Southern League Division One
Saturday, September 26, 1896

Millwall Athletic Swindon Town
G.Aitken (??'), A.Geddes (??')
 HT: 1-1 J.Munro (~10')
Attendance:  3,000   Referee:  Sgt. Barrow


1
CARTER
2
GRAHAM
3
ROBSON
4
KING
5
AITKEN
6
MATTHEW
7
WHELAN
8
FIMESTER
9
MILLAR
10
MCKENZIE
11
GEDDES
1
CALDERWOOD
2
CLARK
3
UZZELL
4
HOPEWELL
5
MUNRO
6
BOGGIE
7
COX
8
HALLAM
9
SKEA
10
MURRAY
11
RICHARDSON

Lineups
 
James CARTER
                 
Jimmy CALDERWOOD
 
 
Jack GRAHAM
                 
Fred CLARK
 
 
David ROBSON
                 
Billy UZZELL
 
 
George KING
                 
Bob HOPEWELL
 
 
G. AITKEN
             
Jimmy MUNRO
 
 
Harry MATTHEW
                 
Alec BOGGIE
 
 
Micky WHELAN
                 
Richie COX
 

 
J. FIMESTER
                 
  Jack HALLAM
 

 
Arthur MILLAR
                 
David SKEA
 
 
Archibald MCKENZIE
                 
Joey MURRAY
 
 
Alf 'Jasper' GEDDES
               
Georgie RICHARDSON
 













Results on Saturday, September 26, 1896: League Table
 
  Millwall Athletic 2 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Northfleet 1 - 1 Gravesend United  
  Royal Ordnance Factories 2 - 6 New Brompton  
  Southampton St. Mary's 6 - 1 Sheppey United  
  Wolverton London and North Western Railway 2 - 3 Reading  

Table as at Saturday, September 26, 1896:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Reading 3 3 0 0 12 5 2.40 6 
2 Southampton St. Mary's 2 2 0 0 10 2 5.00 4 
3 Millwall Athletic 3 1 2 0 5 4 1.25 4 
4 Northfleet 5 1 2 2 5 9 0.56 4 
5 New Brompton 1 1 0 0 6 2 3.00 2 
6 Swindon Town 2 1 0 1 5 2 2.50 2 
7 Chatham 2 1 0 1 5 4 1.25 2 
8 Gravesend United 2 0 2 0 2 2 1.00 2 
9 Wolverton London and North Western Railway 3 1 0 2 3 7 0.43 2 
10 Tottenham Hotspur 2 0 1 1 3 4 0.75 1 
11 Sheppey United 3 0 1 2 5 11 0.45 1 
12 Royal Ordnance Factories 2 0 0 2 5 14 0.36 0 

Key: Champions Test Match