Match Centre

Saturday September 17th, 1898

Southern League Division One

Swindon Town

6 - 1

6

J. Coupar (??'), J. Kirton (??'), J. Munro (??' pen), G. Henderson (??'), T. Little (??'), G. Morris (??')

Reading

Reading

1

E. Goldie (??')
J. Coupar (??'), J. Kirton (??'), J. Munro (??' pen), G. Henderson (??'), T. Little (??'), G. Morris (??')
(HT: 5-0)

Attendance: ~5,000

E. Goldie (??')
A. Cooper
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BOULTON
2
MUNRO
3
MILLS
4
HENDERSON
5
LOGAN
6
SMITH
7
SHARPLES
8
COUPAR
9
LITTLE
10
MORRIS
11
KIRTON
1
WHITTAKER
2
O'BRIEN
3
HOSIE
4
TAYLOR
5
BALLANTYNE
6
FOSTER
7
DAVIES
8
GOLDIE
9
MILLAR
10
DOBIE
11
PLANT
Swindon Town
1Tom BOULTON
2Jimmy MUNRO
3Andy MILLS
4George HENDERSON
5Neil LOGAN
6Alec SMITH
7Jimmy SHARPLES
8Jimmy COUPAR
9Tommy LITTLE
10Grenville MORRIS
11Jack KIRTON
Manager/Head Coach
Club COMMITTEE
Reading
1Walter WHITTAKER1
2Joe O'BRIEN2
3James HOSIE3
4John TAYLOR4
5William BALLANTYNE5
6James FOSTER6
7Joe DAVIES7
8Edward GOLDIE8
9Harry MILLAR9
10Robert DOBIE10
11Jack PLANT11
Manager/Head Coach
Thomas SEFTON

Results


Southern League Division One results on Saturday September 17th, 1898:

Millwall Athletic Millwall Athletic 1-1 Bristol City Bristol City
Southampton Southampton 0-2 New Brompton New Brompton
Swindon Town Swindon 6-1 Reading Reading
Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham 3-2 Sheppey United Sheppey United
Warmley Warmley 1-4 Gravesend United Gravesend United

Table


Southern League Division One table after matches on Saturday September 17th, 1898:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 New Brompton New Brompton 3 2 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 9 0 0 6
2 Swindon Town Swindon 2 2 0 0 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 3 3 4
3 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 1.33 3
4 Southampton Southampton 2 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 3 1.33 2
5 Gravesend United Gravesend United 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 3 5 0.60 2
6 Reading Reading 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 9 1 0 2 4 9 0.44 2
7 Brighton United Brighton United 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 8 1 0 2 3 8 0.38 2
8 Chatham Chatham 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
9 Bristol City Bristol City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1
10 Millwall Athletic Millwall Athletic 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1
11 Bedminster Bedminster 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 3 0.67 1
12 Royal Artillery Royal Artillery 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 2 3 0.67 0
13 Sheppey United Sheppey United 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 3 2 7 0.29 0