September 7, 1901
Match: Football League, First Division, at Victoria Ground, kick-off: 15:30.
Stoke – Liverpool 1-0 (0-0).
Attendance: 10,000.
Referee: Mr. J. Adams; linesmen: Messrs.: A.W. Dunton and G. Rae.
Stoke (2-3-5): Theodore Wilkes, Billy Capewell, Andy Clark, Billy Leech, Tom Holford, Sam Ashworth, Freddie Johnson, Sam Higginson, Martin Watkins, Len Hales, Arthur Lockett.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Bill Perkins, John Glover, Billy Dunlop, Maurice Parry, Alex Raisbeck, William Goldie, Tom Robertson, John Walker, Sam Raybould, Charles Satterthwaite, John Cox.
The goal: 1-0 Higginson (74 min.).
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