Southern League Division One
Saturday, September 18, 1897

Swindon Town New Brompton

HT: 0-3 D.Skea (5'), B.Ford (14', ??')
Attendance:  4,000   Referee:  H. Walker


1
COOK
2
SHUTT
3
MELLARS
4
CLARK
5
MUNRO
6
ALMOND
7
RICHARDSON
8
MCELHANEY
9
MORRIS
10
BELL
11
WILSON
1
JONES
2
KING
3
WATSON
4
GRAHAM
5
MEAGER
6
HODGKINSON
7
HUTCHESON
8
FRETTINGHAM
9
FORD
10
SKEA
11
GALLACHER

Lineups
 
Jimmy COOK
                 
  Sam JONES
 
 
Jack SHUTT
                 
Syd KING
 
 
Billy MELLARS
                 
John WATSON
 
 
Jim CLARK
                 
James GRAHAM
 
 
Jimmy MUNRO
                 
Alf MEAGER
 
 
James ALMOND
                 
John HODGKINSON
 
 
Georgie RICHARDSON
                 
Dave HUTCHESON
 

 
Ralph MCELHANEY
                 
Jimmy FRETTINGHAM
 

 
Grenville MORRIS  
               
Bill FORD
 
 
Jock BELL
               
view STFC profileDavid SKEA
 
 
Tom WILSON
                 
Hugh GALLACHER
 













Results on Saturday, September 18, 1897: League Table

 
  Chatham 4 - 2 Sheppey United  
  Gravesend United 3 - 0 Northfleet  
  Millwall Athletic 2 - 6 Bristol City  
  Swindon Town 0 - 3 New Brompton  
  Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 0 Southampton  

Table as at Saturday, September 18, 1897:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 New Brompton 2 2 0 0 5 1 5.00
2 Bristol City 2 2 0 0 13 6 2.17
3 Tottenham Hotspur 2 1 1 0 3 1 3.00
4 Sheppey United 3 1 1 1 7 5 1.40
5 Reading 1 1 0 0 1 0
6 Chatham 2 1 0 1 5 4 1.25
7 Gravesend United 2 1 0 1 3 4 0.75
8 Wolverton London and North Western Railway 1 0 0 1 4 7 0.57
9 Millwall Athletic 1 0 0 1 2 6 0.33
10 Southampton 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.00
11 Northfleet 1 0 0 1 0 3 0.00
12 Swindon Town 2 0 0 2 0 4 0.00

Key: Champions Test Match