Southern League Division One
Saturday, October 23, 1897

Swindon Town Millwall Athletic

HT: 0-2 J.Davies (??'), J.Calvey (??', ??'), J.McLean (~75'), M.Whelan (??')
Attendance:  3,100   Referee:  G. Gay


1
COOK
2
SHUTT
3
MELLARS
4
CLARK
5
MUNRO
6
ALMOND
7
RICHARDSON
8
MURRAY
9
MORRIS
10
BELL
11
WILSON
1
MOORE
2
ROBSON
3
DAVIS
4
KING
5
MILLAR
6
CURLEY
7
WHELAN
8
CALVEY
9
MCLEAN
10
DAVIES
11
GEDDES

Lineups
 
Jimmy COOK
                 
Tommy MOORE
 
 
Jack SHUTT
                 
David ROBSON
 
 
Billy MELLARS
                 
W. DAVIS
 
 
Jim CLARK
                 
D. KING
 
 
Jimmy MUNRO
                 
Arthur MILLAR
 
 
James ALMOND
                 
J.M. CURLEY
 
 
Georgie RICHARDSON
               
Micky WHELAN
 

 
Joey MURRAY
               
  Jack CALVEY
 

 
Grenville MORRIS  
               
Jock MCLEAN
 
 
Jock BELL
               
  Joe DAVIES
 
 
Tom WILSON
                 
Alf 'Jasper' GEDDES
 













Results on Saturday, October 23, 1897: League Table
 
  Bristol City 3 - 2 Northfleet  
  Chatham 2 - 2 New Brompton  
  Gravesend United 0 - 0 Wolverton London and North Western Railway  
  Reading 1 - 0 Sheppey United  
  Southampton 4 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur  
  Swindon Town 0 - 5 Millwall Athletic  

Table as at Saturday, October 23, 1897:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Chatham 6 4 1 1 13 6 2.17 9 
2 Bristol City 5 4 1 0 20 11 1.82 9 
3 Reading 5 4 0 1 10 3 3.33 8 
4 Southampton 5 4 0 1 10 5 2.00 8 
5 Tottenham Hotspur 6 3 1 2 13 6 2.17 7 
6 New Brompton 5 3 1 1 9 5 1.80 7 
7 Millwall Athletic 8 3 0 5 23 20 1.15 6 
8 Gravesend United 5 1 2 2 5 8 0.63 4 
9 Sheppey United 5 1 1 3 7 7 1.00 3 
10 Wolverton London and North Western Railway 5 1 1 3 10 23 0.43 3 
11 Northfleet 5 0 0 5 3 16 0.19 0 
12 Swindon Town 4 0 0 4 0 13 0.00 0 

Key: Champions Test Match