Match Centre

Saturday January 4th, 1930

Football League Division Three (South)

Bristol Rovers

3 - 2

3

R. Dix (50'), G. Reay (65'), J. Phillips (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

B. Denyer (7'), L. Roberts (??')
R. Dix (50'), G. Reay (65'), J. Phillips (??')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 8,997

B. Denyer (7'), L. Roberts (??')
A.G. Price
Eastville, Bristol

Lineups


1
WHATLEY
2
BENNETT
3
HAYDON
4
BRITTON
5
COSGROVE
6
HAMILTON
7
REAY
8
FORBES
9
PHILLIPS
10
MURRAY
11
DIX
1
NASH
2
PENN
3
GIRVAN
4
LOW
5
HUMPHRIES
6
BRAITHWAITE
7
DENYER
8
EDDLESTON
9
MORRIS
10
ROBERTS
11
McCARTNEY
Bristol Rovers
1Jesse WHATLEY
2Fred BENNETT
3Jimmy HAYDON
4Cliff BRITTON
5Mick COSGROVE
6John HAMILTON
7George REAY
8Fred FORBES
9Jack PHILLIPS
10David MURRAY
11Ronnie DIX
Swindon Town
1Teddy NASH1
2Tommy PENN2
3Hector GIRVAN3
4Dave LOW4
5Brinley HUMPHRIES5
6Ted BRAITHWAITE6
7Bertie DENYER7
8Joe EDDLESTON8
9Harry MORRIS9
10Les ROBERTS10
11Jimmy McCARTNEY11

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday January 4th, 1930:

Brentford Brentford 3-0 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 3-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 1-0 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town
Coventry City Coventry City 4-1 Torquay United Torquay United
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 4-3 Fulham Fulham
Exeter City Exeter City 1-2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Gillingham Gillingham 3-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Northampton Town Northampton Town 1-0 Walsall Walsall
Norwich City Norwich City 2-0 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Southend United Southend United 1-1 Luton Town Luton Town
Watford Watford 2-3 Newport County Newport County

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday January 4th, 1930:

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 22 9 3 0 38 8 5 3 2 16 13 14 6 2 54 21 2.57 34
2 Brentford Brentford 22 13 0 0 41 10 2 3 4 9 12 15 3 4 50 22 2.27 33
3 Northampton Town Northampton Town 22 8 2 1 23 8 6 1 4 13 11 14 3 5 36 19 1.89 31
4 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 22 12 1 0 38 9 1 3 5 10 20 13 4 5 48 29 1.66 30
5 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 20 6 2 1 24 8 4 5 2 18 15 10 7 3 42 23 1.83 27
6 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 25 8 2 2 31 19 2 4 7 17 33 10 6 9 48 52 0.92 26
7 Coventry City Coventry City 21 8 2 2 33 15 3 1 5 16 19 11 3 7 49 34 1.44 25
8 Fulham Fulham 23 6 3 1 26 14 4 2 7 20 31 10 5 8 46 45 1.02 25
9 Southend United Southend United 21 5 5 1 16 10 3 3 4 18 21 8 8 5 34 31 1.10 24
10 Norwich City Norwich City 22 8 1 1 22 9 1 4 7 23 34 9 5 8 45 43 1.05 23
11 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 21 5 5 0 16 8 2 3 6 14 26 7 8 6 30 34 0.88 22
12 Swindon Town Swindon 25 7 5 2 32 18 0 2 9 9 28 7 7 11 41 46 0.89 21
13 Exeter City Exeter City 22 6 3 2 28 13 1 2 8 11 25 7 5 10 39 38 1.03 19
14 Walsall Walsall 23 5 2 3 24 12 2 3 8 16 34 7 5 11 40 46 0.87 19
15 Torquay United Torquay United 23 5 2 4 29 23 1 4 7 9 24 6 6 11 38 47 0.81 18
16 Luton Town Luton Town 22 5 2 3 19 15 1 4 7 15 33 6 6 10 34 48 0.71 18
17 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 22 3 7 2 12 13 1 3 6 5 16 4 10 8 17 29 0.59 18
18 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 21 6 0 5 26 20 0 4 6 15 27 6 4 11 41 47 0.87 16
19 Newport County Newport County 22 5 4 1 25 16 1 0 11 13 29 6 4 12 38 45 0.84 16
20 Gillingham Gillingham 23 4 3 3 14 14 2 1 10 9 32 6 4 13 23 46 0.50 16
21 Watford Watford 22 4 2 7 17 22 1 3 5 9 17 5 5 12 26 39 0.67 15
22 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 20 1 4 3 8 13 1 2 9 12 42 2 6 12 20 55 0.36 10