Date: 08/09/1956 
Stadium: Haig Avenue, Southport
Attendance: 7376
Competition: Football League / D3N
 Southport |
3 - 5 Full-Time |
 Accrington Stanley (1891) |
| Manager: Gordon Hunt | ||
| Goalscorers | ||
 Bobby McIlvenny Denis Miles George Bromilow |
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Line-Ups
| Ray Minshull | 1 |
| Eddie Bloomfield | - |
| George Bromilow | - |
| Wilf Charlton | - |
| Don Hunter | - |
| Bobby McIlvenny | - |
| Denis Miles | - |
| Bert Mitchell | - |
| Allan Parkinson | - |
| George Rankin | - |
| Wally Taylor | - |