Saturday 24 December 1898

Won

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9–0
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Newton Heath goals

Starting XI

Gillespie×2 Cassidy×3 Boyd Collinson Bryant×3

Cartwright Pepper Draycott

Erentz Stafford

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

Verified from 12 cited sources and the canonical match record.