Southern League Division One
Saturday, January 1, 1898

Swindon Town Wolverton London and North Western Railway
T.Wilson (??'), Wain (??' o.g.), J.Munro (??'), G.Richardson (??')
HT: 0-0
Attendance:  3,000   Referee:  G. Peacock


1
COOK
2
SHUTT
3
MELLARS
4
BOGGIE
5
MUNRO
6
ALMOND
7
RICHARDSON
8
ANTHONY
9
BELL
10
MURRAY
11
WILSON
1
WALLER
2
WAIN
3
UTTON
4
DORMER
5
EDWARDS
6
WESLEY
7
POOLE
8
RADFORD
9
WORSLEY
10
HAYNES
11
FROST

Lineups
 
Jimmy COOK
                 
Wilf WALLER
 
 
Jack SHUTT
                 
WAIN
 
 
Billy MELLARS
                 
UTTON
 
 
Alec BOGGIE
                 
Joe DORMER
 
 
Jimmy MUNRO
               
Harry EDWARDS
 
 
James ALMOND
                 
Arthur WESLEY
 
 
Georgie RICHARDSON
               
Alf POOLE
 

 
Tommy ANTHONY
                 
RADFORD
 

 
Jock BELL
                 
WORSLEY
 
 
Joey MURRAY
                 
HAYNES
 
 
Tom WILSON
               
Jimmy FROST
 













Results on Saturday, January 1, 1898: League Table

 
  New Brompton 3 - 0 Sheppey United  
  Reading 5 - 1 Chatham  
  Southampton 4 - 0 Bristol City  
  Swindon Town 4 - 0 Wolverton London and North Western Railway  

Table as at Saturday, January 1, 1898:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton 9 8 0 1 21 6 3.50 16 
2 Chatham 12 7 2 3 31 18 1.72 16 
3 Bristol City 11 6 4 1 34 20 1.70 16 
4 Reading 10 7 1 2 21 9 2.33 15 
5 New Brompton 11 5 2 4 18 13 1.38 12 
6 Tottenham Hotspur 10 4 3 3 21 15 1.40 11 
7 Sheppey United 11 5 1 5 21 23 0.91 11 
8 Gravesend United 11 3 4 4 13 16 0.81 10 
9 Millwall Athletic 11 3 0 8 23 24 0.96
10 Swindon Town 10 2 2 6 12 24 0.50
11 Wolverton London and North Western Railway 12 2 1 9 20 50 0.40
12 Northfleet 8 1 0 7 8 25 0.32

Key: Champions Test Match