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Home Grounds used:
Peel Park, Accrington

Away Grounds visited:
Turf Moor, Burnley; Blackburn Road, Oswaldtwistle

First XI playing record:
P 3     W 0     D 2     L 1

Click on this link for the season's First XI scorecards and results

17 players appeared in First XI matches for Accrington in 1871:
W Boothman; W Boothman; RG Calvert; T Calvert; WH Cronshaw; T Dobson; T Dobson; J Gregory; W Harris; A Haworth; J Haworth; J Houlker; JTBD Platts; R Roberts; J Sutcliffe; D Talbot; JW Walmsley.