March 3, 1945
Match: Football League, Northern Section, Regional 2 and Lancashire Cup, First Round, Second leg, at Haig Avenue.
Southport – Liverpool 0-5 (0-4).
Attendance: 5,000.
Referee: Mr. J. McCann (Preston).
Southport (2-3-5): Wilf Birkett, George Curwen, Jones, Thorpe, Ronnie Hodgson, Hilliard, E. Conway (Barrow), Harry Hawkins, Urmston, Archie Coats (Dundee United), Stan Butler.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Alf Hobson, Jack Westby (Blackburn Rovers), Jeff Gulliver (Reading), Harry Kaye, Laurie Hughes, Jack Blood (Notts County), Jack Campbell, Berry Nieuwenhuys, Billy Liddell, Phil Taylor, Jack Pilling (South Liverpool).
The goals: 1-0 Taylor (10 min.), 2-0 Liddell (35 min.), 3-0 Pilling (37 min.), 4-0 Taylor (44 min.), 5-0 Liddell.
Match report from the Liverpool Daily Post, Monday, March 5 – 1945.
