Burnley v Rochdale 4-1 (Lancashire Cup: December 7, 1914)


December 7, 1914
Match: Lancashire Cup, Final, at Hyde Road (Manchester).
Burnley – Rochdale 4-1 (3-0).
Attendance: 2,000; gate receipts: £48.
Referee: Mr. H. Churnside.
Burnley (2-3-5): Jerry Dawson, Tom Bamford, David Taylor, Levy Thorpe, Walker Hampson, Billy Watson, Bob Kelly, Dick Lindley, William Pickering, Teddy Hodgson, Billy Nesbitt.
Rochdale (2-3-5): Billy Biggar, Jack Barton, Bob Lilley, Jim Tully, Charles Milnes, George Kay, Archie Rawlings, William Kelly, W. Brown, Robert Neave, Albert  Smith.
The goals: 1-0 Pickering (20 min.), 2-0 Kelly (32 min.), 3-0 Pickering (33 min.), 4-0 Hodgson (65 min.), 4-1 Smith (89 min.).
** Burnley’s Tommy Boyle missed the final but since having played all matches leading to the final was presented with a medal.

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