January 3, 1914
Reserves, Central League, at Anfield.
Liverpool Reserves – Rochdale 2-3 (0-2).
Attendance: 4,000.
Referee: Mr. J. Twist.
Liverpool Reserves (2-3-5): Peter Malone, Sam Speakman, Robert Crawford, Ralph James Scott, Walter Wadsworth, Arthur Goddard, Jimmy Stewart, Robert Macdougall, William Banks, John Bovill,
Rochdale (2-3-5): Billy Biggar, J. Barton, Henderson, Tully, Milne, George Kay, Spink, Ernest Hawksworth, Allan, Grierson, Albert Smith.
The goals: 0-1 Grierson (37 min.), 0-2 Smith (43 min.), 0-3 Allan, 1-3 Banks, 2-3 Goddard (74 min.).

Rochdale Observerer: January 7, 1914:

“WAKE UP LIVERPOOL” – At Anfield Road, on Saturday, Liverpool woke up when they were three goals behind.

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