March 13, 1926
Match: Football League, First Division, at Roker Park, kick-off: 15:00.
Sunderland – Liverpool 3-2 (2-2).
Attendance: 19,944.
Referee: Mr. A. Scholey; linesmen: Messrs. J. Ayres and W. Lowes.
Sunderland (2-3-5): Albert McInroy, Warney Cresswell, Ernie England, Billy Clunas, Charlie Parker, Arthur Andrews, Jack Prior, Bob Kelly, Dave Halliday, Bobby Marshall, Billy Death.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Elisha Scott, Tommy Lucas, Donald Mackinlay, John McNab, William Cockburn, Tom Bromilow, Cyril Oxley, Gordon Hodgson, Fred Baron, Harry Chambers, Fred Hopkin.
The goals: 0-1 Own goal (England, 4 min.), 1-1 Own goal (McNab, 6 min.), 2-1 Halliday (39 min.), 2-2 Baron (43 min., assist: Hopkin), 3-2 Prior.
Match report:
** Athletic News: “Fatal blunders at Roker Park.”
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