Saturday 27 April 1901

Won

Newton Heath
1–0
Chesterfield

25′
Leigh
0′HTFT
  1. 25' Tommy Leigh

Starting XI

11Fisher10Lappin9Leigh8Sawyer7Schofield
6Cartwright5Griffiths4Morgan
3Erentz2Stafford
1Whitehouse

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

Verified from 16 cited sources and the canonical match record.