Match Centre

Saturday October 24th, 1896

Southern League Division One

Swindon Town

2 - 6

2

R. Cox (??'), M. Jones (??')

Chatham

Chatham

6

J. Munro (??' o.g.), C. Leatherbarrow (11'), T. Vail (14', ~89'), J. Dickenson (??', ??')
R. Cox (??'), M. Jones (??')
(HT: 2-3)

Attendance: ~2,000

J. Munro (??' o.g.), C. Leatherbarrow (11'), T. Vail (14', ~89'), J. Dickenson (??', ??')
C.D. Crisp
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
CALDERWOOD
2
CLARK
3
MUNRO
4
HOPEWELL
5
ANDREWS
6
BOGGIE
7
HALLAM
8
COX
9
SKEA
10
MURRAY
11
JONES
1
JONES
2
ROBERTSON
3
HUMPHREYS
4
BRISLEY
5
HUGHES
6
RUSSELL
7
LAWRENCE
8
MORTIMER
9
VAIL
10
LEATHERBARROW
11
DICKENSON
Swindon Town
1Jimmy CALDERWOOD
2Fred CLARK
3Jimmy MUNRO
4Bob HOPEWELL
5Alf 'Babe' ANDREWS
6Alec BOGGIE
7Jack HALLAM
8Richie COX
9David SKEA
10Joey MURRAY
11Maurice JONES
Manager/Head Coach
Club COMMITTEE
Chatham
1Tommy JONES1
2James ROBERTSON2
3A. HUMPHREYS3
4Jimmy BRISLEY4
5A. HUGHES5
6G. RUSSELL6
7Harry LAWRENCE7
8Peter MORTIMER8
9Tommy VAIL9
10Charlie LEATHERBARROW10
11Joe DICKENSON11

Results


Southern League Division One results on Saturday October 24th, 1896:

New Brompton New Brompton 1-3 Gravesend United Gravesend United
Northfleet Northfleet 1-2 Southampton St. Mary's Southampton St. Mary's
Reading Reading 1-7 Millwall Athletic Millwall Athletic
Royal Ordnance Factories Royal Ordnance Factories 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham
Swindon Town Swindon 2-6 Chatham Chatham
Wolverton London and North Western Railway Wolverton LNWR 2-3 Sheppey United Sheppey United

Table


Southern League Division One table after matches on Saturday October 24th, 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 4 3 0 0 15 4 1 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 17 5 3.40 8
2 Millwall Athletic Millwall Athletic 5 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 11 4 3 2 0 14 6 2.33 8
3 Chatham Chatham 6 2 1 1 11 7 1 0 1 7 6 3 1 2 18 13 1.38 7
4 Gravesend United Gravesend United 6 1 0 1 4 3 1 2 1 5 7 2 2 2 9 10 0.90 6
5 Northfleet Northfleet 7 0 2 1 4 5 2 0 2 5 6 2 2 3 9 11 0.82 6
6 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham 5 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 8 8 2 1 2 12 8 1.50 5
7 Swindon Town Swindon 5 2 0 1 10 7 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 3 12 12 1 4
8 Reading Reading 5 1 0 1 2 7 1 0 2 4 9 2 0 3 6 16 0.38 4
9 New Brompton New Brompton 3 1 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 1 3
10 Sheppey United Sheppey United 4 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 4 8 1 1 2 8 13 0.62 3
11 Wolverton London and North Western Railway Wolverton LNWR 6 1 0 3 5 9 0 0 2 2 9 1 0 5 7 18 0.39 2