Southern League Division One
Saturday, April 2, 1898

Sheppey United Swindon Town
J.Collins (??'), R.Murray (??'), T.Cottrell (??')
HT: 2-1 T.Wilson (??')
Attendance:  1,200   Referee:  T. Griffiths


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

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

 
James COLLINS
               
Jock BELL
 

 
Art RULE
                 
Billy RICHARDSON
 
 
R. MURRAY
               
  Grenville MORRIS
 
 
Jack PETERS
               
Tom WILSON
 













Results on Saturday, April 2, 1898: League Table

 
  Sheppey United 3 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 1 New Brompton  
  Wolverton London and North Western Railway 2 - 0 Reading  

Table as at Saturday, April 2, 1898:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol City 19 12 6 1 62 30 2.07 30 
2 Southampton 17 14 1 2 42 15 2.80 29 
3 Chatham 19 11 4 4 47 30 1.57 26 
4 Tottenham Hotspur 19 10 4 5 47 27 1.74 24 
5 Reading 20 8 7 5 35 24 1.46 23 
6 New Brompton 19 8 2 9 31 32 0.97 18 
7 Gravesend United 18 6 6 6 24 26 0.92 18 
8 Swindon Town 21 7 2 12 36 46 0.78 16 
9 Sheppey United 19 7 1 11 30 46 0.65 15 
10 Millwall Athletic 19 6 2 11 42 42 1.00 14 
11 Northfleet 18 3 2 13 24 53 0.45
12 Wolverton London and North Western Railway 20 3 1 16 25 74 0.34

Key: Champions Test Match