Southern League Division One
Saturday, January 22, 1898

Swindon Town Sheppey United
G.Richardson (??', ??'), A.Walker (??' o.g.), G.Morris (??')
 HT: 2-1 A.Rule (??')
Attendance:  3,000   Referee:  G.H. Muir


1
COOK
2
SHUTT
3
MELLARS
4
BOGGIE
5
MUNRO
6
ALMOND
7
ANTHONY
8
RICHARDSON
9
BELL
10
MORRIS
11
WILSON
1
OSBORNE
2
PENNEY
3
HENDRY
4
LISSENDEN
5
ABBOTT
6
WALKER
7
COTTRELL
8
COLLINS
9
RULE
10
TRAINER
11
PETERS

Lineups
 
Jimmy COOK
                 
OSBORNE
 
 
Jack SHUTT
                 
A. PENNEY
 
 
Billy MELLARS
                 
HENDRY
 
 
Alec BOGGIE
                 
Albert LISSENDEN
 
 
Jimmy MUNRO
                 
ABBOTT
 
 
James ALMOND
                 
A. WALKER
 
 
Tommy ANTHONY
                 
Ted COTTRELL
 

 
Georgie RICHARDSON
               
James COLLINS
 

 
Jock BELL
               
Art RULE
 
 
Grenville MORRIS  
               
  Harry TRAINER
 
 
Tom WILSON
                 
Jack PETERS
 













Results on Saturday, January 22, 1898: League Table
 
  Bristol City 6 - 1 Chatham  
  Southampton 4 - 1 New Brompton  
  Swindon Town 4 - 1 Sheppey United  
  Tottenham Hotspur 7 - 1 Wolverton London and North Western Railway  

Table as at Saturday, January 22, 1898:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol City 14 8 5 1 47 25 1.88 21 
2 Southampton 12 10 0 2 31 12 2.58 20 
3 Reading 11 7 2 2 23 11 2.09 16 
4 Chatham 13 7 2 4 32 24 1.33 16 
5 Tottenham Hotspur 12 6 3 3 32 16 2.00 15 
6 New Brompton 12 5 2 5 19 17 1.12 12 
7 Gravesend United 12 4 4 4 16 17 0.94 12 
8 Sheppey United 13 5 1 7 22 31 0.71 11 
9 Swindon Town 13 4 2 7 20 30 0.67 10 
10 Millwall Athletic 12 4 0 8 27 26 1.04 8 
11 Wolverton London and North Western Railway 14 2 1 11 22 60 0.37 5 
12 Northfleet 10 1 0 9 9 31 0.29 2 

Key: Champions Test Match