Scottish League Table for Sat 31 Oct 1896 |
| <-- 24 10 1896 | 1897 | 07 11 1896 --> |
| Pos | Prev | Diff | Team | G | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Avg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Celtic | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 18 | 2.6364 | 17 |
| 1 | 3 | 2 | Hibernian | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 2.0714 | 17 |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | Heart Of Midlothian | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 1.4444 | 16 |
| 3 | 2 | -1 | Rangers | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 17 | 23 | 2.3529 | 16 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Dundee | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 23 | -1 | .9565 | 12 |
| 6 | 7 | 1 | St Mirren | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 1.1500 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | -1 | Third Lanark | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 23 | -4 | .8261 | 9 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | St Bernards | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -10 | .6000 | 6 |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Clyde | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 35 | -19 | .4571 | 4 |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Abercorn | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 50 | -33 | .3400 | 3 |
| Games played on this date | |||||||
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| Comp | Rd | Home Team | F | Away Team | A | ||
L 1 |
Abercorn | 0 |
Heart Of Midlothian | 1 |
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L 1 |
Hibernian | 3 |
Dundee | 1 |
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L 1 |
St. Bernards | 0 |
St. Mirren | 2 |
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L 2 |
Airdrie | 2 |
Leith Ath. | 1 |
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L 2 |
Motherwell | 1 |
Morton | 0 |
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L 2 |
Port Glasgow | 1 |
Renton | 1 |
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