Southern League Division One
Tuesday, March 23, 1897

Sheppey United Swindon Town

HT: 0-1 J.Murray (22')
Attendance:  1,400   Referee:  T. Griffiths


1
LEITCH
2
PENNEY
3
DAVIS
4
LISSENDEN
5
MATTHEW
6
WALKER
7
HARRISON
8
COTTRELL
9
RULE
10
MURRAY
11
JONES
1
COOK
2
SHUTT
3
MUNRO
4
ALMOND
5
ANDREWS
6
HOPEWELL
7
RICHARDSON
8
DANIEL
9
BOGGIE
10
MURRAY
11
JONES

Lineups
 
Billy LEITCH
                 
Jimmy COOK
 
 
A. PENNEY
                 
Jack SHUTT
 
 
W. DAVIS
                 
Jimmy MUNRO
 
 
Albert LISSENDEN
                 
James ALMOND
 
 
James MATTHEW
                 
Babe ANDREWS
 
 
A. WALKER
                 
Bob HOPEWELL
 
 
A. HARRISON
                 
Georgie RICHARDSON
 

 
Ted COTTRELL
                 
Arthur DANIEL
 

 
Art RULE
                 
Alec BOGGIE
 
 
R. MURRAY
               
Joey MURRAY
 
 
W. JONES
                 
Maurice JONES
 













Results on Tuesday, March 23, 1897: League Table
 
  Sheppey United 0 - 1 Swindon Town  

Table as at Tuesday, March 23, 1897:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton St. Mary's 14 12 2 0 47 12 3.92 26 
2 Millwall Athletic 15 10 3 2 50 18 2.78 23 
3 Chatham 18 11 1 6 44 27 1.63 23 
4 Gravesend United 15 7 4 4 29 22 1.32 18 
5 Swindon Town 18 7 3 8 29 34 0.85 17 
6 Tottenham Hotspur 16 7 2 7 36 26 1.38 16 
7 Reading 16 7 2 7 27 36 0.75 16 
8 New Brompton 16 6 1 9 28 35 0.80 13 
9 Sheppey United 15 4 1 10 26 39 0.67 9 
10 Northfleet 16 3 3 10 18 42 0.43 9 
11 Wolverton London and North Western Railway 15 2 0 13 13 56 0.23 4 

* Royal Ordnance Factories's record expunged. .

Key: Champions Test Match