Match Centre

Saturday October 5th, 1929

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

6 - 3

6

J. Eddleston (??', ??', ??'), B. Denyer (??', ??'), F. Dent (??')

Merthyr Town

Merthyr Town

3

L. Wilkins (??'), R. Parker (??'), H. Hargreaves (??')
J. Eddleston (??', ??', ??'), B. Denyer (??', ??'), F. Dent (??')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 3,507

L. Wilkins (??'), R. Parker (??'), H. Hargreaves (??')
G. Franklin
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
NASH
2
DICKINSON
3
WYLIE
4
LOW
5
JOHNSON
6
BRAITHWAITE
7
DENYER
8
EDDLESTON
9
DENT
10
ROBERTS
11
McCARTNEY
1
WOODWARD
2
CROSS
3
CREIGHTON
4
WOODWARD
5
HARGREAVES
6
SMITH
7
CRUICKSHANK
8
WILKINS
9
PARKER
10
DRANSFIELD
11
SLACK
Swindon Town
1Teddy NASH
2Wally DICKINSON
3Tommy WYLIE
4Dave LOW
5Reg JOHNSON
6Ted BRAITHWAITE
7Bertie DENYER
8Joe EDDLESTON
9Fred DENT
10Les ROBERTS
11Jimmy McCARTNEY
Merthyr Town
1Joseph WOODWARD1
2Charlie CROSS2
3Thomas CREIGHTON3
4Thomas WOODWARD4
5Harold HARGREAVES5
6Len SMITH6
7Alec CRUICKSHANK7
8Les WILKINS8
9Reginald PARKER9
10Walter DRANSFIELD10
11Wilf SLACK11

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday October 5th, 1929:

Coventry City Coventry City 5-2 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 1-3 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Fulham Fulham 2-2 Southend United Southend United
Newport County Newport County 2-2 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Norwich City Norwich City 3-1 Exeter City Exeter City
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 3-0 Gillingham Gillingham
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1-0 Luton Town Luton Town
Swindon Town Swindon 6-3 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town
Torquay United Torquay United 5-2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Walsall Walsall 2-2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Watford Watford 1-2 Brentford Brentford

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday October 5th, 1929:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 9 2 2 0 10 2 5 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 23 8 2.88 16
2 Southend United Southend United 9 4 0 1 11 6 3 1 0 10 4 7 1 1 21 10 2.10 15
3 Northampton Town Northampton Town 9 4 0 0 10 1 3 0 2 7 5 7 0 2 17 6 2.83 14
4 Brentford Brentford 9 5 0 0 15 4 1 2 1 5 5 6 2 1 20 9 2.22 14
5 Coventry City Coventry City 9 3 1 1 10 6 3 1 0 10 4 6 2 1 20 10 2 14
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 9 4 0 0 15 2 1 2 2 8 11 5 2 2 23 13 1.77 12
7 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 9 5 0 0 16 5 0 1 3 3 10 5 1 3 19 15 1.27 11
8 Walsall Walsall 10 2 1 2 12 7 2 1 2 8 9 4 2 4 20 16 1.25 10
9 Fulham Fulham 9 1 2 1 7 7 2 1 2 6 7 3 3 3 13 14 0.93 9
10 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 9 3 2 0 7 3 0 1 3 2 8 3 3 3 9 11 0.82 9
11 Swindon Town Swindon 10 3 2 1 18 10 0 0 4 3 12 3 2 5 21 22 0.95 8
12 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 10 2 1 2 7 8 1 1 3 7 10 3 2 5 14 18 0.78 8
13 Norwich City Norwich City 9 3 1 1 9 6 0 1 3 6 14 3 2 4 15 20 0.75 8
14 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 9 2 0 2 6 6 0 3 2 6 8 2 3 4 12 14 0.86 7
15 Luton Town Luton Town 9 1 1 2 5 7 1 2 2 8 9 2 3 4 13 16 0.81 7
16 Torquay United Torquay United 9 2 0 2 11 10 0 2 3 1 10 2 2 5 12 20 0.60 6
17 Exeter City Exeter City 9 2 2 1 7 5 0 0 4 1 10 2 2 5 8 15 0.53 6
18 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 9 0 3 1 3 5 1 1 3 4 9 1 4 4 7 14 0.50 6
19 Newport County Newport County 9 2 2 0 5 3 0 0 5 2 11 2 2 5 7 14 0.50 6
20 Watford Watford 9 2 0 4 7 11 0 1 2 2 4 2 1 6 9 15 0.60 5
21 Gillingham Gillingham 9 2 1 1 5 3 0 0 5 1 12 2 1 6 6 15 0.40 5
22 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 8 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 4 6 20 1 2 5 8 22 0.36 4