Southern League Division One
Saturday, March 5, 1898

Swindon Town Southampton

HT: 0-1 B.Petrie (??'), J.Yates (??' pen)
Attendance:  5,000   Referee:  H. Walker


1
COOK
2
SHUTT
3
TAYLOR
4
CLARK
5
BOGGIE
6
ALMOND
7
RICHARDSON
8
ANTHONY
9
BELL
10
MORRIS
11
WILSON
1
CLAWLEY
2
NICOL
3
HAYNES
4
MESTON
5
CHADWICK
6
PETRIE
7
YATES
8
BUCHANAN
9
FARRELL
10
KEAY
11
TURNER

Lineups
 
Jimmy COOK
                 
George CLAWLEY
 
 
Jack SHUTT
                 
Tom NICOL
 
 
Mac TAYLOR
                 
Harry HAYNES
 
 
Jim CLARK
                 
Sammy MESTON
 
 
Alec BOGGIE
                 
  Arthur CHADWICK
 
 
James ALMOND
               
Bob PETRIE
 
 
Georgie RICHARDSON
               
Jimmy YATES
 

 
Tommy ANTHONY
                 
Bob BUCHANAN
 

 
Jock BELL
                 
Jack FARRELL
 
 
Grenville MORRIS  
                 
Watty KEAY
 
 
Tom WILSON
                 
Joe TURNER
 













Results on Saturday, March 5, 1898: League Table

 
  Gravesend United 1 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur  
  Northfleet 1 - 4 Bristol City  
  Sheppey United 3 - 1 New Brompton  
  Swindon Town 0 - 2 Southampton  

Table as at Saturday, March 5, 1898:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol City 17 11 5 1 58 27 2.15 27 
2 Southampton 15 12 1 2 36 14 2.57 25 
3 Reading 17 8 6 3 32 18 1.78 22 
4 Chatham 16 9 3 4 42 28 1.50 21 
5 Tottenham Hotspur 17 8 4 5 40 26 1.54 20 
6 New Brompton 17 7 2 8 27 27 1.00 16 
7 Gravesend United 16 5 6 5 21 22 0.95 16 
8 Swindon Town 18 7 2 9 33 39 0.85 16 
9 Sheppey United 17 6 1 10 27 41 0.66 13 
10 Millwall Athletic 16 5 1 10 36 36 1.00 11 
11 Northfleet 16 2 2 12 18 49 0.37
12 Wolverton London and North Western Railway 16 2 1 13 22 65 0.34

Key: Champions Test Match