February 2, 1918
Match: Lancashire Section, at Anfield, kick-off: 15:30.
Liverpool – Southport Central 6-1 (3-1).
Attendance: 15,000.
Referee: Mr. A. Pellowe.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Walter Smith, Ephraim Longworth, Billy Jenkinson, John Bamber, Walter Wadsworth, Donald Mackinlay, Robert Waine, Arthur Metcalf, Tommy Bennett, Harry Lewis, George Schofield.
Southport Central (2-3-5): Thomas Capper, Tom Dorward, Smith, Lol Abram, Jimmy Fay, Rigby, Burke, Billy Caulfield, Hilton, Crossley, A. Smith.
The goals: 1-0 Lewis (4 min.), 2-0 Bennett (13 min.), 3-0 Lewis (14 min.), 3-1 Caulfield, 4-1 Metcalf (47 min.), 5-1 Mackinlay (57 min.), 6-1 Bennett (70 min.).
Match reports:
* Liverpool Echo: “Liverpool tilt with Southport”;
* Liverpool Echo: “A big win for Liverpool”;
* Lancashire Evening Post: “Southport Central v Liverpool”;
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