Southern League Division One
Saturday, December 17, 1898

Swindon Town Millwall Athletic
J.Sharples (??'), G.Henderson (??')
HT: 1-1 R.Hill (??'), R.Tannahill (??'), P.Turnbull (??'), J.Calvey (??')
Attendance:  5,000   Referee:  B.M. Lockyer


1
MENHAM
2
SHUTT
3
MILLS
4
HENDERSON
5
MUNRO
6
SMITH
7
SHARPLES
8
COUPAR
9
RICHARDSON
10
LITTLE
11
KIRTON
1
SUNDERLAND
2
BURGESS
3
DAVIS
4
CRAWFORD
5
STEWART
6
MILLAR
7
TANNAHILL
8
CALVEY
9
HILL
10
TURNBULL
11
GEDDES

Lineups
 
Bob MENHAM
                 
H.S. SUNDERLAND
 
 
Jack SHUTT
                 
Charles BURGESS
 
 
Andrew MILLS
                 
W. DAVIS
 
 
George HENDERSON
               
Gavin CRAWFORD
 
 
Jimmy MUNRO
                 
Willie STEWART
 
 
Alec SMITH
                 
Arthur MILLAR
 
 
James SHARPLES
             
Robert TANNAHILL
 

 
Jimmy COUPAR
               
  Jack CALVEY
 

 
Billy RICHARDSON
               
R. HILL
 
 
Tommy LITTLE
               
Peter TURNBULL
 
 
Jack KIRTON
                 
Alf 'Jasper' GEDDES
 













Results on Saturday, December 17, 1898: League Table

 
  Brighton United 1 - 1 Reading  
  Bristol City 5 - 2 Bedminster  
  Gravesend United 4 - 2 Warmley  
  Royal Artillery 1 - 1 Southampton  
  Sheppey United 3 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur  
  Swindon Town 2 - 4 Millwall Athletic  

Table as at Saturday, December 17, 1898:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton 12 8 3 1 34 9 3.78 19 
2 New Brompton 11 9 1 1 27 9 3.00 19 
3 Millwall Athletic 11 5 4 2 19 17 1.12 14 
4 Bristol City 7 6 1 0 19 9 2.11 13 
5 Swindon Town 11 6 1 4 32 23 1.39 13 
6 Gravesend United 11 5 2 4 24 22 1.09 12 
7 Tottenham Hotspur 9 5 1 3 24 15 1.60 11 
8 Bedminster 11 4 3 4 19 22 0.86 11 
9 Chatham 9 3 2 4 13 9 1.44
10 Reading 9 2 3 4 10 15 0.67
11 Brighton United 11 2 2 7 18 26 0.69
12 Royal Artillery 12 1 4 7 14 32 0.44
13 Sheppey United 12 1 3 8 12 33 0.36
14 Warmley 12 1 2 9 17 41 0.41

Key: Champions Test Match