Southern League Division One
Saturday, December 5, 1896

Swindon Town Southampton St. Mary's

HT: 0-1 B.Naughton (1'), J.Turner (62')
Attendance:  3,000   Referee:  Mr. Partridge


1
CALDERWOOD
2
SHUTT
3
MUNRO
4
HOPEWELL
5
ANDREWS
6
BOGGIE
7
RICHARDSON
8
HALLAM
9
PALMER
10
MURRAY
11
EDWARDS
1
CLAWLEY
2
MESTON
3
MCKIE
4
MCMILLAN
5
HAYNES
6
HODGKINSON
7
NAUGHTON
8
BUCHANAN
9
LITTLEHALES
10
FARRELL
11
TURNER

Lineups
 
Jimmy CALDERWOOD
                 
George CLAWLEY
 
 
Jack SHUTT
                 
Sammy MESTON
 
 
Jimmy MUNRO
                 
Jim MCKIE
 
 
Bob HOPEWELL
                 
John MCMILLAN
 
 
Babe ANDREWS
                 
Harry HAYNES
 
 
Alec BOGGIE
                 
John HODGKINSON
 
 
Georgie RICHARDSON
               
Billy 'Chippy' NAUGHTON
 

 
Jack HALLAM  
                 
Bob BUCHANAN
 

 
George PALMER
                 
Alf LITTLEHALES
 
 
Joey MURRAY
                 
Jack FARRELL
 
 
Albie EDWARDS
               
Joe TURNER
 













Results on Saturday, December 5, 1896: League Table

 
  New Brompton 0 - 2 Chatham  
  Reading 2 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur  
  Swindon Town 0 - 2 Southampton St. Mary's  

Table as at Saturday, December 5, 1896:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton St. Mary's 8 8 0 0 34 8 4.25 16 
2 Millwall Athletic 8 6 2 0 34 9 3.78 14 
3 Chatham 10 6 1 3 26 17 1.53 13 
4 Tottenham Hotspur 10 5 1 4 22 17 1.29 11 
5 Gravesend United 8 3 2 3 13 14 0.93
6 Northfleet 8 2 2 4 10 14 0.71
7 Reading 7 3 0 4 8 23 0.35
8 Sheppey United 7 2 1 4 12 17 0.71
9 Swindon Town 8 2 0 6 15 22 0.68
10 New Brompton 6 1 1 4 10 19 0.53
11 Wolverton London and North Western Railway 8 1 0 7 9 33 0.27

* Royal Ordnance Factories's record expunged. .

Key: Champions Test Match