September 10, 1898
Match: Football League, First Division, at Roker Park, kick-off: 15:30.
Sunderland – Liverpool 1-0 (0-0).
Attendance: 30,000.
Referee: Mr. J. Fox.
Sunderland (2-3-5): Ned Doig, Phil Bach, Robert McNeill, Matthew Ferguson, Sandy McAllister, Hugh Wilson, James Crawford, Jim Leslie, Hugh Morgan, Jimmy Chalmers, Arthur Saxton.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Harry Storer, Archie Goldie, Billy Dunlop, Rab Howell, Alex Raisbeck, William Goldie, John Cox, John Walker, George Allan, Hugh Morgan, Tom Robertson.
The goal: 1-0 Leslie (84 min.).
Match report:
* Sporting Life: “Sunderland v Liverpool”;
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