In the 77th minute, Albion added a third goal, with Dobie tapping in his second of the match coming from close range after United's defence couldn't clear the ball following a corner kick. Two minutes later, Brown limped off for United with a suspected groin injury, and was soon followed by Robert Ullathorne, who went off injured in the 82nd minute suffering with muscle spasms, and reducing the team to six men. Wolstenholme then abandoned the match with Albion leading 3–0, fully aware of the IFA board guideline to law 3 which states "that a match should not continue if there are fewer than seven players in either team", marking the first time a match had ever been abandoned through the implementation of this law in the history of English football.