December 23, 1899
Match: Football League, First Division, Trent Bridge.
Notts County – Blackburn Rovers 5-1 (3-1).
Attendance: 6,000.
Referee: Mr. J.C. Tillotson (Birmingham).
Notts County (2-3-5): Bob Suter, George Lewis, Jack Montgomery, William Ball, Walter Bull, Ted McDonald, Arthur Hadley, Alexander Maconnachie, Joe McMain, William Goss, Jimmy Chalmers.
Blackburn Rovers (2-3-5): Albert Knowles, Tom Brandon, Bob Crompton, Tom Booth, Bob Haworth, Albert “Kelly” Houlker, Tommy Briercliffe, Ben Hulse, Jack Dewhurst, Fred Blackburn, Daniel Hurst.
The goals: 1-0 McMain (2 min.), 2-0 Hadley (10 min.), 2-1 Briercliffe (25 min.), 3-1 Hadley (26 min.), 4-1 McMain (57 min.), 5-1 Hadley.
Alexander Maconnachie, Notts County.
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