Southern League Division One
Saturday, September 9, 1899

Swindon Town Cowes
J.Sharples (??'), B.Smith (??'), P.Turner (??')
HT: 2-1 Walker (??')
Attendance:  3,000    


1
MENHAM
2
SHUTT
3
WILSON
4
RICHARDSON
5
HENDERSON
6
SMITH
7
SHARPLES
8
COUPAR
9
SMITH
10
TURNER
11
WILSON
1
PALEY
2
STEVELY
3
TAIT
4
NASH
5
DOCHERTY
6
JOLLIFFE
7
BAKER
8
FINLAYSON
9
WALKER
10
BROCK
11
MOORE

Lineups
 
Bob MENHAM
                 
PALEY
 
 
Jack SHUTT
                 
STEVELY
 
 
Jock WILSON
                 
TAIT
 
 
Georgie RICHARDSON
                 
NASH
 
 
George HENDERSON
                 
James DOCHERTY
 
 
Alec SMITH
                 
JOLLIFFE
 
 
James SHARPLES
               
BAKER
 

 
Jimmy COUPAR
                 
FINLAYSON
 

 
Billy SMITH
             
WALKER
 
 
Percy TURNER
               
James BROCK
 
 
Tom WILSON
                 
MOORE
 













Results on Saturday, September 9, 1899: League Table

 
  Bedminster 3 - 1 Brighton United  
  Bristol Rovers 2 - 1 Sheppey United  
  Gravesend United 2 - 2 Southampton  
  New Brompton 1 - 1 Millwall Athletic  
  Portsmouth 2 - 0 Reading  
  Swindon Town 3 - 1 Cowes  
  Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 0 Queens Park Rangers  

Table as at Saturday, September 9, 1899:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Portsmouth 2 2 0 0 3 0
2 Bedminster 2 2 0 0 5 1 5.00
3 Tottenham Hotspur 2 2 0 0 4 1 4.00
4 Southampton 2 1 1 0 8 4 2.00
5 Queens Park Rangers 2 1 0 1 6 1 6.00
6 Bristol City 1 1 0 0 3 2 1.50
7 Reading 2 1 0 1 3 2 1.50
8 Swindon Town 2 1 0 1 5 4 1.25
9 Cowes 2 1 0 1 3 4 0.75
10 Bristol Rovers 2 1 0 1 2 4 0.50
11 Gravesend United 2 0 1 1 3 4 0.75
12 Millwall Athletic 2 0 1 1 2 4 0.50
13 New Brompton 2 0 1 1 3 7 0.43
14 Sheppey United 2 0 0 2 1 4 0.25
15 Brighton United 2 0 0 2 1 9 0.11
16 Chatham 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00

Key: Champions Test Match