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1st Division

Deepdale | Saturday 2 October 1897 at 15:30 UK local time

Preston North End 1 - 1 Liverpool

Half time 1–1

Starting Lineup

Harry Storer
Archie Goldie
Tom Wilkie
John McCartney (c)
John Holmes
Tom Cleghorn
Bobby Marshall
William Walker
Daniel Cunliffe
Frank Becton
Harry Bradshaw

Opposition Lineup

Jimmy Trainer
Bob Holmes
Hugh Dunn
Tom Pratt
Moses Sanders
Henry Matthews
William Eccleston
Robert Hargreaves
Jim Stevenson
David Boyd
Tom Becton

Other details

Manager: Tom Watson
Opposition manager: E H Barr
Referee: Lewis J
Attendance: 8,000
Half-time score: 1 - 1
Game number: 167
League game number: 123
Liverpool league position: 9th
Preston North End league position: 14th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Preston North End
3'
William Eccleston (0–1)
John McCartney (1–1)
42'
HT 1–1
Minute unknown
Moses Sanders penalty saved (Harry Storer)
Full time 1–1

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