Southern League Division One
Monday, December 27, 1897

Gravesend United Swindon Town
Bull (50' pen), Andrews (78')
 HT: 0-2 A.Boggie (30'), T.Wilson (40')
Attendance:  2,000   Referee:  C. Raynor


1
BIGNELL
2
BUIST
3
TURNER
4
INNES
5
BULL
6
SLATER
7
COWIE
8
MCDONALD
9
MOBLEY
10
ANDREWS
11
JOHNSON
1
COOK
2
MUNRO
3
MELLARS
4
CLARK
5
BOGGIE
6
ALMOND
7
RICHARDSON
8
ANTHONY
9
BELL
10
MURRAY
11
WILSON

Lineups
 
H. BIGNELL
                 
Jimmy COOK
 
 
Bobby BUIST
                 
Jimmy MUNRO
 
 
John TURNER
                 
Billy MELLARS
 
 
Bob INNES view STFC profile
                 
Jim CLARK
 
 
BULL
             
Alec BOGGIE
 
 
SLATER
                 
James ALMOND
 
 
Andrew COWIE
                 
Georgie RICHARDSON
 

 
MCDONALD
                 
Tommy ANTHONY
 

 
Frank MOBLEY
                 
Jock BELL
 
 
ANDREWS
               
Joey MURRAY
 
 
Tommy JOHNSON
               
Tom WILSON
 













Results on Monday, December 27, 1897: League Table
 
  Chatham 10 - 2 Wolverton London and North Western Railway  
  Gravesend United 2 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Northfleet 3 - 2 New Brompton  

Table as at Monday, December 27, 1897:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Chatham 11 7 2 2 30 13 2.31 16 
2 Bristol City 10 6 4 0 34 16 2.13 16 
3 Southampton 8 7 0 1 17 6 2.83 14 
4 Reading 9 6 1 2 16 8 2.00 13 
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 10 4 2 4 15 13 1.15 10 
8 Gravesend United 11 3 4 4 13 16 0.81 10 
9 Millwall Athletic 11 3 0 8 23 24 0.96 6 
10 Wolverton London and North Western Railway 11 2 1 8 20 46 0.43 5 
11 Swindon Town 9 1 2 6 8 24 0.33 4 
12 Northfleet 8 1 0 7 8 25 0.32 2 

Key: Champions Test Match