February 3, 1945
Match: Football League, War Cup, Qualifying, at Goodison Park, kick-off: 15:00.
Everton – Liverpool 4-1 (2-0).
Attendance: 26,780.
Referee: Mr. G. Twist (Westhoughton); linesmen: Messrs. S. Chatfield and W.F. Daniels.
Everton (2-3-5): George Burnett, George Jackson, Norman Greenhalgh, Jack Grant, Tommy Jones, Gordon Watson, Syd Rawlings, Stan Bentham Cec Wyles, Alex Stevenson, Jimmy McIntosh.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Alf Hobson, Jack Westby, Jeff Gulliver, Harry Kaye, Laurie Hughes, Jack Pilling, Jack Campbell, Phil Taylor (C), Jack Blood, Bill Kinghorn, Michael Hulligan.
The goals: 1-0 Wyles (40 min., assist: McIntosh), 2-0 Rawlings (43 min., assist: Stevenson), 3-0 McIntosh (75 min., assist: Bentham), 4-0 Own goal (Hobson, 78 min.), 4-1 Taylor (88 min.).
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