, Nottingham Forest (Sporting Life: April 16, 1898).
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Charles Richard, Nottingham Forest (Sporting Life: April 16, 1898).
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