Southern League Division One
Southampton
4 - 1
4
B. Buchanan (??', ??', ??'), W. Keay (??')
Swindon Town
Swindon Town
1
R. Cox (??')
H. Walker
Lineups
1
CLAWLEY
CLAWLEY
2
MESTON
MESTON
3
HAYNES
HAYNES
4
McMILLAN
McMILLAN
5
CHADWICK
CHADWICK
6
PETRIE
PETRIE
7
YATES
YATES
8
BUCHANAN
BUCHANAN
9
FARRELL
FARRELL
10
KEAY
KEAY
11
TURNER
TURNER
1
COOK
COOK
2
SHUTT
SHUTT
3
MELLARS
MELLARS
4
McELHANEY
McELHANEY
5
MUNRO
MUNRO
6
ALMOND
ALMOND
7
RICHARDSON
RICHARDSON
8
COX
COX
9
MORRIS
MORRIS
10
BELL
BELL
11
WILSON
WILSON
| Southampton | |
|---|---|
| 1George CLAWLEY | |
| 2Sammy MESTON | |
| 3Harry HAYNES | |
| 4John McMILLAN | |
| 5Arthur CHADWICK | |
| 6Bob PETRIE | |
| 7Jimmy YATES | |
| 8Bob BUCHANAN | |
| 9Jack FARRELL | |
| 10Watty KEAY | |
| 11Joe TURNER |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Ernest ARNFIELD |
| Swindon Town | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Jimmy COOK1 | ||
| 2Jack SHUTT2 | ||
| 3Billy MELLARS3 | ||
| 4Ralph McELHANEY4 | ||
| 5Jimmy MUNRO5 | ||
| 6Jim ALMOND6 | ||
| 7Georgie RICHARDSON7 | ||
| 8Richie COX8 | ||
| 9Grenville MORRIS9 | ||
| 10Jock BELL10 | ||
| 11Tommy WILSON11 |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Club COMMITTEE |
Results
Southern League Division One results on Saturday November 6th, 1897:
Chatham
Chatham
|
0-0 | 
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
Gravesend United
Gravesend United
|
1-1 | 
New Brompton
New Brompton
|
Reading
Reading
|
3-3 | 
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham
|
|
Southampton
Southampton
|
4-1 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
Table
Southern League Division One table after matches on Saturday November 6th, 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 |
Southampton
Southampton
|
6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2.33 | 10 |
| 2 |
Chatham
Chatham
|
7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 2.17 | 10 |
| 3 |
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 1.82 | 10 |
| 4 |
Reading
Reading
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 2.17 | 9 |
| 5 |
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham
|
7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 1.78 | 8 |
| 6 |
New Brompton
New Brompton
|
6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1.67 | 8 |
| 7 | 
Millwall Athletic
Millwall Athletic
|
8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 1.15 | 6 |
| 8 |
Gravesend United
Gravesend United
|
6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0.67 | 5 |
| 9 | 
Sheppey United
Sheppey United
|
5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 
Wolverton London and North Western Railway
Wolverton LNWR
|
5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 0.43 | 3 |
| 11 | 
Northfleet
Northfleet
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 0.19 | 0 |
| 12 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0.06 | 0 |