September 18, 1915
Match: Lancashire Section, principal tournament, at Victoria Ground, kick-of: 14:30.
Stoke – Liverpool 2-2 (2-2).
Attendance: 7,000; gate receipt: £191..
Referee: Mr. L.N. Fletcher; linesmen: Messrs. D.C. Mahoney and R. McLachlan.
Stoke (2-3-5): Richard Herron, George Smart, George Turner, Joe Jones, Albert Groves, Jack Shelton, Harry Hargreaves, Bob Whittingham, Arthur Watkin, William E. Herbert, William Tempest.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Kenneth Campbell, Ephraim Longworth, Sam Speaman, Thomas Fairfoull, William Molyneux, Donald Mackinlay, Alex McGhie, Arthur Goddard, Fred Pagnam, James Henderson, James Dawson.
The goals: 1-0 Whittingham (12 min.), 1-1 Longworth (19), 1-2 Pagnam (30 min.), 2-2 Whittingham (35 min).
Sent off: Dawson (Liverpool) and Jones (Stoke).
Match reports:
* Liverpool Echo: “Dr James Ferguson visits Nicholl and Miller”;
* Liverpool Echo: “The rough battle at Stoke”;
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