November 17, 1920
Match: Central League, at Anfield.
Liverpool Reserves – Nelson 3-4 (2-0).
Attendance: 6,000.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Harry McNaughton, Jim Penman, Billy Jenkinson, Frank Checkland, John McNab, William Cunningham, Robert Waine, Peter McKinney, Billy Matthews, Harry Lewis, Fred Kennedy.
Nelson (2-3-5): Pickup, Robert Lilley, Thompson, Hulme, Edgar Jacques, Gradwell, Richard Baird, Blackburn, Wilf Chadwick, Harry Hargreaves, Gee.
The goals: 1-0 Lewis (5 min.), 2-0 Matthews (37 min.), 2-1 Chadwick, 2-2 Blackburn, 3-2 Lewis, 3-3 Chadwick, 3-4 Hulme (pen.).
** Some sources claim Chadwick also scored Nelson’s fourth goal from the penalty spot.
** Kennedy was said to be the new Liverpool player from Rossendale United.