Southern League Division One
Saturday, March 21, 1896

Swindon Town Reading
A.Turner (??')
HT: 0-1 G.Reid (??', ~70')
Attendance:  4,000   Referee:  Mr. Radford


1
CALDERWOOD
2
DIBSDALL
3
RICHARDSON
4
HOPEWELL
5
MUNRO
6
MOORE
7
JONES
8
TURNER
9
BOGGIE
10
SUTHERLAND
11
HAYWARD
1
CANNON
2
BACH
3
JUSTINS
4
SPIERS
5
BABES
6
WATTS
7
HADLEY
8
REID
9
REID
10
CUNNINGHAM
11
WHEELER

Lineups
 
Jimmy CALDERWOOD
                 
Mickey CANNON
 
 
Arthur DIBSDALL
                 
  Phil BACH
 
 
Wally RICHARDSON
                 
Stan JUSTINS
 
 
Bob HOPEWELL
                 
Dan SPIERS
 
 
Jimmy MUNRO
                 
A. BABES
 
 
Isaac MOORE
                 
Ernie WATTS
 
 
Dick JONES
                 
Arthur HADLEY
 

 
Arthur TURNER
             
George REID
 

 
Alec BOGGIE
                 
Jimmy REID
 
 
Malcolm SUTHERLAND
                 
Willie CUNNINGHAM
 
 
Jimmy HAYWARD
                 
C. WHEELER
 













Results on Saturday, March 21, 1896: League Table

 
  Chatham 6 - 2 Ilford  
  Southampton St. Mary's 2 - 0 Millwall Athletic  
  Swindon Town 1 - 2 Reading  

Table as at Saturday, March 21, 1896:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Millwall Athletic 17 15 1 1 66 15 4.40 31 
2 Luton Town 16 11 1 4 54 13 4.15 23 
3 Chatham 16 9 2 5 41 38 1.08 20 
4 Southampton St. Mary's 15 9 0 6 33 23 1.43 18 
5 New Brompton 15 7 3 5 28 23 1.22 17 
6 Reading 15 8 1 6 32 33 0.97 17 
7 Swindon Town 13 5 1 7 31 30 1.03 11 
8 Clapton 14 4 1 9 28 54 0.52
9 Royal Ordnance Factories 15 2 2 11 16 37 0.43
10 Ilford 16 0 0 16 9 72 0.13

Key: Champions Test Match