Southern League Division One
Saturday, December 16, 1899

Swindon Town Gravesend United
P.Turner (3'), J.Sharples (80')
 HT: 1-1 J.Shutt (1' o.g.)
Attendance:  1,000   Referee:  H.C. Platt


1
MENHAM
2
FULTON
3
SHUTT
4
RICHARDSON
5
LOGAN
6
SMITH
7
SHARPLES
8
TURNER
9
SMITH
10
HENDERSON
11
COUPAR
1
ASHCROFT
2
REGAN
3
BAGNALL
4
RICHARDS
5
FARRELL
6
BULL
7
GRIEVE
8
BRIGHT
9
HENDERSON
10
PUGH
11
OTTY

Lineups
 
Bob MENHAM
                 
  Jimmy ASHCROFT
 
 
Jack FULTON
                 
REGAN
 
 
Jack SHUTT
                 
BAGNALL
 
 
Georgie RICHARDSON
                 
RICHARDS
 
 
Neil LOGAN
                 
FARRELL
 
 
Alec SMITH
                 
BULL
 
 
James SHARPLES
               
Tom GRIEVE
 

 
Percy TURNER
               
BRIGHT
 

 
Billy SMITH
                 
HENDERSON
 
 
George HENDERSON
                 
view STFC profileJimmy PUGH
 
 
Jimmy COUPAR
                 
OTTY
 













Results on Saturday, December 16, 1899: League Table
 
  Brighton United 4 - 0 Reading  
  Bristol City 2 - 1 New Brompton  
  Chatham 3 - 0 Bedminster  
  Cowes 1 - 6 Tottenham Hotspur  
  Millwall Athletic 2 - 1 Portsmouth  
  Queens Park Rangers 3 - 0 Bristol Rovers  
  Southampton 3 - 1 Thames Ironworks  
  Swindon Town 2 - 1 Gravesend United  

Table as at Saturday, December 16, 1899:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton 13 10 1 2 37 12 3.08 21 
2 Tottenham Hotspur 11 9 1 1 37 10 3.70 19 
3 Bristol City 15 7 4 4 33 24 1.38 18 
4 Portsmouth 10 7 1 2 23 7 3.29 15 
5 Millwall Athletic 12 7 1 4 23 16 1.44 15 
6 Reading 13 7 1 5 20 17 1.18 15 
7 Swindon Town 13 7 1 5 23 22 1.05 15 
8 Bedminster 10 5 1 4 14 12 1.17 11 
9 Gravesend United 13 4 2 7 20 24 0.83 10 
10 Bristol Rovers 12 5 0 7 22 32 0.69 10 
11 New Brompton 12 3 4 5 14 21 0.67 10 
12 Chatham 14 3 3 8 19 27 0.70 9 
13 Sheppey United 11 3 3 5 12 18 0.67 9 
14 Thames Ironworks 9 4 1 4 8 13 0.62 9 
15 Queens Park Rangers 10 4 0 6 23 22 1.05 8 
16 Cowes 13 3 1 9 17 43 0.40 7 
17 Brighton United 13 1 1 11 14 39 0.36 3 

Key: Champions Test Match