Southern League Division One
Saturday, October 15, 1898

Swindon Town Gravesend United
J.Coupar (??'), G.Morris (??'), J.Kirton (??'), J.Munro (??' pen)
 HT: 2-0 A.Hulme (??')
Attendance:  3,000   Referee:  G.H. Muir


1
BOULTON
2
SHUTT
3
MILLS
4
HENDERSON
5
MUNRO
6
SMITH
7
SHARPLES
8
COUPAR
9
LITTLE
10
MORRIS
11
KIRTON
1
WILKINSON
2
BUIST
3
STRUTHERS
4
BULL
5
REGAN
6
DAVIES
7
GARFIELD
8
HULME
9
MOBLEY
10
BARBOUR
11
ROSS

Lineups
 
Tom BOULTON
                 
William WILKINSON
 
 
Jack SHUTT
                 
Bobby BUIST
 
 
Andrew MILLS
                 
Bob STRUTHERS
 
 
George HENDERSON
                 
BULL
 
 
Jimmy MUNRO
               
REGAN
 
 
Alec SMITH
                 
Sam DAVIES
 
 
James SHARPLES
                 
James GARFIELD
 

 
Jimmy COUPAR
             
Arthur HULME
 

 
Tommy LITTLE
                 
Frank MOBLEY
 
 
Grenville MORRIS  
               
Billy BARBOUR
 
 
Jack KIRTON
               
William ROSS
 













Results on Saturday, October 15, 1898: League Table
 
  Chatham 1 - 1 Millwall Athletic  
  New Brompton 2 - 0 Sheppey United  
  Southampton 0 - 0 Reading  
  Swindon Town 4 - 1 Gravesend United  

Table as at Saturday, October 15, 1898:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 New Brompton 6 5 1 0 17 2 8.50 11 
2 Southampton 6 4 1 1 12 5 2.40 9 
3 Swindon Town 6 4 0 2 20 11 1.82 8 
4 Gravesend United 7 4 0 3 17 14 1.21 8 
5 Tottenham Hotspur 4 3 1 0 13 4 3.25 7 
6 Millwall Athletic 5 2 2 1 6 6 1.00 6 
7 Reading 6 2 2 2 9 10 0.90 6 
8 Brighton United 5 2 0 3 13 13 1.00 4 
9 Chatham 4 1 2 1 4 4 1.00 4 
10 Bristol City 2 1 1 0 5 3 1.67 3 
11 Bedminster 3 0 1 2 2 7 0.29 1 
12 Royal Artillery 5 0 1 4 5 18 0.28 1 
13 Warmley 4 0 0 4 4 20 0.20 0 
14 Sheppey United 5 0 0 5 2 12 0.17 0 

Key: Champions Test Match