Southern League Division One
Saturday, December 18, 1897

Swindon Town Bristol City
J.Bell (??'), G.Morris (??')
 HT: 0-1 J.Russell (??'), A.Caie (??')
Attendance:  4,000   Referee:  B. Lockyer


1
COOK
2
SHUTT
3
MELLARS
4
BOGGIE
5
MUNRO
6
ALMOND
7
RICHARDSON
8
COX
9
BELL
10
MORRIS
11
WILSON
1
MONTEITH
2
DAVY
3
MILLIGAN
4
MANN
5
HIGGINS
6
HAMILTON
7
WYLIE
8
CARNELLY
9
CAIE
10
O'BRIEN
11
RUSSELL

Lineups
 
Jimmy COOK
                 
Hugh MONTEITH
 
 
Jack SHUTT
                 
Harry DAVY
 
 
Billy MELLARS
                 
view STFC profileAlex MILLIGAN
 
 
Alec BOGGIE
                 
George MANN
 
 
Jimmy MUNRO
                 
Sandy HIGGINS
 
 
James ALMOND
                 
Jock HAMILTON
 
 
Georgie RICHARDSON
                 
Tom WYLIE
 

 
Richie COX
                 
Albert CARNELLY
 

 
Jock BELL
             
Alex CAIE
 
 
Grenville MORRIS  
               
view STFC profilePaddy O'BRIEN
 
 
Tom WILSON
               
Jock RUSSELL
 













Results on Saturday, December 18, 1897: League Table
 
  Sheppey United 5 - 1 Northfleet  
  Swindon Town 2 - 2 Bristol City  
  Wolverton London and North Western Railway 1 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur  

Table as at Saturday, December 18, 1897:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol City 10 6 4 0 34 16 2.13 16 
2 Southampton 8 7 0 1 17 6 2.83 14 
3 Reading 9 6 1 2 16 8 2.00 13 
4 Chatham 9 5 2 2 16 9 1.78 12 
5 Tottenham Hotspur 10 4 3 3 21 15 1.40 11 
6 Sheppey United 10 5 1 4 21 20 1.05 11 
7 New Brompton 8 4 2 2 13 8 1.63 10 
8 Gravesend United 8 2 3 3 7 10 0.70 7 
9 Millwall Athletic 11 3 0 8 23 24 0.96 6 
10 Wolverton London and North Western Railway 10 2 1 7 18 36 0.50 5 
11 Swindon Town 8 1 1 6 6 22 0.27 3 
12 Northfleet 7 0 0 7 5 23 0.22 0 

Key: Champions Test Match