December 5, 1942
Match: Football League, Northern Section, at Turf Moor.
Burnley – Liverpool 3-1 (2-0) – match played over 2 x 40 minutes due to Liverpool’s late arrival at Preston.
Attendance: 2,006.
Referee: Mr. H. Saxon (Burnley).
Burnley (2-3-5): Harry Holdcroft, Jimmy Horton (Aldershot), Bob Brocklebank, Harold Rudman, Arthur Woodruff, Dick Webster (Sheffield United), Tommy Gardner, Billy McEwan (Queens Park Rangers), Hugh O’Donnell (Blackpool), Ron Hornby, Bright.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Alf Hobson, George Jackson, Roy Guttridge, Harry Kaye, Eric Keen, Jack Pilling, Dick Dorsett, Willie Fagan, Cyril Done, Fred Haycock, Billy Liddell.
The goals: 1-0 McEwan (5 min.), 2-0 Hornby (16 min.), 3-0 McEwan (66 min.), 3-1 Dorsett (85 min.).
Match report from the Burnley Express, Wednesday, December 9 – 1942.
"Play Up, Liverpool" 