Saturday, December 23 – 1939
Match: Regional League, Western Division, at Anfield, kick-off: 14:15.
Liverpool – New Brighton 6-2 (3-2).
Attendance: 2,000.
Referee: Mr. W.H.E. Evans (Liverpool).
Liverpool (2-3-5): Dirk Kemp, Tommy Cooper, Bernard Ramsden, Matt Busby (C), Walter Halsall, Fred Rogers, Berry Nieuwenhuys, Harry Eastham, Cyril Done, Len Carney, Herman Van Den Berg.
New Brighton (2-3-5): Willie Hawthorn, Bill Ratcliffe, Arthur Buxton, Billy Wright, Steve Hughes (C), Tommy Davis, Horace Small, Albert Malam, Arthur Frost, Pongo Waring, Alf Hanson.
The goals: 1-0 Carney (6 min.), 2-0 Eastham (9 min.), 3-0 Done (18 min.), 3-1 Hanson (25 min.), 3-2 Hanson (37 min.), 4-2 Done, 5-2 Done, 6-2 Done.
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