September 17, 1898
Match: Football League, First Division, at Deepdale.
Preston North End – Everton 0-0 (0-0).
Attendance: 8,000.
Preston North End (2-3-5): Peter McBride, Hugh Dunn, Sandy Tait, William Eccleston, David Russell, Bob Blyth, Paddy Murphy, Tom Pratt, Daniel Whittle, Robert Hargreaves, Laurence Halsall.
Everton (2-3-5): Willie Muir, William Balmer, George Molyneux, Dickie Boyle, Billy Owen, Jack Taylor, Harry Clarke, Jack Kirwan, John Proudfoot, Edgar Chadwick, Ellis Gee.
Sandy Tait, Preston North End F.C.
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