Southern League Division One
Saturday, February 27, 1897

Southampton St. Mary's Swindon Town
J.Farrell (??'), J.Turner (??')
 HT: 0-0
Attendance:  5,000   Referee:  T.W. Saywell


1
CLAWLEY
2
MESTON
3
HAYNES
4
MCMILLAN
5
LITTLEHALES
6
HODGKINSON
7
NAUGHTON
8
BUCHANAN
9
FARRELL
10
HAYTER
11
TURNER
1
COOK
2
SHUTT
3
MUNRO
4
ALMOND
5
ANDREWS
6
BOGGIE
7
HALLAM
8
DANIEL
9
MORRIS
10
MURRAY
11
EDWARDS

Lineups
 
George CLAWLEY
                 
Jimmy COOK
 
 
Sammy MESTON
                 
Jack SHUTT
 
 
Harry HAYNES
                 
Jimmy MUNRO
 
 
John MCMILLAN
                 
James ALMOND
 
 
Alf LITTLEHALES
                 
Babe ANDREWS
 
 
John HODGKINSON
                 
Alec BOGGIE
 
 
Billy 'Chippy' NAUGHTON
                 
  Jack HALLAM
 

 
Bob BUCHANAN
                 
Arthur DANIEL
 

 
Jack FARRELL
               
  Grenville MORRIS
 
 
Fred HAYTER
                 
Joey MURRAY
 
 
Joe TURNER
               
Albie EDWARDS
 













Results on Saturday, February 27, 1897: League Table
 
  Chatham 6 - 2 Sheppey United  
  New Brompton 1 - 0 Reading  
  Southampton St. Mary's 2 - 0 Swindon Town  

Table as at Saturday, February 27, 1897:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton St. Mary's 12 11 1 0 41 10 4.10 23 
2 Chatham 17 10 1 6 42 26 1.62 21 
3 Millwall Athletic 11 8 2 1 38 14 2.71 18 
4 Gravesend United 13 6 4 3 25 20 1.25 16 
5 Tottenham Hotspur 14 7 1 6 32 20 1.60 15 
6 Swindon Town 16 5 3 8 27 34 0.79 13 
7 Reading 13 6 1 6 20 30 0.67 13 
8 New Brompton 14 5 1 8 26 31 0.84 11 
9 Sheppey United 12 3 1 8 22 31 0.71 7 
10 Northfleet 12 2 3 7 14 29 0.48 7 
11 Wolverton London and North Western Railway 14 2 0 12 13 55 0.24 4 

* Royal Ordnance Factories's record expunged. .

Key: Champions Test Match