Recreation Ground | Saturday 1 September 1917
| Port Vale | 2 | - | 3 | Liverpool |
| 1 | Joseph Houghton |
| 2 | Ephraim Longworth |
| 3 | Tommy Lucas |
| 4 | John Bamber |
| 5 | Walter Wadsworth |
| 6 | Clement Rigg |
| 7 | Robert Waine |
| 8 | Arthur Metcalf |
| 9 | Tom Bennett |
| 10 | Harry Lewis |
| 11 | Tommy Cunliffe |