Southern League Division One
Saturday, October 24, 1896

Swindon Town Chatham
R.Cox (??'), M.Jones (??')
HT: 2-3 J.Munro (??' o.g.), C.Leatherbarrow (11'), T.Vail (14', ~89'), J.Dickenson (??', ??')
Attendance:  2,000   Referee:  C.D. Crisp


1
CALDERWOOD
2
CLARK
3
MUNRO
4
HOPEWELL
5
ANDREWS
6
BOGGIE
7
HALLAM
8
COX
9
SKEA
10
MURRAY
11
JONES
1
JONES
2
ROBERTSON
3
HUMPHREYS
4
BRISLEY
5
HUGHES
6
RUSSELL
7
LAWRENCE
8
MORTIMER
9
VAIL
10
LEATHERBARROW
11
DICKENSON

Lineups
 
Jimmy CALDERWOOD
                 
Tommy JONES
 
 
Fred CLARK
                 
James ROBERTSON
 
 
Jimmy MUNRO
                 
A. HUMPHREYS
 
 
Bob HOPEWELL
                 
Jimmy BRISLEY
 
 
Babe ANDREWS
                 
A. HUGHES
 
 
Alec BOGGIE
                 
G. RUSSELL
 
 
Jack HALLAM  
                 
Harry LAWRENCE
 

 
Richie COX
               
Peter MORTIMER
 

 
David SKEA
               
Tommy VAIL
 
 
Joey MURRAY
               
Charlie LEATHERBARROW
 
 
Maurice JONES
             
Joe DICKENSON
 













Results on Saturday, October 24, 1896: League Table

 
  New Brompton 1 - 3 Gravesend United  
  Northfleet 1 - 2 Southampton St. Mary's  
  Reading 1 - 7 Millwall Athletic  
  Royal Ordnance Factories 1 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur  
  Swindon Town 2 - 6 Chatham  
  Wolverton London and North Western Railway 2 - 3 Sheppey United  

Table as at Saturday, October 24, 1896:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton St. Mary's 5 5 0 0 27 5 5.40 10 
2 Millwall Athletic 5 3 2 0 14 6 2.33
3 Tottenham Hotspur 6 3 1 2 14 9 1.56
4 Chatham 6 3 1 2 18 13 1.38
5 Gravesend United 6 2 2 2 9 10 0.90
6 Northfleet 7 2 2 3 9 11 0.82
7 Reading 6 3 0 3 14 19 0.74
8 New Brompton 4 2 1 1 13 9 1.44
9 Sheppey United 5 2 1 2 16 13 1.23
10 Swindon Town 5 2 0 3 12 12 1.00
11 Wolverton London and North Western Railway 7 2 0 5 11 20 0.55
12 Royal Ordnance Factories 6 0 0 6 8 38 0.21

Key: Champions Test Match