Match Centre

Saturday October 17th, 1896

Southern League Division One

Swindon Town

4 - 1

4

R. Cox (33'), D. Skea (45', 46'), J. Murray (48')

Reading

Reading

1

J. Reid (41')
R. Cox (33'), D. Skea (45', 46'), J. Murray (48')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 5,144
(600 away fans)

J. Reid (41')

Lineups


1
CALDERWOOD
2
CLARK
3
MUNRO
4
HOPEWELL
5
ANDREWS
6
BOGGIE
7
HALLAM
8
COX
9
SKEA
10
MURRAY
11
JONES
1
ALLUM
2
BACH
3
WATTS
4
FITZPATRICK
5
BABES
6
MABLESON
7
HILL
8
REID
9
REID
10
CUNNINGHAM
11
HADLEY

Results


Southern League Division One results on Saturday October 17th, 1896:

Chatham Chatham 3-3 New Brompton New Brompton
Royal Ordnance Factories Royal Ordnance Factories 0-8 Sheppey United Sheppey United
Southampton St. Mary's Southampton St. Mary's 5-2 Wolverton London and North Western Railway Wolverton LNWR
Swindon Town Swindon 4-1 Reading Reading
Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham 4-0 Gravesend United Gravesend United

Table


Southern League Division One table after matches on Saturday October 17th, 1896:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Southampton St. Mary's Southampton St. Mary's 3 3 0 0 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 15 4 3.75 6
2 Millwall Athletic Millwall Athletic 4 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 2 0 7 5 1.40 6
3 Northfleet Northfleet 6 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 2 5 6 2 2 2 8 9 0.89 6
4 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham 5 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 8 8 2 1 2 12 8 1.50 5
5 Chatham Chatham 5 2 1 1 11 7 0 0 1 1 4 2 1 2 12 11 1.09 5
6 Swindon Town Swindon 4 2 0 0 8 1 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 2 10 6 1.67 4
7 Gravesend United Gravesend United 5 1 0 1 4 3 0 2 1 2 6 1 2 2 6 9 0.67 4
8 Reading Reading 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 4 9 2 0 2 5 9 0.56 4
9 New Brompton New Brompton 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 6 4 1.50 3
10 Wolverton London and North Western Railway Wolverton LNWR 5 1 0 2 3 6 0 0 2 2 9 1 0 4 5 15 0.33 2
11 Sheppey United Sheppey United 3 0 1 1 4 5 0 0 1 1 6 0 1 2 5 11 0.45 1