The real Rugby Union season opens this afternoon and there are two fixtures that should be of interest to followers of the game. Birkenhead Park will be at home to the Liverpool Old Boys, and as the latter turned out last Saturday at Lancaster they should be in capital form to meet their old opponents at Birkenhead. Liverpool take the field at home, and their visitors will be the Waterloo XV, who last season sprung a surprise upon the titular club, and were among the limited few to record a victory at the expense of Liverpool. However on that occasion county calls weakened the Aigburth side. To-day’s contest is sure to be respective of good sport, and it is hoped that the public will give their support to the game.



BIRKENHEAD PARK 4th v. ALIENS
    At Lower Park, Birkenhead; 3 30.
Park: Back, C.H.Stewart; Three-Quarters, C.Jones, A.M.Legge, W.R.Gibbings, and G.H.Raschen; Halves, H.O.Pain and T.F.Dod; Forwards, G.Jones, F.H.Kendall, H.D.Ryalls, R.P.Ziegler, G.Urmson, P.W.Griffiths, and F.M.M’Crindell.
Aliens: Back, H.W.Mitchell; Three-Quarters, J.Wood, J.W.A.Taylor(capt.), H.Tolson, and F.J.Applebee; Halves, J.P.Scott and E.E.Bond; Forwards, J.Fairley, J.W.Hetherington, J.D.Johnstone, R.W.Jones, R.T.Robinson, W.A.Stewart, W.Thomas, and A.L.Walker.

A detailed article on the profiles of the earliest teams can be found here Aliens Profiles