Southern League Division One
Saturday, January 16, 1897

Reading Swindon Town

HT: 0-0
Attendance:  6,000   Referee:  N. Whittaker


1
CANNON
2
BACH
3
O'BRIEN
4
SPIERS
5
WATTS
6
MABLESON
7
HADLEY
8
REID
9
GORDON
10
CUNNINGHAM
11
HERRIN
1
COOK
2
SHUTT
3
MUNRO
4
HOPEWELL
5
ANDREWS
6
BOGGIE
7
RICHARDSON
8
HALLAM
9
PALMER
10
MURRAY
11
EDWARDS

Lineups
 
Mickey CANNON
                 
Jimmy COOK
 
 
Phil BACH  
                 
Jack SHUTT
 
 
Joe O'BRIEN view STFC profile
                 
Jimmy MUNRO
 
 
Dan SPIERS
                 
Bob HOPEWELL
 
 
Ernie WATTS
                 
Babe ANDREWS
 
 
W. MABLESON
                 
Alec BOGGIE
 
 
Arthur HADLEY
                 
Georgie RICHARDSON
 

 
George REID
                 
  Jack HALLAM
 

 
Robbie GORDON
                 
George PALMER
 
 
Willie CUNNINGHAM
                 
Joey MURRAY
 
 
HERRIN
                 
Albie EDWARDS
 













Results on Saturday, January 16, 1897: League Table

 
  Gravesend United 1 - 1 Southampton St. Mary's  
  Reading 0 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Wolverton London and North Western Railway 1 - 0 New Brompton  

Table as at Saturday, January 16, 1897:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton St. Mary's 10 9 1 0 36 9 4.00 19 
2 Millwall Athletic 10 7 2 1 35 13 2.69 16 
3 Chatham 13 7 1 5 32 21 1.52 15 
4 Tottenham Hotspur 12 6 1 5 26 18 1.44 13 
5 Gravesend United 10 4 3 3 19 17 1.12 11 
6 Reading 9 4 1 4 11 25 0.44
7 Swindon Town 12 3 2 7 20 30 0.67
8 Sheppey United 8 3 1 4 17 18 0.94
9 Northfleet 9 2 3 4 12 16 0.75
10 New Brompton 9 2 1 6 17 23 0.74
11 Wolverton London and North Western Railway 12 2 0 10 13 48 0.27

* Royal Ordnance Factories's record expunged. .

Key: Champions Test Match