Southern League Division One
Swindon Town
2 - 4
2
J. Sharples (??'), G. Henderson (??')
Millwall Athletic
Millwall Athletic
4
R. Hill (??'), R. Tannahill (??'), P. Turnbull (??'), J. Calvey (??')
J. Sharples (??'), G. Henderson (??')
(HT: 1-1)
Attendance: ~5,000
Attendance: ~5,000
R. Hill (??'), R. Tannahill (??'), P. Turnbull (??'), J. Calvey (??')
B.M. Lockyer
Lineups
1
MENHAM
MENHAM
2
SHUTT
SHUTT
3
MILLS
MILLS
4
HENDERSON
HENDERSON
5
MUNRO
MUNRO
6
SMITH
SMITH
7
SHARPLES
SHARPLES
8
COUPAR
COUPAR
9
RICHARDSON
RICHARDSON
10
LITTLE
LITTLE
11
KIRTON
KIRTON
1
SUNDERLAND
SUNDERLAND
2
BURGESS
BURGESS
3
DAVIS
DAVIS
4
CRAWFORD
CRAWFORD
5
STEWART
STEWART
6
MILLAR
MILLAR
7
TANNAHILL
TANNAHILL
8
CALVEY
CALVEY
9
HILL
HILL
10
TURNBULL
TURNBULL
11
GEDDES
GEDDES
| Millwall Athletic | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1H.S. SUNDERLAND1 | ||
| 2Charles BURGESS2 | ||
| 3W. DAVIS3 | ||
| 4Gavin CRAWFORD4 | ||
| 5Willie STEWART5 | ||
| 6Arthur MILLAR6 | ||
| 7Robert TANNAHILL7 | ||
| 8Jack CALVEY8 | ||
| 9R. HILL9 | ||
| 10Peter TURNBULL10 | ||
| 11Alf 'Jasper' GEDDES11 |
Results
Southern League Division One results on Saturday December 17th, 1898:
Brighton United
Brighton United
|
1-1 | 
Reading
Reading
|
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
5-2 |
Bedminster
Bedminster
|
Gravesend United
Gravesend United
|
4-2 | 
Warmley
Warmley
|
Royal Artillery
Royal Artillery
|
1-1 | 
Southampton
Southampton
|
Sheppey United
Sheppey United
|
3-2 | 
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham
|
|
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
2-4 |
Millwall Athletic
Millwall Athletic
|
Table
Southern League Division One table after matches on Saturday December 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 |
Southampton
Southampton
|
11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 3.11 | 17 |
| 2 | 
New Brompton
New Brompton
|
10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 2.89 | 17 |
| 3 |
Millwall Athletic
Millwall Athletic
|
10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 1.06 | 12 |
| 4 |
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 2.14 | 11 |
| 5 |
Bedminster
Bedminster
|
11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 0.86 | 11 |
| 6 |
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham
|
8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 1.21 | 9 |
| 7 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 1.10 | 9 |
| 8 | 
Chatham
Chatham
|
9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1.44 | 8 |
| 9 |
Gravesend United
Gravesend United
|
9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 0.84 | 8 |
| 10 |
Reading
Reading
|
9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 0.67 | 7 |
| 11 |
Brighton United
Brighton United
|
11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 0.69 | 6 |
| 12 |
Royal Artillery
Royal Artillery
|
11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 0.40 | 5 |
| 13 |
Sheppey United
Sheppey United
|
10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 0.35 | 4 |