Match Centre

Saturday February 8th, 1930

Football League Division Three (South)

Merthyr Town

3 - 3

3

W. Dransfield (??', ??'), A. Cruickshank (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

3

J. Eddleston (10'), L. Roberts (??'), H. Morris (??')
W. Dransfield (??', ??'), A. Cruickshank (??')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 1,554

J. Eddleston (10'), L. Roberts (??'), H. Morris (??')
G. Franklin
Penydarren Park, Merthyr

Lineups


1
LEWIS
2
MOYLE
3
SCOTT
4
CARLTON
5
WOODWARD
6
SMITH
7
CRUICKSHANK
8
WILLIAMS
9
PARKER
10
DRANSFIELD
11
SLACK
1
WEBSTER
2
PENN
3
GIRVAN
4
LOW
5
HUMPHRIES
6
ARCHER
7
DENYER
8
EDDLESTON
9
MORRIS
10
ROBERTS
11
McCARTNEY
Merthyr Town
1Ben LEWIS
2Walter MOYLE
3James SCOTT
4William CARLTON
5Thomas WOODWARD
6Len SMITH
7Alec CRUICKSHANK
8Tommy WILLIAMS
9Reginald PARKER
10Walter DRANSFIELD
11Wilf SLACK
Swindon Town
1Herbie WEBSTER1
2Tommy PENN2
3Hector GIRVAN3
4Dave LOW4
5Brinley HUMPHRIES5
6Archie ARCHER6
7Bertie DENYER7
8Joe EDDLESTON8
9Harry MORRIS9
10Les ROBERTS10
11Jimmy McCARTNEY11

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday February 8th, 1930:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday February 8th, 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 Brentford Brentford 27 15 0 0 51 10 4 3 5 15 17 19 3 5 66 27 2.44 41
2 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 24 10 3 0 41 8 5 4 2 16 13 15 7 2 57 21 2.71 37
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 25 13 1 0 43 9 3 3 5 19 22 16 4 5 62 31 2 36
4 Northampton Town Northampton Town 25 9 2 1 25 8 7 1 5 18 15 16 3 6 43 23 1.87 35
5 Fulham Fulham 27 8 4 1 35 21 5 2 7 22 32 13 6 8 57 53 1.08 32
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 24 7 4 1 26 9 4 5 3 18 16 11 9 4 44 25 1.76 31
7 Southend United Southend United 26 6 5 2 19 12 4 5 4 23 23 10 10 6 42 35 1.20 30
8 Norwich City Norwich City 27 10 2 1 30 14 2 4 8 25 38 12 6 9 55 52 1.06 30
9 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 28 9 2 2 36 20 2 5 8 19 37 11 7 10 55 57 0.96 29
10 Coventry City Coventry City 25 9 2 2 36 16 3 1 8 19 27 12 3 10 55 43 1.28 27
11 Exeter City Exeter City 27 8 3 3 35 15 1 3 9 15 32 9 6 12 50 47 1.06 24
12 Walsall Walsall 26 7 2 3 30 14 2 4 8 17 35 9 6 11 47 49 0.96 24
13 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 25 5 5 2 18 15 3 3 7 17 28 8 8 9 35 43 0.81 24
14 Luton Town Luton Town 26 8 2 3 24 16 1 4 8 15 34 9 6 11 39 50 0.78 24
15 Swindon Town Swindon 27 7 5 3 32 19 0 3 9 12 31 7 8 12 44 50 0.88 22
16 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 26 4 7 2 15 14 2 3 8 10 23 6 10 10 25 37 0.68 22
17 Newport County Newport County 26 6 5 2 30 21 2 0 11 16 31 8 5 13 46 52 0.88 21
18 Watford Watford 27 5 2 7 20 22 2 3 8 12 28 7 5 15 32 50 0.64 19
19 Torquay United Torquay United 27 5 2 5 29 28 1 4 10 9 36 6 6 15 38 64 0.59 18
20 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 24 6 1 6 30 25 0 4 7 15 30 6 5 13 45 55 0.82 17
21 Gillingham Gillingham 28 4 4 5 16 18 2 1 12 11 39 6 5 17 27 57 0.47 17
22 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 25 1 5 5 15 27 1 3 10 18 49 2 8 15 33 76 0.43 12