Southern League Division One
Swindon Town
2 - 1
2
P. Turner (3'), J. Sharples (80')
Gravesend United
Gravesend United
1
J. Shutt (1' o.g.)
H.C. Platt
Lineups
1
MENHAM
MENHAM
2
FULTON
FULTON
3
SHUTT
SHUTT
4
RICHARDSON
RICHARDSON
5
LOGAN
LOGAN
6
SMITH
SMITH
7
SHARPLES
SHARPLES
8
TURNER
TURNER
9
SMITH
SMITH
10
HENDERSON
HENDERSON
11
COUPAR
COUPAR
1
ASHCROFT
ASHCROFT
2
REGAN
REGAN
3
BAGNALL
BAGNALL
4
RICHARDS
RICHARDS
5
FARRELL
FARRELL
6
BULL
BULL
7
GRIEVE
GRIEVE
8
BRIGHT
BRIGHT
9
HENDERSON
HENDERSON
10
PUGH
PUGH
11
OTTY
OTTY
| Swindon Town | |
|---|---|
| 1Bob MENHAM | |
| 2Jack FULTON | |
| 3Jack SHUTT | |
| 4Georgie RICHARDSON | |
| 5Neil LOGAN | |
| 6Alec SMITH | |
| 7Jimmy SHARPLES | |
| 8Percy TURNER | |
| 9Billy SMITH | |
| 10George HENDERSON | |
| 11Jimmy COUPAR |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Club COMMITTEE |
| Gravesend United | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Jimmy ASHCROFT1 | ||
| 2 REGAN2 | ||
| 3 BAGNALL3 | ||
| 4 RICHARDS4 | ||
| 5 FARRELL5 | ||
| 6 BULL6 | ||
| 7Tom GRIEVE7 | ||
| 8 BRIGHT8 | ||
| 9 HENDERSON9 | ||
| 10Jimmy PUGH10 | ||
| 11 OTTY11 |
Results
Southern League Division One results on Saturday December 16th, 1899:
Brighton United
Brighton United
|
4-0 | 
Reading
Reading
|
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
2-1 | 
New Brompton
New Brompton
|
Chatham
Chatham
|
3-0 |
Bedminster
Bedminster
|
Cowes
Cowes
|
1-6 | 
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham
|
Millwall Athletic
Millwall Athletic
|
2-1 | 
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
|
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
3-0 | 
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
|
Southampton
Southampton
|
3-1 | 
Thames Ironworks
Thames Ironworks
|
|
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
2-1 |
Gravesend United
Gravesend United
|
Table
Southern League Division One table after matches on Saturday December 16th, 1899:
| 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 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 2.90 | 17 |
| 2 |
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham
|
9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 3.13 | 15 |
| 3 |
Reading
Reading
|
12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 1.54 | 15 |
| 4 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 0.95 | 13 |
| 5 |
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 0.95 | 12 |
| 6 |
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
|
8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 2.67 | 11 |
| 7 |
Millwall Athletic
Millwall Athletic
|
10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 |
New Brompton
New Brompton
|
12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 0.67 | 10 |
| 9 |
Bedminster
Bedminster
|
9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 |
Chatham
Chatham
|
12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 0.74 | 8 |
| 11 |
Gravesend United
Gravesend United
|
10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 0.75 | 7 |
| 12 |
Thames Ironworks
Thames Ironworks
|
8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0.54 | 7 |
| 13 | 
Sheppey United
Sheppey United
|
10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 0.53 | 7 |
| 14 |
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 0.77 | 6 |
| 15 |
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
|
10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 0.55 | 6 |