Captain:

Home Grounds used:
Thorneyholme Road, Accrington

Away Grounds visited:
Bentgate, Haslingden; Blackburn Road, Oswaldtwistle; Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn; Dill Hall Lane, Enfield; West Cliff, Preston

First XI playing record:
P 15     W 9     D 0     L 6

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

26 players appeared in First XI matches for Accrington in 1917:
L Bell; J Bradley; W Bradley; W Bray; JE Brooks; N Cunliffe; J Delaney; H Dickinson; W Finney; S Heys; T Heyworth; W Horne; J Inman; A Jackson; P Johnson; C Nicholson; G Parker; J Pollard; A Riley; H Scaife; H Secker; S Smith; T Smith; S Wade; F Walsh; W Wilson.