Captain:

Home Grounds used:
Thorneyholme Road, Accrington

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

First XI playing record:
P 26     W 9     D 9     L 8

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

23 players appeared in First XI matches for Accrington in 1897:
RH Aspden; C Bank; W Boardman; T Boothman; C Delaney; HJ Fish; TN Fish; FH Goodwin; J Graham; W Hall; R Hanson; WJ Holden; Holmes; R Horne; JF Knutton; A Lord; RJ Mee; JA Moore; T Pickup; J Thornton; S Wade; J Whitehead; A Worsley.