Saturday 30 October 1897

Won

Newton Heath
6–0
Walsall

Starting XI

11Cassidy×210Gillespie9Boyd8Donaldson×27Bryant
6Draycott5Jenkyns4McNaught
3Erentz2Stafford
1Barrett

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

Verified from 12 cited sources and the canonical match record.