December 27, 1941
Match: Football League, War Cup, Qualifying, at Anfield.
Liverpool – Bury 4-0 (2-0).
Attendance: 6,693.
Referee: W. Prescott (Southport).
Liverpool (2-3-5): Alf Hobson, Roy Guttridge (Aston Villa), Ray Lambert, Harry Kaye, Bill Whittaker (Blackpool), Eddie Spicer, Billy Liddell, George Ainsley (Leeds United), Berry Nieuwenhuys, George Paterson, Jimmy McIntosh (Preston North End).
Bury (2-3-5): D.A.P. Russell, George Griffiths, Jimmy Gemmell, David Jones, Bill Griffiths, Eddie Quigley, Fred Roberts, Archie Livingstone, George Davies, Peter Dougal, Reg Halton.
The goals: 1-0 Nieuwenhuys (20 min., assist: Paterson), 2-0 Ainsley (32 min.), 3-0 Liddell (48 min., assist: Nieuwenhuys), 4-0 Ainsley.
Match reports:
** Liverpool Daily Post: “Bury out of luck.”;
** Liverpool Echo: “A flying start for Liverpool.”;
** Evening Express: “Shaker’s brave fight.”;
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