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1st Division

Stoney Lane | Saturday 13 November 1897 at 14:45 UK local time

West Bromwich Albion 2 - 1 Liverpool

Half time 1–1

Starting Lineup

Harry Storer
Archie Goldie
Tom Wilkie
John McCartney (c)
John Holmes
Tom Cleghorn
Bobby Marshall
Fred Geary
Patrick Finnerhan
Frank Becton
Harry Bradshaw

Opposition Lineup

Joe Reader
George Cave
Billy Williams
Tom Perry
Abraham Jones
John Banks
Alf Dean
Albert Flewitt
George Reid
Alex McKenzie
Ben Garfield

Other details

Manager: Tom Watson
Opposition manager: Frank Heaven
Referee: Unknown
Attendance: 1,500
Half-time score: 1 - 1
Game number: 173
League game number: 129
Liverpool league position: 12th
West Bromwich Albion league position: 4th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
West Bromwich Albion
25'
Billy Williams
Frank Becton
35'
HT 1–1
Minute unknown
Abraham Jones
Full time 1–2

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