March 9, 1946
Match: Football League Northern, at Bramall Lane, kick-off: 15:00.
Sheffield United – Liverpool 3-1 (1-0).
Attendance: 33,644.
Sheffield United (2-3-5): Jack Smith, Fred Furniss, Eddie Shimwell, Stan Machent, Harry Latham, Alex Forbes, Walter Rickett, Albert Nightingale, Colin Collindridge, Jimmy Hagen, Bobby Reid.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Cyril Sidlow, Jim Harley, Bernard Ramsden, Harry Kaye, Laurie Hughes, Jimmy McInnes, Berry Nieuwenhuys, Phil Taylor, Willie Fagan, Jack Balmer, Billy Liddell.
The goals: 1-0 Reid, 2-0 Hagen, 2-1 Balmer (64 min.), 3-1 Collindridge.
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