September 9, 1899
Match: Football League, First Division, at Anfield, kick off: 16:00.
Liverpool – Sunderland 0-2 (0-1).
Attendance: 20,000.
Referee: Mr. Tom Armitt (Leek), linesmen: Messrs. E. Dodd and J. Dobson.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Bill Perkins, General Stevenson, Billy Dunlop, Rab Howell, Alex Raisbeck, William Goldie, John Cox, John “Sailor” Hunter, Peter Kyle, Hugh Morgan, Tom Robertson.
Sunderland (2-3-5): Ned Doig, Andy McCombie, Robert McNeill, Matthew Ferguson, Sandy McAllister, William Raisbeck, James Crawford, Jim Leslie, Billy Farquhar, William Fulton, Colin McLatchie.
The goals: 0-1 McLatchie (20 min.), 0-2 Farquhar (22 min.).
Match report:
** Liverpool Mercury: “Sunderland win at Anfield.”;
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