Match Centre

Saturday December 4th, 1897

Southern League Division One

Swindon Town

2 - 1

2

G. Morris (??', ??')

Reading

Reading

1

Barr (??')
G. Morris (??', ??')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: ~3,000

Barr (??')
G. Landragin

Lineups


1
COOK
2
SHUTT
3
MELLARS
4
BOGGIE
5
MUNRO
6
ALMOND
7
ANTHONY
8
RICHARDSON
9
BELL
10
MORRIS
11
WILSON
1
BULLIMER
2
HENDERSON
3
O'BRIEN
4
SHARP
5
WATTS
6
ECCLESTON
7
CRAWFORD
8
DEWEY
9
BARR
10
JOHNSON
11
McWHINNIE

Results


Southern League Division One results on Saturday December 4th, 1897:

Bristol City Bristol City 7-0 Sheppey United Sheppey United
Chatham Chatham 2-1 Northfleet Northfleet
Swindon Town Swindon 2-1 Reading Reading
Wolverton London and North Western Railway Wolverton LNWR 1-3 New Brompton New Brompton

Table


Southern League Division One table after matches on Saturday December 4th, 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 Bristol City Bristol City 9 4 0 0 20 7 2 3 0 12 7 6 3 0 32 14 2.29 15
2 Southampton Southampton 8 2 0 0 8 2 5 0 1 9 4 7 0 1 17 6 2.83 14
3 Reading Reading 9 5 1 1 14 6 1 0 1 2 2 6 1 2 16 8 2 13
4 Chatham Chatham 9 3 2 0 12 5 2 0 2 4 4 5 2 2 16 9 1.78 12
5 New Brompton New Brompton 8 2 0 2 4 4 2 2 0 9 4 4 2 2 13 8 1.63 10
6 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham 9 3 1 0 13 2 0 2 3 6 12 3 3 3 19 14 1.36 9
7 Sheppey United Sheppey United 8 3 1 1 9 3 0 0 3 2 12 3 1 4 11 15 0.73 7
8 Gravesend United Gravesend United 8 2 3 0 7 3 0 0 3 0 7 2 3 3 7 10 0.70 7
9 Millwall Athletic Millwall Athletic 11 2 0 4 17 12 1 0 4 6 12 3 0 8 23 24 0.96 6
10 Wolverton London and North Western Railway Wolverton LNWR 8 2 0 2 8 7 0 1 3 5 22 2 1 5 13 29 0.45 5
11 Swindon Town Swindon 7 1 0 2 2 9 0 0 4 2 11 1 0 6 4 20 0.20 2
12 Northfleet Northfleet 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 17 0 0 6 4 18 0.22 0