Southern League Division One
Saturday, January 29, 1898

Swindon Town Northfleet
G.Morris 3, T.Anthony, J.Bell, J.Munro (pen), J.Murray
 HT: 1-1 T.Grieve, Cook
Attendance:  3,000   Referee:  Mr Lattimer


1
COOK
2
SHUTT
3
MUNRO
4
CLARK
5
BOGGIE
6
ALMOND
7
ANTHONY
8
RICHARDSON
9
BELL
10
MORRIS
11
MURRAY
1
CLARE
2
OSBORNE
3
BIGNALL
4
WRIGHT
5
CRAIG
6
BAILEY
7
COOK
8
GRIEVE
9
LAURIE
10
NICHOL
11
CAMPBELL

Lineups
 
Jimmy COOK
                 
CLARE
 
 
Jack SHUTT
                 
OSBORNE
 
 
Jimmy MUNRO
               
BIGNALL
 
 
Jim CLARK
                 
WRIGHT
 
 
Alec BOGGIE
                 
CRAIG
 
 
James ALMOND
                 
BAILEY
 
 
Tommy ANTHONY
             
COOK
 

 
Billy RICHARDSON
               
Tom GRIEVE
 

 
Jock BELL
               
LAURIE
 
 
Grenville MORRIS  
               
NICHOL
 
 
Joey MURRAY
               
CAMPBELL
 













Results on Saturday, January 29, 1898: League Table
 
  Chatham 4 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur  
  Gravesend United 1 - 1 Reading  
  New Brompton 2 - 0 Wolverton London and North Western Railway  
  Swindon Town 7 - 2 Northfleet  

Table as at Saturday, January 29, 1898:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol City 14 8 5 1 47 25 1.88 21 
2 Southampton 12 10 0 2 31 12 2.58 20 
3 Chatham 14 8 2 4 36 26 1.38 18 
4 Reading 12 7 3 2 24 12 2.00 17 
5 Tottenham Hotspur 13 6 3 4 34 20 1.70 15 
6 New Brompton 13 6 2 5 21 17 1.24 14 
7 Gravesend United 13 4 5 4 17 18 0.94 13 
8 Swindon Town 14 5 2 7 27 32 0.84 12 
9 Sheppey United 13 5 1 7 22 31 0.71 11 
10 Millwall Athletic 12 4 0 8 27 26 1.04 8 
11 Wolverton London and North Western Railway 15 2 1 12 22 62 0.35 5 
12 Northfleet 11 1 0 10 11 38 0.29 2 

Key: Champions Test Match