Anfield | Saturday 8 December 1917
| Liverpool | 5 | - | 1 | Rochdale |
| 1 | Joseph Houghton |
| 2 | Ephraim Longworth |
| 3 | William Jenkinson |
| 4 | John Bamber |
| 5 | Walter Wadsworth |
| 6 | Donald McKinlay |
| 7 | Robert Waine |
| 8 | Arthur Metcalf |
| 9 | Tom Bennett |
| 10 | Harry Lewis |
| 11 | George William Schofield |