Saturday 10 April 1897

Lost

Loughborough
2–0
Newton Heath

59′
Jones
60′
Ward
0′HTFT
  1. 59' Billy Jones
  2. 60' Walter Ward

Goalscorer data for this match may be incomplete.

Starting XI

11Cassidy10Gillespie9Boyd8Donaldson7Bryant
6Cartwright5McNaught4Draycott
3Erentz2Stafford
1Barrett

2-3-5 — approximate shape, inferred from classic shirt numbering

Verified from 16 cited sources and the canonical match record.