Southern League Division One
Saturday, November 6, 1897

Southampton Swindon Town
B.Buchanan (??', ??', ??'), W.Keay (??')
 HT: 1-0 R.Cox (??')
Attendance:  5,000   Referee:  H. Walker


1
CLAWLEY
2
MESTON
3
HAYNES
4
MCMILLAN
5
CHADWICK
6
PETRIE
7
YATES
8
BUCHANAN
9
FARRELL
10
KEAY
11
TURNER
1
COOK
2
SHUTT
3
MELLARS
4
MCELHANEY
5
MUNRO
6
ALMOND
7
RICHARDSON
8
COX
9
MORRIS
10
BELL
11
WILSON

Lineups
 
George CLAWLEY
                 
Jimmy COOK
 
 
Sammy MESTON
                 
Jack SHUTT
 
 
Harry HAYNES
                 
Billy MELLARS
 
 
John MCMILLAN
                 
Ralph MCELHANEY
 
 
Arthur CHADWICK  
                 
Jimmy MUNRO
 
 
Bob PETRIE
                 
James ALMOND
 
 
Jimmy YATES
                 
Georgie RICHARDSON
 

 
Bob BUCHANAN
             
Richie COX
 

 
Jack FARRELL
                 
  Grenville MORRIS
 
 
Watty KEAY
               
Jock BELL
 
 
Joe TURNER
                 
Tom WILSON
 













Results on Saturday, November 6, 1897: League Table
 
  Chatham 0 - 0 Bristol City  
  Gravesend United 1 - 1 New Brompton  
  Reading 3 - 3 Tottenham Hotspur  
  Southampton 4 - 1 Swindon Town  

Table as at Saturday, November 6, 1897:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton 6 5 0 1 14 6 2.33 10 
2 Chatham 7 4 2 1 13 6 2.17 10 
3 Bristol City 6 4 2 0 20 11 1.82 10 
4 Reading 6 4 1 1 13 6 2.17 9 
5 Tottenham Hotspur 7 3 2 2 16 9 1.78 8 
6 New Brompton 6 3 2 1 10 6 1.67 8 
7 Millwall Athletic 8 3 0 5 23 20 1.15 6 
8 Gravesend United 6 1 3 2 6 9 0.67 5 
9 Sheppey United 5 1 1 3 7 7 1.00 3 
10 Wolverton London and North Western Railway 5 1 1 3 10 23 0.43 3 
11 Northfleet 5 0 0 5 3 16 0.19 0 
12 Swindon Town 5 0 0 5 1 17 0.06 0 

Key: Champions Test Match