Anfield | Tuesday 26 December 1916
| Liverpool | 0 | - | 1 | Southport Central |
| 1 | Ken Campbell |
| 2 | Ephraim Longworth |
| 3 | Donald McKinlay |
| 4 | John Bamber |
| 5 | Walter Wadsworth |
| 6 | Horace Fairhurst |
| 7 | Arthur Metcalf |
| 8 | Norman Bradley |
| 9 | Tom Bennett |
| 10 | Tommy Cunliffe |
| 11 | William Murphy |