Match Centre

Saturday December 26th, 1896

Southern League Division One

Chatham

6 - 2

6

T. Vail (??'), A. Hughes (??'), C. Leatherbarrow (??'), H. Lawrence (??', ??'), G. Russell (46')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

J. Munro (??'), J. Murray (??')
T. Vail (??'), A. Hughes (??'), C. Leatherbarrow (??'), H. Lawrence (??', ??'), G. Russell (46')
(HT: 4-1)

Attendance: ~3,000

J. Munro (??'), J. Murray (??')
C. Knight
Maidstone Road, Chatham

Lineups


1
JONES
2
BROCKWELL
3
HUMPHREYS
4
BRISLEY
5
HUGHES
6
RUSSELL
7
LAWRENCE
8
LEATHERBARROW
9
VAIL
10
STANFORD
11
DICKENSON
1
LEIGHFIELD
2
SHUTT
3
JONES
4
DIBSDALL
5
MUNRO
6
BOGGIE
7
RICHARDSON
8
HALLAM
9
PALMER
10
MURRAY
11
TAYLOR
Chatham
1Tommy JONES
2Jimmy BROCKWELL
3A. HUMPHREYS
4Jimmy BRISLEY
5A. HUGHES
6G. RUSSELL
7Harry LAWRENCE
8Charlie LEATHERBARROW
9Tommy VAIL
10Jim STANFORD
11Joe DICKENSON
Swindon Town
1Billy LEIGHFIELD1
2Jack SHUTT2
3Maurice JONES3
4Arthur DIBSDALL4
5Jimmy MUNRO5
6Alec BOGGIE6
7Georgie RICHARDSON7
8Jack HALLAM8
9George PALMER9
10Joey MURRAY10
11Mac TAYLOR11

Results


Southern League Division One results on Saturday December 26th, 1896:

Chatham Chatham 6-2 Swindon Town Swindon
New Brompton New Brompton 5-0 Wolverton London and North Western Railway Wolverton LNWR

Table


Southern League Division One table after matches on Saturday December 26th, 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 9 5 0 0 29 7 4 0 0 6 1 9 0 0 35 8 4.38 18
2 Chatham Chatham 12 3 1 2 17 10 4 0 2 15 10 7 1 4 32 20 1.60 15
3 Millwall Athletic Millwall Athletic 9 2 1 1 15 6 4 1 0 19 7 6 2 1 34 13 2.62 14
4 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham 11 4 0 1 13 7 2 1 3 13 10 6 1 4 26 17 1.53 13
5 Gravesend United Gravesend United 8 1 0 2 5 5 2 2 1 8 9 3 2 3 13 14 0.93 8
6 Reading Reading 8 3 0 1 7 10 1 0 3 4 15 4 0 4 11 25 0.44 8
7 Sheppey United Sheppey United 8 1 1 2 9 7 2 0 2 8 11 3 1 4 17 18 0.94 7
8 Northfleet Northfleet 9 0 2 2 5 8 2 1 2 7 8 2 3 4 12 16 0.75 7
9 New Brompton New Brompton 8 2 0 3 9 8 0 1 2 8 14 2 1 5 17 22 0.77 5
10 Swindon Town Swindon 10 2 1 3 14 16 0 0 4 5 14 2 1 7 19 30 0.63 5
11 Wolverton London and North Western Railway Wolverton LNWR 10 1 0 4 7 12 0 0 5 3 31 1 0 9 10 43 0.23 2