Match Centre

Saturday December 17th, 1898

Southern League Division One

Swindon Town

2 - 4

2

J. Sharples (??'), G. Henderson (??')

Millwall Athletic

Millwall Athletic

4

R. Hill (??'), R. Tannahill (??'), P. Turnbull (??'), J. Calvey (??')
J. Sharples (??'), G. Henderson (??')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: ~5,000

R. Hill (??'), R. Tannahill (??'), P. Turnbull (??'), J. Calvey (??')
B.M. Lockyer
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
MENHAM
2
SHUTT
3
MILLS
4
HENDERSON
5
MUNRO
6
SMITH
7
SHARPLES
8
COUPAR
9
RICHARDSON
10
LITTLE
11
KIRTON
1
SUNDERLAND
2
BURGESS
3
DAVIS
4
CRAWFORD
5
STEWART
6
MILLAR
7
TANNAHILL
8
CALVEY
9
HILL
10
TURNBULL
11
GEDDES
Swindon Town
1Bob MENHAM
2Jack SHUTT
3Andy MILLS
4George HENDERSON
5Jimmy MUNRO
6Alec SMITH
7Jimmy SHARPLES
8Jimmy COUPAR
9Billy RICHARDSON
10Tommy LITTLE
11Jack KIRTON
Manager/Head Coach
Club COMMITTEE
Millwall Athletic
1H.S. SUNDERLAND1
2Charles BURGESS2
3W. DAVIS3
4Gavin CRAWFORD4
5Willie STEWART5
6Arthur MILLAR6
7Robert TANNAHILL7
8Jack CALVEY8
9R. HILL9
10Peter TURNBULL10
11Alf 'Jasper' GEDDES11
Manager/Head Coach
Fred KIDD

Results


Southern League Division One results on Saturday December 17th, 1898:

Brighton United Brighton United 1-1 Reading Reading
Bristol City Bristol City 5-2 Bedminster Bedminster
Gravesend United Gravesend United 4-2 Warmley Warmley
Royal Artillery Royal Artillery 1-1 Southampton Southampton
Sheppey United Sheppey United 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham
Swindon Town Swindon 2-4 Millwall Athletic Millwall Athletic

Table


Southern League Division One table after matches on Saturday December 17th, 1898:

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 11 5 1 1 20 5 2 2 0 8 4 7 3 1 28 9 3.11 17
2 New Brompton New Brompton 10 7 0 0 22 4 1 1 1 4 5 8 1 1 26 9 2.89 17
3 Millwall Athletic Millwall Athletic 10 2 1 1 8 8 2 3 1 10 9 4 4 2 18 17 1.06 12
4 Bristol City Bristol City 6 4 0 0 13 6 1 1 0 2 1 5 1 0 15 7 2.14 11
5 Bedminster Bedminster 11 2 0 1 8 4 2 3 3 11 18 4 3 4 19 22 0.86 11
6 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham 8 3 1 0 9 3 1 0 3 8 11 4 1 3 17 14 1.21 9
7 Swindon Town Swindon 9 4 1 1 19 10 0 0 3 4 11 4 1 4 23 21 1.10 9
8 Chatham Chatham 9 2 2 1 10 4 1 0 3 3 5 3 2 4 13 9 1.44 8
9 Gravesend United Gravesend United 9 3 1 1 13 6 0 1 3 3 13 3 2 4 16 19 0.84 8
10 Reading Reading 9 2 0 1 6 1 0 3 3 4 14 2 3 4 10 15 0.67 7
11 Brighton United Brighton United 11 1 2 1 11 5 1 0 6 7 21 2 2 7 18 26 0.69 6
12 Royal Artillery Royal Artillery 11 1 3 2 8 8 0 0 5 4 22 1 3 7 12 30 0.40 5
13 Sheppey United Sheppey United 10 1 2 1 6 7 0 0 6 3 19 1 2 7 9 26 0.35 4