Southern League Division One
Saturday, November 13, 1897

Wolverton London and North Western Railway Swindon Town
H.Edwards (??'), A.Poole (??')
HT: 2-0 T.Wilson (??')
    Referee:  T. Saywell


1
WALLER
2
UTTON
3
WAIN
4
WESLEY
5
EDWARDS
6
DORMER
7
FROST
8
RADFORD
9
WORKER
10
WORSLEY
11
POOLE
1
COOK
2
SHUTT
3
MELLARS
4
CLARK
5
MUNRO
6
ALMOND
7
RICHARDSON
8
COX
9
MORRIS
10
BELL
11
WILSON

Lineups
 
Wilf WALLER
                 
Jimmy COOK
 
 
UTTON
                 
Jack SHUTT
 
 
WAIN
                 
Billy MELLARS
 
 
Arthur WESLEY
                 
Jim CLARK
 
 
Harry EDWARDS
               
Jimmy MUNRO
 
 
Joe DORMER
                 
James ALMOND
 
 
Jimmy FROST
                 
Georgie RICHARDSON
 

 
RADFORD
                 
Richie COX
 

 
Billy WORKER
                 
  Grenville MORRIS
 
 
WORSLEY
                 
Jock BELL
 
 
Alf POOLE
             
Tom WILSON
 













Results on Saturday, November 13, 1897: League Table

 
  Millwall Athletic 0 - 1 Reading  
  New Brompton 0 - 1 Southampton  
  Sheppey United 2 - 1 Chatham  
  Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 2 Bristol City  
  Wolverton London and North Western Railway 2 - 1 Swindon Town  

Table as at Saturday, November 13, 1897:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton 7 6 0 1 15 6 2.50 12 
2 Reading 7 5 1 1 14 6 2.33 11 
3 Bristol City 7 4 3 0 22 13 1.69 11 
4 Chatham 8 4 2 2 14 8 1.75 10 
5 Tottenham Hotspur 8 3 3 2 18 11 1.64
6 New Brompton 7 3 2 2 10 7 1.43
7 Gravesend United 7 2 3 2 7 9 0.78
8 Millwall Athletic 10 3 0 7 23 22 1.05
9 Sheppey United 6 2 1 3 9 8 1.13
10 Wolverton London and North Western Railway 6 2 1 3 12 24 0.50
11 Northfleet 5 0 0 5 3 16 0.19
12 Swindon Town 6 0 0 6 2 19 0.11

Key: Champions Test Match