Southern League Division One
Saturday, September 11, 1897

Reading Swindon Town
Johnson (??')
 HT: 1-0
Attendance:  8,000   Referee:  N. Whittaker


1
BULLIMER
2
HENDERSON
3
O'BRIEN
4
SHARP
5
FOSTER
6
ECCLESTON
7
HADLEY
8
DEWEY
9
COCKSHUTT
10
JOHNSON
11
BALL
1
COOK
2
SHUTT
3
MELLARS
4
CLARK
5
MUNRO
6
ALMOND
7
MCELHANEY
8
BELL
9
MORRIS
10
MURRAY
11
WILSON

Lineups
 
Leon BULLIMER
                 
Jimmy COOK
 
 
Bill HENDERSON
                 
Jack SHUTT
 
 
Joe O'BRIEN view STFC profile
                 
Billy MELLARS
 
 
A. SHARP
                 
Jim CLARK
 
 
James FOSTER
                 
Jimmy MUNRO
 
 
ECCLESTON
                 
James ALMOND
 
 
Arthur HADLEY
                 
Ralph MCELHANEY
 

 
Joe DEWEY
                 
Jock BELL
 

 
James COCKSHUTT
                 
  Grenville MORRIS
 
 
JOHNSON
               
Joey MURRAY
 
 
BALL
                 
Tom WILSON
 













Results on Saturday, September 11, 1897: League Table
 
  Bristol City 7 - 4 Wolverton London and North Western Railway  
  New Brompton 2 - 1 Chatham  
  Reading 1 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Sheppey United 4 - 0 Gravesend United  

Table as at Saturday, September 11, 1897:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Sheppey United 2 1 1 0 5 1 5.00 3 
2 Reading 1 1 0 0 1 0 ∞ 2 
3 New Brompton 1 1 0 0 2 1 2.00 2 
4 Bristol City 1 1 0 0 7 4 1.75 2 
5 Tottenham Hotspur 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.00 1 
6 Wolverton London and North Western Railway 1 0 0 1 4 7 0.57 0 
7 Chatham 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0 
8 Swindon Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 0 
9 Gravesend United 1 0 0 1 0 4 0.00 0 

Key: Champions Test Match