October 16, 1915
Match: Match: Lancashire Section, principal tournament, at Anfield, kick off: 15:30.
Liverpool – Rochdale 2-2 (2-0).
Attendance: 12,000.
Referee: Mr. J.T. Holdcroft; linesmen: Messrs.: H. Churnside and H. Maiden.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Kenneth Campbell, Sam Speakman, James Middlehurst; Thomas Fairfoull, William Molyneux, Walter Wadsworth; Arthur Goddard, William Banks, Fred Pagnam, James Henderson, Donald Mackinlay.
Rochdale (2-3-5): Billy Biggar, Jack Barton, Alfred Caldwell, James Kay, Swift, Jack Yarwood, Arthur Walker, James Brannick, Kenyon, Ernest Hawksworth, Albert Smith.
The goals: 1-0 Pagnam (15 min.), 2-0 Pagnam (32 min.), 2-1 Smith (54 min.), 2-2 Kay (80 min.).
Match report from Rochdale Observer, Wednesday, October 20 – 1916:
"Play Up, Liverpool" 