Liverpool v Sunderland 2-5 (League match: April 12, 1913)


April 12, 1913
Match: Football League, First Division, at Anfield, kick-off: 15:30.
Liverpool – Sunderland 2-5 (0-4).
Attendance: 28,000.
Referee: Mr. A. Shallcross (Leek); linesmen: Messrs. F. Hargreaves and W. Dickinson.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Kenneth Campbell, Ephraim Longworth, Robert Pursell, Jack Tosswill, Ernest Peake, Bob Ferguson, Arthur Goddard, Arthur Metcalf, Jack Parkinson, Tom Gracie, William Lacey.
Sunderland (2-3-5): Joe Butler, Bert Hobson, Harry Ness, Billy Cringan, Charlie Thomson, Harry Low, Jackie Mordue, Charlie Buchan, James Richardson, Walter Tinsley, Harry Martin.
The goals: 0-1 Buchan (10 min.), 0-2 Richardson (25 min.), 0-3 Buchan (31 min.), 0-4 Richardson (40 min.), 0-5 Buchan (80 min.), 1-5 Metcalf (88 min., assist: Lacey), 2-5 Metcalf (89 min., assist: Gracie).

Match reports:
* Athletic News: “Sunderland’s 81st League goal”;

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Ernest Peake, Liverpool (Joint Everton and Liverpool Match Programme: January 18, 1913):

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Charlie Thomson, Sunderland F.C. (Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News: April 26, 1913):

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