Match Centre

Saturday September 11th, 1897

Southern League Division One

Reading

1 - 0

1

Johnson (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

Johnson (??')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: ~8,000
(~1,500 away fans)

N. Whittaker
Elm Park, Reading

Lineups


1
BULLIMER
2
HENDERSON
3
O'BRIEN
4
SHARP
5
FOSTER
6
ECCLESTON
7
HADLEY
8
DEWEY
9
COCKSHUTT
10
JOHNSON
11
BALL
1
COOK
2
SHUTT
3
MELLARS
4
CLARKE
5
MUNRO
6
ALMOND
7
McELHANEY
8
BELL
9
MORRIS
10
MURRAY
11
WILSON
Reading
1Leon BULLIMER
2Bill HENDERSON
3Joe O'BRIEN
4A. SHARP
5James FOSTER
6 ECCLESTON
7Arthur HADLEY
8Joe DEWEY
9James COCKSHUTT
10 JOHNSON
11 BALL
Manager/Head Coach
Thomas SEFTON
Swindon Town
1Jimmy COOK1
2Jack SHUTT2
3Billy MELLARS3
4Jim CLARKE4
5Jimmy MUNRO5
6Jim ALMOND6
7Ralph McELHANEY7
8Jock BELL8
9Grenville MORRIS9
10Joey MURRAY10
11Tommy WILSON11
Manager/Head Coach
Club COMMITTEE

Results


Southern League Division One results on Saturday September 11th, 1897:

Bristol City Bristol City 7-4 Wolverton London and North Western Railway Wolverton LNWR
New Brompton New Brompton 2-1 Chatham Chatham
Reading Reading 1-0 Swindon Town Swindon
Sheppey United Sheppey United 4-0 Gravesend United Gravesend United

Table


Southern League Division One table after matches on Saturday September 11th, 1897:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Sheppey United Sheppey United 2 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 5 3
2 New Brompton New Brompton 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 2
3 Bristol City Bristol City 1 1 0 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 4 1.75 2
4 Reading Reading 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
5 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1
6 Wolverton London and North Western Railway Wolverton LNWR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 0 0 1 4 7 0.57 0
7 Chatham Chatham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0
8 Gravesend United Gravesend United 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 4 0 0
9 Swindon Town Swindon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0