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1st Division

Molineux | Saturday 11 December 1897 at 14:15 UK local time

Wolves 2 - 1 Liverpool

Half time 0–1

Starting Lineup

1
Harry Storer
2
Archie Goldie
3
Billy Dunlop
4
John McCartney (c)
5
Joe McQue
6
Tom Cleghorn
7
Bobby Marshall
8
Andrew McCowie
9
Joe Lumsden
10
Daniel Cunliffe
11
Harry Bradshaw

Opposition Lineup

Tom Baddeley
George Eccles
Joe Blackett
Billy Malpass
Billy Owen
George Fleming
John Chadburn
George Harper
William Beats
Billy Smith
Jack Miller

Notes

  • - The Wolverhampton goals were scored within two minutes of each other but the exact times are not known.

Other details

Manager: Tom Watson
Opposition manager: Jack Addenbrooke
Referee: Jones WG
Attendance: 8,000
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 176
League game number: 132
Liverpool league position: 10th
Wolves league position: 3rd
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Liverpool
Wolves
Harry Bradshaw
40'
HT 1–0
Minute unknown
George Harper
William Beats
Full time 1–2

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