Match Centre

Thursday December 25th, 1913

Southern League Division One

Bristol Rovers

5 - 2

5

H. Gallacher (??', ??'), E. Crompton (??'), J. Shervey (??'), M. Lochhead (??' o.g.)

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

F. Wheatcroft (??'), A. Bown (??')
H. Gallacher (??', ??'), E. Crompton (??'), J. Shervey (??'), M. Lochhead (??' o.g.)
(HT: 4-1)

Attendance: -

F. Wheatcroft (??'), A. Bown (??')
Eastville, Bristol

Lineups


1
RONEY
2
HARVIE
3
BENNETT
4
MAINDS
5
WALKER
6
WESTWOOD
7
PEPLOW
8
SHERVEY
9
GALLACHER
10
CROMPTON
11
GRIFFITHS
1
SKILLER
2
McROBBIE
3
GILES
4
TOUT
5
LOCHHEAD
6
HANDLEY
7
JEFFERSON
8
SIMMS
9
WHEATCROFT
10
BOWN
11
BOLLAND
Bristol Rovers
1Peter RONEY
2David HARVIE
3Bert BENNETT
4Colin MAINDS
5Bobbie WALKER
6Jack WESTWOOD
7Billy PEPLOW
8James SHERVEY
9Hugh GALLACHER
10Ellis CROMPTON
11Joe GRIFFITHS
Manager/Head Coach
Alfred HOMER
Swindon Town
1Len SKILLER1
2Allan McROBBIE2
3Charlie GILES3
4Billy TOUT4
5Matty LOCHHEAD5
6Frank HANDLEY6
7Bob JEFFERSON7
8Sammy SIMMS8
9Freddy WHEATCROFT9
10Archie BOWN10
11Tommy BOLLAND11
Manager/Head Coach
Sam ALLEN

Results


Southern League Division One results on Thursday December 25th, 1913:

Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 1-2 Reading Reading
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 5-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Cardiff City Cardiff City 1-1 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town
Coventry City Coventry City 0-1 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Millwall Millwall 4-0 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Portsmouth Portsmouth 2-0 Southampton Southampton
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1-1 Norwich City Norwich City
Southend United Southend United 3-3 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Watford Watford 0-2 Gillingham Gillingham
West Ham United West Ham United 1-1 Exeter City Exeter City

Table


Southern League Division One table after matches on Thursday December 25th, 1913:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Swindon Town Swindon 18 6 2 1 23 6 6 1 2 16 14 12 3 3 39 20 1.95 27
2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 18 6 2 1 20 6 3 4 2 11 13 9 6 3 31 19 1.63 24
3 Reading Reading 18 8 1 0 17 5 2 2 5 5 13 10 3 5 22 18 1.22 23
4 Northampton Town Northampton Town 19 5 4 0 17 6 2 4 4 9 16 7 8 4 26 22 1.18 22
5 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 19 6 2 2 12 6 2 4 3 8 12 8 6 5 20 18 1.11 22
6 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 17 5 2 1 13 7 3 2 4 8 16 8 4 5 21 23 0.91 20
7 West Ham United West Ham United 18 4 2 3 19 13 3 3 3 10 12 7 5 6 29 25 1.16 19
8 Portsmouth Portsmouth 17 3 4 2 10 7 4 0 4 15 14 7 4 6 25 21 1.19 18
9 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 18 5 3 1 16 7 1 3 5 5 14 6 6 6 21 21 1 18
10 Exeter City Exeter City 18 4 2 3 12 6 1 5 3 6 10 5 7 6 18 16 1.13 17
11 Southend United Southend United 18 4 3 2 17 15 2 2 5 9 17 6 5 7 26 32 0.81 17
12 Southampton Southampton 18 4 2 3 17 12 2 2 5 9 17 6 4 8 26 29 0.90 16
13 Norwich City Norwich City 17 2 5 0 11 8 2 3 5 8 14 4 8 5 19 22 0.86 16
14 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 18 5 2 3 17 12 0 3 5 6 13 5 5 8 23 25 0.92 15
15 Gillingham Gillingham 18 5 0 3 15 9 2 1 7 9 19 7 1 10 24 28 0.86 15
16 Millwall Millwall 17 4 4 1 14 7 0 3 5 8 20 4 7 6 22 27 0.81 15
17 Cardiff City Cardiff City 17 4 2 3 15 9 1 2 5 9 13 5 4 8 24 22 1.09 14
18 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 17 3 4 1 9 5 1 2 6 7 20 4 6 7 16 25 0.64 14
19 Coventry City Coventry City 19 2 4 4 16 18 2 2 5 6 20 4 6 9 22 38 0.58 14
20 Watford Watford 19 3 1 6 14 10 1 3 5 10 17 4 4 11 24 27 0.89 12