December 22, 1956
Match: Football League, Second Division, at Anfield, kick-off: 14:15.
Liverpool – Bury 2-0 (1-0).
Attendance: 18,754.
Referee: Mr. J. Powell; linesmen: Messrs.: J.K. Parr and N.A. Jones.
Liverpool (2-3-5): Tommy Younger, John Molyneux, Ronnie Moran, Roy Saunders, Laurie Hughes, Geoff Twentyman, Billy Liddell, Johnny Wheeler, Alan Arnell, Jimmy Melia, Alan A’Court.
Bury (2-3-5): Roy MacLaren, Eddie Robertson, Bobby Conroy, Don May, Norman Neilson, Harry Gordon, Johnny Robinson, Tommy Neill, Walter Kelly, Stan Pearson, Norman Lockhart.
The goals: 1-0 Liddell (penalty, 15 min.), 2-0 Melia (71 min.).
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