Southern League Division One
Reading
0 - 0
0
Swindon Town
Swindon Town
0
(HT: 0-0)
Attendance: ~6,000
Attendance: ~6,000
N. Whittaker
Lineups
1
CANNON
CANNON
2
BACH
BACH
3
O'BRIEN
O'BRIEN
4
SPIERS
SPIERS
5
WATTS
WATTS
6
MABLESON
MABLESON
7
HADLEY
HADLEY
8
REID
REID
9
GORDON
GORDON
10
CUNNINGHAM
CUNNINGHAM
11
HERRIN
HERRIN
1
COOK
COOK
2
SHUTT
SHUTT
3
MUNRO
MUNRO
4
HOPEWELL
HOPEWELL
5
ANDREWS
ANDREWS
6
BOGGIE
BOGGIE
7
RICHARDSON
RICHARDSON
8
HALLAM
HALLAM
9
PALMER
PALMER
10
MURRAY
MURRAY
11
EDWARDS
EDWARDS
| Swindon Town | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Jimmy COOK1 | ||
| 2Jack SHUTT2 | ||
| 3Jimmy MUNRO3 | ||
| 4Bob HOPEWELL4 | ||
| 5Alf 'Babe' ANDREWS5 | ||
| 6Alec BOGGIE6 | ||
| 7Georgie RICHARDSON7 | ||
| 8Jack HALLAM8 | ||
| 9George PALMER9 | ||
| 10Joey MURRAY10 | ||
| 11Albie EDWARDS11 |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Club COMMITTEE |
Results
Southern League Division One results on Saturday January 16th, 1897:
Gravesend United
Gravesend United
|
1-1 | 
Southampton St. Mary's
Southampton St. Mary's
|
|
Reading
Reading
|
0-0 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
Wolverton London and North Western Railway
Wolverton LNWR
|
1-0 | 
New Brompton
New Brompton
|
Table
Southern League Division One table after matches on Saturday January 16th, 1897:
| Pos. | Team | P | Home | Away | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | |||
| 1 |
Southampton St. Mary's
Southampton St. Mary's
|
10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 2 | 
Millwall Athletic
Millwall Athletic
|
10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 2.69 | 16 |
| 3 | 
Chatham
Chatham
|
13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 1.52 | 15 |
| 4 | 
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham
|
12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 1.44 | 13 |
| 5 |
Gravesend United
Gravesend United
|
10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 1.12 | 11 |
| 6 |
Reading
Reading
|
9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 0.44 | 9 |
| 7 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 30 | 0.67 | 8 |
| 8 | 
Sheppey United
Sheppey United
|
8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 0.94 | 7 |
| 9 | 
Northfleet
Northfleet
|
9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0.75 | 7 |
| 10 |
New Brompton
New Brompton
|
9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 0.74 | 5 |
| 11 |
Wolverton London and North Western Railway
Wolverton LNWR
|
12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 48 | 0.27 | 4 |