A goal from United's Scottish forward John Drummond was enough to clinch victory for the Yorkshire side and saw them promoted to play in the First Division for the following season, with Accrington taking their place in the second.
A lack of consistency and some costly defeats, coupled with a large number of drawn games over the season saw them finish in fifteenth place in the table with only 23 points.
[2] Sheffield United had been elected to the Second Division the year before and had made a strong start to their Football League career.
Accrington were deemed the 'home' team and wore their traditional kit of a red jersey with blue knickers and socks.
Drummond would later attribute his performance in the game to painting the soles of his boots with black lead to prevent the mud from sticking, allowing him to be the only player to be able to keep to his feet.