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1st Division

Victoria Ground | Saturday 4 September 1897 at 15:30 UK local time

Stoke 2 - 2 Liverpool

Half time 2–0

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
William Walker
9
Daniel Cunliffe
10
Frank Becton
11
Harry Bradshaw

Opposition Lineup

Freddie Johnson
Jack Robertson
Jack Eccles
Joe Ponsonby
Jimmy Grewer
Joe Murphy
Harry Pugh
Jimmy Hill
Tom Hill
Billy Maxwell
Joe Schofield

Notes

  • - William Walker makes his LFC debut
  • - Daniel Cunliffe makes his LFC debut
  • - Bobby Marshall makes his LFC debut
  • - William Walker scores his first LFC goal

Other details

Manager: Tom Watson
Opposition manager: Horace Austerberry
Referee: Jefferies J
Attendance: 5,000
Half-time score: 2 - 0
Game number: 163
League game number: 119
Liverpool league position: 8th
Stoke league position: 4th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Stoke
15'
Billy Maxwell (0–1)
45'
Tom Hill (0–2)
HT 0–2
Frank Becton (1–2)
55'
William Walker (2–2)
60'
Full time 2–2

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