January 15, 1916
Match: Lancashire Section, principal tournament, at Spotland, kick-off: 14:45.
Rochdale – Liverpool 3-1 (0-1).
Attendance: 3,000.
Referee: Mr. R. McLachlan; linesmen: Messrs. J. Westwell and T.W. Wilson.
Rochdale (2-3-5): Arthur Causer, Daniel Crossan, Alfred Caldwell, Sam Challender, James Kay, Jim Tully, Archie Rawlings, James Brannick, Fred Heap, Ernest Hawksworth, Smith.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Elisha Scott, Ephraim Longworth, James Middlehurst, Norman Bradley, Arthur Goddard, Walter Wadsworth, Ernest Pinkney, Wilfred Watson, Fred Pagnam, William Banks, Donald Mackinlay.
The goals: 0-1 Mackinlay, 1-1 Hawksworth (53 min.), 2-1 Hawksworth (82 min.), 3-1 Heap (84 min.).
Match reports from Rochdale Observer, Wednesday, January 19 – 1916:
"Play Up, Liverpool" 