Southern League Division One
Saturday, December 24, 1898

Southampton Swindon Town
H.Wood (??', ??'), B.Menham (??' o.g.), W.Keay (??' pen)
HT: 2-0 J.Kirton (??')
Attendance:  5,000   Referee:  G. Landragin


1
ROBINSON
2
MEEHAN
3
HAYNES
4
MESTON
5
CHADWICK
6
PETRIE
7
SMITH
8
WOOD
9
HARTLEY
10
KEAY
11
SEELEY
1
MENHAM
2
MUNRO
3
MILLS
4
RICHARDSON
5
LOGAN
6
SMITH
7
SHARPLES
8
COUPAR
9
RICHARDSON
10
HENDERSON
11
KIRTON

Lineups
 
Jack ROBINSON  
                 
Bob MENHAM
 
 
Peter MEEHAN
                 
Jimmy MUNRO
 
 
Harry HAYNES
                 
Andrew MILLS
 
 
Sammy MESTON
                 
Georgie RICHARDSON
 
 
Arthur CHADWICK  
                 
Neil LOGAN
 
 
Bob PETRIE
                 
Alec SMITH
 
 
Tom SMITH
                 
James SHARPLES
 

 
Harry WOOD  
               
Jimmy COUPAR
 

 
Abe HARTLEY
                 
Billy RICHARDSON
 
 
Watty KEAY
               
George HENDERSON
 
 
George SEELEY
               
Jack KIRTON
 













Results on Saturday, December 24, 1898: League Table

 
  Gravesend United 2 - 2 Bristol City  
  Millwall Athletic 4 - 0 Sheppey United  
  New Brompton 0 - 0 Reading  
  Southampton 4 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Warmley 1 - 5 Tottenham Hotspur  

Table as at Saturday, December 24, 1898:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton 13 9 3 1 38 10 3.80 21 
2 New Brompton 12 9 2 1 27 9 3.00 20 
3 Millwall Athletic 12 6 4 2 23 17 1.35 16 
4 Bristol City 8 6 2 0 21 11 1.91 14 
5 Tottenham Hotspur 10 6 1 3 29 16 1.81 13 
6 Swindon Town 12 6 1 5 33 27 1.22 13 
7 Gravesend United 12 5 3 4 26 24 1.08 13 
8 Bedminster 11 4 3 4 19 22 0.86 11 
9 Chatham 9 3 2 4 13 9 1.44
10 Reading 10 2 4 4 10 15 0.67
11 Brighton United 11 2 2 7 18 26 0.69
12 Royal Artillery 12 1 4 7 14 32 0.44
13 Sheppey United 13 1 3 9 12 37 0.32
14 Warmley 13 1 2 10 18 46 0.39

Key: Champions Test Match