February 12, 1916
Match: Lancashire Section, principal tournament, at Haig Avenue.
Southport Central – Liverpool 2-5 (2-3).
Attendance: 5,000.
Referee: Mr. J. Pickering; linesmen: Messrs. A.E. Fogg and F.H. Heald.
Southport Central (2-3-5): Frank Drabble, Tom Dorward, Walter Holbem, Eddie Holdsworth, Jimmy Fay, Lol Abram, George Merritt, Billy Caulfield, Teddy Lightfoot, Harry Stringfellow, Billy Semple.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Kenneth Campbell, Ephraim Longworth, Sam Speakman, John Bamber, Arthur Goddard, Donald Mackinlay, Ernest Pinkney, Wilfred Watson, Fred Pagnam, Arthur Metcalf, Tommy Cunliffe.
The goals: 1-0 Fay, 2-0 Stringfellow, 2-1 Watson, 2-2 Metcalf, 2-3 Watson, 2-4 Pagnam, 2-5 Pagnam (pen.).
Match reports:
* Liverpool Echo: “Liverpool’s surprising scoop at Southport”;
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