Match Centre

Saturday December 18th, 1897

Southern League Division One

Swindon Town

2 - 2

2

J. Bell (??'), G. Morris (??')

Bristol City

Bristol City

2

J. Russell (??'), A. Caie (??')
J. Bell (??'), G. Morris (??')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: ~4,000

J. Russell (??'), A. Caie (??')
B. Lockyer

Lineups


1
COOK
2
SHUTT
3
MELLARS
4
BOGGIE
5
MUNRO
6
ALMOND
7
RICHARDSON
8
COX
9
BELL
10
MORRIS
11
WILSON
1
MONTEITH
2
DAVY
3
MILLIGAN
4
MANN
5
HIGGINS
6
HAMILTON
7
WYLIE
8
CARNELLY
9
CAIE
10
O'BRIEN
11
RUSSELL

Results


Southern League Division One results on Saturday December 18th, 1897:

Sheppey United Sheppey United 5-1 Northfleet Northfleet
Swindon Town Swindon 2-2 Bristol City Bristol City
Wolverton London and North Western Railway Wolverton LNWR 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham

Table


Southern League Division One table after matches on Saturday December 18th, 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 Bristol City Bristol City 10 4 0 0 20 7 2 4 0 14 9 6 4 0 34 16 2.13 16
2 Southampton Southampton 8 2 0 0 8 2 5 0 1 9 4 7 0 1 17 6 2.83 14
3 Reading Reading 9 5 1 1 14 6 1 0 1 2 2 6 1 2 16 8 2 13
4 Chatham Chatham 9 3 2 0 12 5 2 0 2 4 4 5 2 2 16 9 1.78 12
5 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham 10 3 1 0 13 2 1 2 3 8 13 4 3 3 21 15 1.40 11
6 Sheppey United Sheppey United 10 4 1 1 14 4 1 0 3 7 16 5 1 4 21 20 1.05 11
7 New Brompton New Brompton 8 2 0 2 4 4 2 2 0 9 4 4 2 2 13 8 1.63 10
8 Gravesend United Gravesend United 8 2 3 0 7 3 0 0 3 0 7 2 3 3 7 10 0.70 7
9 Millwall Athletic Millwall Athletic 11 2 0 4 17 12 1 0 4 6 12 3 0 8 23 24 0.96 6
10 Wolverton London and North Western Railway Wolverton LNWR 10 2 0 4 13 14 0 1 3 5 22 2 1 7 18 36 0.50 5
11 Swindon Town Swindon 8 1 1 2 4 11 0 0 4 2 11 1 1 6 6 22 0.27 3
12 Northfleet Northfleet 7 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 5 22 0 0 7 5 23 0.22 0