Captain:

Home Grounds used:
Thorneyholme Road, Accrington

Away Grounds visited:
The Horsfield, Colne; The Worswick Memorial Ground, Rawtenstall; Blackburn Road, Rishton; Liverpool Road, Lowerhouse; Dill Hall Lane, Enfield; Lanehead, Bacup; Blackburn Road, Oswaldtwistle; Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn; Turf Moor, Burnley; Acre Bottom, Ramsbottom; Seedhill, Nelson; Bentgate, Haslingden

First XI playing record:
P 24     W 9     D 6     L 9

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

33 players appeared in First XI matches for Accrington in 1896:
RH Aspden; JJ Bank; T Boothman; J Briggs; GE Broadley; Brown; Bury; RT Clegg; E Creighton; C Delaney; J Duckworth; FH Goodwin; J Graham; WH Hale; W Hall; J Hanson; SM Holden; WJ Holden; R Horne; W Horne; JF Knutton; W Lord; A Mason; RJ Mee; JA Moore; W Oakley; Owen; T Smirk; T Smith; J Stubbings; J Thornton; J Usher; F Whittaker.