Saturday 20 January 1900

Won

Newton Heath
4–0
Burton Swifts

25′
Gillespie
32′
Gillespie
35′
Parkinson
53′
Gillespie
0′HTFT
  1. 25' Matthew Gillespie
  2. 32' Matthew Gillespie
  3. 35' Bob Parkinson
  4. 53' Matthew Gillespie

Starting XI

11Cassidy10Jackson9Parkinson8Gillespie×37Bryant
6Cartwright5Griffiths4Morgan
3Erentz2Stafford
1Barrett

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

Verified from 16 cited sources and the canonical match record.