Match Centre

Saturday March 14th, 1931

Football League Division Three (South)

Newport County

3 - 1

3

C. Pearce (18'), J. Gittins (30' pen, 85')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

N. Kirby (75')
C. Pearce (18'), J. Gittins (30' pen, 85')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 2,872

N. Kirby (75')
A. Milsom
Somerton Park, Newport

Lineups


1
BLAKEMORE
2
FOX
3
WHEELER
4
CLIFFORD
5
LAWSON
6
RILEY
7
BROWN
8
GITTINS
9
PEARCE
10
BAGLEY
11
THOMAS
1
COPE
2
STANSFIELD
3
GIRVAN
4
LOW
5
COCKBURN
6
BRAITHWAITE
7
MUNNINGS
8
GUYAN
9
MORRIS
10
RICHARDSON
11
KIRBY
Newport County
1Len BLAKEMORE
2Victor FOX
3George WHEELER
4Jack CLIFFORD
5Hector LAWSON
6Val RILEY
7Ernie BROWN
8Jimmy GITTINS
9Cyril PEARCE
10Billy BAGLEY
11Billy THOMAS
Swindon Town
1Harry COPE1
2Harold STANSFIELD2
3Hector GIRVAN3
4Dave LOW4
5Will COCKBURN5
6Ted BRAITHWAITE6
7Eddie MUNNINGS7
8George GUYAN8
9Harry MORRIS9
10Frank RICHARDSON10
11Norman KIRBY11

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 14th, 1931:

Brentford Brentford 3-1 Norwich City Norwich City
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 1-3 Notts County Notts County
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 2-1 Fulham Fulham
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 4-0 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Exeter City Exeter City 2-1 Watford Watford
Gillingham Gillingham 0-0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Luton Town Luton Town 2-0 Coventry City Coventry City
Newport County Newport County 3-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Northampton Town Northampton Town 4-1 Thames Thames
Southend United Southend United 2-0 Walsall Walsall
Torquay United Torquay United 5-2 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 14th, 1931:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Notts County Notts County 33 13 3 1 48 11 8 4 4 37 27 21 7 5 85 38 2.24 49
2 Northampton Town Northampton Town 33 9 3 4 30 14 7 5 5 35 27 16 8 9 65 41 1.59 40
3 Brentford Brentford 33 10 3 4 49 26 6 3 7 25 29 16 6 11 74 55 1.35 38
4 Southend United Southend United 32 12 0 3 43 22 5 4 8 19 27 17 4 11 62 49 1.27 38
5 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 32 12 1 2 56 16 4 4 9 27 42 16 5 11 83 58 1.43 37
6 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 32 10 3 3 31 15 3 8 5 20 25 13 11 8 51 40 1.28 37
7 Torquay United Torquay United 34 11 4 3 48 25 4 3 9 21 43 15 7 12 69 68 1.01 37
8 Fulham Fulham 33 12 3 2 41 18 3 3 10 21 42 15 6 12 62 60 1.03 36
9 Luton Town Luton Town 33 11 3 2 41 15 3 4 10 12 30 14 7 12 53 45 1.18 35
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 33 8 6 3 31 18 4 5 7 30 41 12 11 10 61 59 1.03 35
11 Swindon Town Swindon 33 13 3 1 53 21 3 0 13 15 47 16 3 14 68 68 1 35
12 Exeter City Exeter City 32 8 6 2 39 30 4 2 10 19 38 12 8 12 58 68 0.85 32
13 Coventry City Coventry City 32 9 2 5 45 22 4 3 9 15 28 13 5 14 60 50 1.20 31
14 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 33 11 0 5 47 19 3 3 11 18 41 14 3 16 65 60 1.08 31
15 Gillingham Gillingham 33 7 6 4 30 21 3 4 9 17 36 10 10 13 47 57 0.82 30
16 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 34 8 3 5 37 32 3 5 10 23 48 11 8 15 60 80 0.75 30
17 Watford Watford 33 7 4 6 31 24 4 2 10 26 38 11 6 16 57 62 0.92 28
18 Walsall Walsall 33 6 4 6 37 33 4 3 10 28 45 10 7 16 65 78 0.83 27
19 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 30 10 2 5 37 24 1 3 9 9 35 11 5 14 46 59 0.78 27
20 Thames Thames 33 9 4 3 26 18 1 1 15 18 62 10 5 18 44 80 0.55 25
21 Newport County Newport County 33 9 2 5 38 25 0 1 16 22 70 9 3 21 60 95 0.63 21
22 Norwich City Norwich City 33 7 6 3 30 17 0 1 16 9 47 7 7 19 39 64 0.61 21