Southern League Division One
Saturday, March 4, 1899

Swindon Town Sheppey United
A.Smith (10')
 HT: 1-1
Attendance:  3,000   Referee:  Mr Jameson


1
MENHAM
2
SHUTT
3
MILLS
4
HENDERSON
5
LOGAN
6
SMITH
7
SHARPLES
8
RICHARDSON
9
KIRTON
10
COUPAR
11
LITTLE
1
LEITCH
2
PENNEY
3
OSBORNE
4
MACFARLANE
5
ABBOTT
6
JENNER
7
HARRISON
8
COLLINS
9
TRAINER
10
LISSENDEN
11
PETERS

Lineups
 
Bob MENHAM
                 
Billy LEITCH
 
 
Jack SHUTT
                 
A. PENNEY
 
 
Andrew MILLS
                 
Charles OSBORNE
 
 
George HENDERSON
                 
MACFARLANE
 
 
Neil LOGAN
                 
ABBOTT
 
 
Alec SMITH
               
JENNER
 
 
James SHARPLES
                 
A. HARRISON
 

 
Billy RICHARDSON
                 
James COLLINS
 

 
Jack KIRTON
                 
  Harry TRAINER
 
 
Jimmy COUPAR
                 
Albert LISSENDEN
 
 
Tommy LITTLE
                 
Jack PETERS
 













Results on Saturday, March 4, 1899: League Table
 
  Bedminster 1 - 0 Bristol City  
  Gravesend United 3 - 0 Royal Artillery  
  Reading 1 - 0 Brighton United  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Sheppey United  

Table as at Saturday, March 4, 1899:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton 16 9 4 3 35 15 2.33 22 
2 Millwall Athletic 17 8 6 3 45 25 1.80 22 
3 Bristol City 16 9 3 4 34 23 1.48 21 
4 New Brompton 15 9 2 4 29 14 2.07 20 
5 Reading 17 7 6 4 23 19 1.21 20 
6 Chatham 16 7 5 4 24 14 1.71 19 
7 Swindon Town 18 7 4 7 39 41 0.95 18 
8 Tottenham Hotspur 15 7 2 6 28 27 1.04 16 
9 Bedminster 17 6 4 7 28 32 0.88 16 
10 Gravesend United 17 6 3 8 32 37 0.86 15 
11 Brighton United 18 6 2 10 29 39 0.74 14 
12 Royal Artillery 17 2 4 11 14 43 0.33 8 
13 Sheppey United 19 2 3 14 17 48 0.35 7 

* Warmley's record expunged. .

Key: Champions Test Match