February 18, 1899
Match: Football League, First Division, at Olive Grove.
The Wednesday – Sunderland 0-1.
Attendance: 12,000.
The Wednesday (2-3-5): Jimmy Massey, Jack Earp, Ambrose Langley, Bob Ferrier, Tommy Crawshaw, Jimmy Jamieson, Fred Spiksley, Harry Potts, Bill Hemmingfield, Jock Wright, Herod Ruddlesdin.
Sunderland (2-3-5): Ned Doig, Andy McCombie, Robert McNeil, Hugh Wilson, Sandy McAllister, William Raisbeck, James Crawford, Billy Farquhar, William Fulton, Jim Leslie, Colin McLatchie.
The goal: 0-1 Raisbeck.
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Jack Earp, The Wednesday (Lloyd’s Weekly News: April 7, 1895):
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Fred Spiksley, The Wednesday F.C. (Lancashire Evening Post: October 1, 1898).
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