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
Manager/Head Coach
Jimmy HINDMARSH
Swindon Town
1Harry COPE1
2Harold STANSFIELD2
3Hector GIRVAN3
4Dave LOW4
5Will COCKBURN5
6Ted BRAITHWAITE6
7Eddie MUNNINGS7
8George GUYAN8
9Harry MORRIS9
10Frank RICHARDSON10
11Norman KIRBY11
Manager/Head Coach
Sam ALLEN

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