Southern League Division One
H. Walker
Lineups
1
COOK
COOK
2
SHUTT
SHUTT
3
MELLARS
MELLARS
4
CLARKE
CLARKE
5
MUNRO
MUNRO
6
ALMOND
ALMOND
7
RICHARDSON
RICHARDSON
8
McELHANEY
McELHANEY
9
MORRIS
MORRIS
10
BELL
BELL
11
WILSON
WILSON
1
JONES
JONES
2
KING
KING
3
WATSON
WATSON
4
GRAHAM
GRAHAM
5
MEAGER
MEAGER
6
HODGKINSON
HODGKINSON
7
HUTCHESON
HUTCHESON
8
FRETTINGHAM
FRETTINGHAM
9
FORD
FORD
10
SKEA
SKEA
11
GALLACHER
GALLACHER
| Swindon Town | |
|---|---|
| 1Jimmy COOK | |
| 2Jack SHUTT | |
| 3Billy MELLARS | |
| 4Jim CLARKE | |
| 5Jimmy MUNRO | |
| 6Jim ALMOND | |
| 7Georgie RICHARDSON | |
| 8Ralph McELHANEY | |
| 9Grenville MORRIS | |
| 10Jock BELL | |
| 11Tommy WILSON |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Club COMMITTEE |
| New Brompton | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Sam JONES1 | ||
| 2Syd KING2 | ||
| 3John WATSON3 | ||
| 4James GRAHAM4 | ||
| 5Alf MEAGER5 | ||
| 6John HODGKINSON6 | ||
| 7Dave HUTCHESON7 | ||
| 8Jimmy FRETTINGHAM8 | ||
| 9Bill FORD9 | ||
| 10David SKEA10 | ||
| 11Hugh GALLACHER11 |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| William GROOMBRIDGE |
Results
Southern League Division One results on Saturday September 18th, 1897:
Chatham
Chatham
|
4-2 | 
Sheppey United
Sheppey United
|
Gravesend United
Gravesend United
|
3-0 | 
Northfleet
Northfleet
|
Millwall Athletic
Millwall Athletic
|
2-6 | 
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
0-3 | 
New Brompton
New Brompton
|
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham
|
2-0 | 
Southampton
Southampton
|
Table
Southern League Division One table after matches on Saturday September 18th, 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 |
New Brompton
New Brompton
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 2 |
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 2.17 | 4 |
| 3 |
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 |
Sheppey United
Sheppey United
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1.40 | 3 |
| 5 |
Chatham
Chatham
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1.25 | 2 |
| 6 |
Gravesend United
Gravesend United
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.75 | 2 |
| 7 | 
Reading
Reading
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 
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 |
| 9 |
Millwall Athletic
Millwall Athletic
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0.33 | 0 |
| 10 |
Northfleet
Northfleet
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 |
Southampton
Southampton
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |