Southern League Division One
Wolverton London and North Western Railway
2 - 1
2
H. Edwards (??'), A. Poole (??')
Swindon Town
Swindon Town
1
T. Wilson (??')
Lineups
1
WALLER
WALLER
2
UTTON
UTTON
3
WAIN
WAIN
4
WESLEY
WESLEY
5
EDWARDS
EDWARDS
6
DORMER
DORMER
7
FROST
FROST
8
RADFORD
RADFORD
9
WORKER
WORKER
10
WORSLEY
WORSLEY
11
POOLE
POOLE
1
COOK
COOK
2
SHUTT
SHUTT
3
MELLARS
MELLARS
4
CLARKE
CLARKE
5
MUNRO
MUNRO
6
ALMOND
ALMOND
7
RICHARDSON
RICHARDSON
8
COX
COX
9
MORRIS
MORRIS
10
BELL
BELL
11
WILSON
WILSON
| Wolverton London and North Western Railway | |
|---|---|
| 1George WALLER | |
| 2 UTTON | |
| 3 WAIN | |
| 4Arthur WESLEY | |
| 5Harry EDWARDS | |
| 6Joe DORMER | |
| 7Jimmy FROST | |
| 8 RADFORD | |
| 9Billy WORKER | |
| 10 WORSLEY | |
| 11Alf POOLE |
| Swindon Town | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Jimmy COOK1 | ||
| 2Jack SHUTT2 | ||
| 3Billy MELLARS3 | ||
| 4Jim CLARKE4 | ||
| 5Jimmy MUNRO5 | ||
| 6Jim ALMOND6 | ||
| 7Georgie RICHARDSON7 | ||
| 8Richie COX8 | ||
| 9Grenville MORRIS9 | ||
| 10Jock BELL10 | ||
| 11Tommy WILSON11 |
Results
Southern League Division One results on Saturday November 13th, 1897:
Millwall Athletic
Millwall Athletic
|
0-1 | 
Reading
Reading
|
New Brompton
New Brompton
|
0-1 | 
Southampton
Southampton
|
Sheppey United
Sheppey United
|
2-1 | 
Chatham
Chatham
|
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham
|
2-2 | 
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
|
Wolverton London and North Western Railway
Wolverton LNWR
|
2-1 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
Table
Southern League Division One table after matches on Saturday November 13th, 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
|
7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 2.50 | 12 |
| 2 |
Reading
Reading
|
7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2.33 | 11 |
| 3 |
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 1.69 | 11 |
| 4 |
Chatham
Chatham
|
8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1.75 | 10 |
| 5 |
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham
|
8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 1.64 | 9 |
| 6 |
New Brompton
New Brompton
|
7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1.43 | 8 |
| 7 | 
Gravesend United
Gravesend United
|
7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.78 | 7 |
| 8 |
Millwall Athletic
Millwall Athletic
|
10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 1.05 | 6 |
| 9 |
Sheppey United
Sheppey United
|
6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1.13 | 5 |
| 10 |
Wolverton London and North Western Railway
Wolverton LNWR
|
6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 0.50 | 5 |
| 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
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 0.11 | 0 |