Match Centre

Saturday September 27th, 1902

Southern League Division One

Reading

6 - 1

6

Bull (??' pen), B. Lyon (??'), H. Griffiths (??', ??', ??', ??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

T. Davies (??')
Bull (??' pen), B. Lyon (??'), H. Griffiths (??', ??', ??', ??')
(HT: 5-0)

Attendance: ~5,000
(~1,000 away fans)

T. Davies (??')
G.H. Muir
Elm Park, Reading

Lineups


1
COTTON
2
STOKES
3
SMITH
4
BULL
5
WATTS
6
HENDERSON
7
CRAGGS
8
LYON
9
DAVIDSON
10
GRIFFITHS
11
FLYNN
1
MENHAM
2
O'BRIEN
3
HOLMES
4
OAKDEN
5
DAY
6
COWLEY
7
DAVIES
8
POPPITT
9
KIRBY
10
PUGH
11
NEYLAND
Reading
1Charlie COTTON
2Frank STOKES
3Herbert SMITH
4 BULL
5Ernie WATTS
6Bill HENDERSON
7Jack CRAGGS
8Bertie LYON
9Alex DAVIDSON
10Henry GRIFFITHS
11Jack FLYNN
Manager/Head Coach
Harry MATTHEWS
Swindon Town
1Bob MENHAM1
2Joe O'BRIEN2
3Wally HOLMES3
4Harry OAKDEN4
5Will DAY5
6Jack COWLEY6
7Tommy DAVIES7
30' 8Jimmy POPPITT8 30'
9Billy ("Sunny Jim") KIRBY9
10Jimmy PUGH10
11Martin NEYLAND11
Manager/Head Coach
Sam ALLEN

Results


Southern League Division One results on Saturday September 27th, 1902:

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham
Luton Town Luton Town 1-0 Kettering Kettering
Millwall Athletic Millwall Athletic 8-0 Watford Watford
Northampton Town Northampton Town 2-0 Brentford Brentford
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1-2 New Brompton New Brompton
Reading Reading 6-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Southampton Southampton 1-1 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Wellingborough Wellingborough 5-1 West Ham United West Ham United

Table


Southern League Division One table after matches on Saturday September 27th, 1902:

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 Rovers Bristol Rovers 4 3 0 0 10 3 1 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 12 4 3 8
2 Portsmouth Portsmouth 4 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 6 2 3 1 0 11 3 3.67 7
3 Reading Reading 4 1 0 1 7 6 1 1 0 5 1 2 1 1 12 7 1.71 5
4 New Brompton New Brompton 4 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 4 6 0.67 5
5 Northampton Town Northampton Town 4 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 2 7 5 1.40 4
6 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 5 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 4 1 4
7 Wellingborough Wellingborough 5 2 0 0 8 1 0 0 3 2 11 2 0 3 10 12 0.83 4
8 Swindon Town Swindon 4 2 0 0 5 3 0 0 2 1 8 2 0 2 6 11 0.55 4
9 Watford Watford 4 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 13 2 0 2 5 14 0.36 4
10 Southampton Southampton 2 1 1 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 1 7 3
11 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham 3 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 1 8 4 2 3
12 Millwall Athletic Millwall Athletic 4 1 0 1 10 4 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 12 7 1.71 3
13 Kettering Kettering 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 3
14 Luton Town Luton Town 4 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 5 1 1 2 3 6 0.50 3
15 West Ham United West Ham United 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 5 0 2 1 2 6 0.33 2
16 Brentford Brentford 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13 0 0 4 0 13 0 0