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

Lancashire League playing record:
P 26     W 9     D 9     L 8

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23 players appeared in Lancashire League 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.

8 players made their debut for Accrington in these matches in 1897:
W Boardman; HJ Fish; TN Fish; R Hanson; Holmes; T Pickup; J Whitehead; A Worsley.