December 29, 1897
The officials for the English Cup ties on the 29th prox. Are now completed, and are as follows, the first named being the referee: –

Sunderland v Sheffield Wednesday, Aaron Scragg (Crewe), F. Hardisty (Middlesbrough) and J.A. McGregor (York);
West Bromwich Albion v New Brighton, Tom Armitt (Leek), H. Spencer (Hucknall) and E. Stanway (Langley Mill);
Southampton St Mary’s v Leicester Fosse, Arthur Kingscott (Derby), B.A. Timbs (Middlesex) and A. Davies (Marlow);
Burnley v Woolwich Arsenal, J. Adams (Birmingham), A.W. Cockerell (Birmingham) and A.G. Burton (Walsall);
Newton Heath v Walsall, F. Bye (Sheffield), A. Green (West Bromwich) and H. Young (Sheffield);
Bury v Stoke, J. Tomlinson (Sheffield), J.J. Cropper (Nottingham), G.B. Capes (Burton);
Long Eaton Rangers v Gainsborough Trinity, T.W.H. Saywell (Chatham), G.H. Basford and W. Johnson (Bulwell);
Luton v Bolton Wanderers, J.T. Tillotson (Birmingham), W. Whittaker (London) and J.A. Lovell (Leicester);
Liverpool v Hucknall St John’s, G.H. Dale (Manchester), F. Townsend (Walsall) and C.E. Sutcliffe (Burnley);
Preston North End v Newcastle United, A.G. Hines (Nottingham), W. Proctor (Nottingham) and A.W. Wallace (Derby);
Manchester City v Wigan, J. Lewis (Blackburn), H.H. Brodie (Wolverhampton) and H. Boldison (Stockton);
Notts County v Wolverhampton Wanderers, T. Helme (Farnworth), J.E. Carpenter (Leicester) and W.H. Bellamy (Grimsby);
Nottingham Forest v Grimsby Town, J. Fox (Sheffield), J. Lowles (Derby) and A.C. Brentnall (Riddings);
Sheffield United v Burslem Port Vale, A. Cooper (Durham), F. Style (Wellingborough) and J. Conqueror (Sunderland);
Everton v Blackburn Rovers, J.B. Brodie (Stafford), W. Gilchrist (Manchester) and L.M. Sinclair (Manchester);
Derby County v Aston Villa, A.J. Barker (Hanley), H. Shelton (Nottingham) and W. Heath (Hanley).
(Lancashire Evening Post: December 20, 1897)

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