Spotland Stadium | Saturday 9 December 1916
| Rochdale | 3 | - | 2 | Liverpool |
| 1 | John William Swann |
| 2 | Ephraim Longworth |
| 3 | Tommy Lucas |
| 4 | John Bamber |
| 5 | Walter Wadsworth |
| 6 | Donald McKinlay |
| 7 | Arthur Goddard |
| 8 | Arthur Metcalf |
| 9 | Tom Bennett |
| 10 | Harry Lewis |
| 11 | Tommy Cunliffe |