Match Centre

Saturday September 11th, 1897

Southern League Division One

Reading

1 - 0

1

Johnson (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

Johnson (??')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: ~8,000
(~1,500 away fans)

N. Whittaker
Elm Park, Reading

Lineups


1
BULLIMER
2
HENDERSON
3
O'BRIEN
4
SHARP
5
FOSTER
6
ECCLESTON
7
HADLEY
8
DEWEY
9
COCKSHUTT
10
JOHNSON
11
BALL
1
COOK
2
SHUTT
3
MELLARS
4
CLARKE
5
MUNRO
6
ALMOND
7
McELHANEY
8
BELL
9
MORRIS
10
MURRAY
11
WILSON
Reading
1Leon BULLIMER
2Bill HENDERSON
3Joe O'BRIEN
4A. SHARP
5James FOSTER
6 ECCLESTON
7Arthur HADLEY
8Joe DEWEY
9James COCKSHUTT
10 JOHNSON
11 BALL
Swindon Town
1Jimmy COOK1
2Jack SHUTT2
3Billy MELLARS3
4Jim CLARKE4
5Jimmy MUNRO5
6Jim ALMOND6
7Ralph McELHANEY7
8Jock BELL8
9Grenville MORRIS9
10Joey MURRAY10
11Tommy WILSON11

Results


Southern League Division One results on Saturday September 11th, 1897:

Bristol City Bristol City 7-4 Wolverton London and North Western Railway Wolverton LNWR
New Brompton New Brompton 2-1 Chatham Chatham
Reading Reading 1-0 Swindon Town Swindon
Sheppey United Sheppey United 4-0 Gravesend United Gravesend United

Table


Southern League Division One table after matches on Saturday September 11th, 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 Sheppey United Sheppey United 2 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 5 3
2 New Brompton New Brompton 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 2
3 Bristol City Bristol City 1 1 0 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 4 1.75 2
4 Reading Reading 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
5 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1
6 Wolverton London and North Western Railway Wolverton LNWR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 0 0 1 4 7 0.57 0
7 Chatham Chatham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0
8 Gravesend United Gravesend United 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 4 0 0
9 Swindon Town Swindon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0