Match Centre

Saturday March 21st, 1931

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

5 - 2

5

H. Morris (5', 50', ~54', ~85'), J. Eddleston (??')

Gillingham

Gillingham

2

R. Bethell (~44'), B. Death (88')
H. Morris (5', 50', ~54', ~85'), J. Eddleston (??')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 4,112

R. Bethell (~44'), B. Death (88')
E.E. Small
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
COPE
2
STANSFIELD
3
GIRVAN
4
LOW
5
COCKBURN
6
BRAITHWAITE
7
MUNNINGS
8
EDDLESTON
9
MORRIS
10
RICHARDSON
11
KIRBY
1
RUTHERFORD
2
McGREGOR
3
LESTER
4
ELLIS
5
COLLINS
6
BISHOP
7
SCOTT
8
WHITE
9
LOASBY
10
BETHELL
11
DEATH
Swindon Town
1Harry COPE
2Harold STANSFIELD
3Hector GIRVAN
4Dave LOW
5Will COCKBURN
6Ted BRAITHWAITE
7Eddie MUNNINGS
8Joe EDDLESTON
9Harry MORRIS
10Frank RICHARDSON
11Norman KIRBY
Manager/Head Coach
Sam ALLEN
Gillingham
1Jack RUTHERFORD1
2John McGREGOR2
3Fred LESTER3
4Fred ELLIS4
5Albert COLLINS5
6George BISHOP6
7George SCOTT7
8Willie WHITE8
9Harry LOASBY9
10Roy BETHELL10
11Billy DEATH11
Manager/Head Coach
Dick HENDRIE

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 21st, 1931:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 21st, 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 34 14 3 1 50 11 8 4 4 37 27 22 7 5 87 38 2.29 51
2 Southend United Southend United 34 13 0 3 48 23 6 4 8 21 27 19 4 11 69 50 1.38 42
3 Northampton Town Northampton Town 34 9 3 4 30 14 7 6 5 37 29 16 9 9 67 43 1.56 41
4 Brentford Brentford 34 10 3 4 49 26 6 3 8 25 31 16 6 12 74 57 1.30 38
5 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 33 12 1 2 56 16 4 4 10 28 44 16 5 12 84 60 1.40 37
6 Luton Town Luton Town 34 11 3 2 41 15 4 4 10 13 30 15 7 12 54 45 1.20 37
7 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 33 10 3 3 31 15 3 8 6 20 30 13 11 9 51 45 1.13 37
8 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 34 9 6 3 34 19 4 5 7 30 41 13 11 10 64 60 1.07 37
9 Swindon Town Swindon 34 14 3 1 58 23 3 0 13 15 47 17 3 14 73 70 1.04 37
10 Torquay United Torquay United 35 11 4 3 48 25 4 3 10 21 45 15 7 13 69 70 0.99 37
11 Fulham Fulham 34 12 3 3 41 19 3 3 10 21 42 15 6 13 62 61 1.02 36
12 Coventry City Coventry City 33 10 2 5 50 23 4 3 9 15 28 14 5 14 65 51 1.27 33
13 Exeter City Exeter City 34 8 6 2 39 30 4 2 12 21 46 12 8 14 60 76 0.79 32
14 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 34 11 0 6 47 21 3 3 11 18 41 14 3 17 65 62 1.05 31
15 Watford Watford 34 8 4 6 36 24 4 2 10 26 38 12 6 16 62 62 1 30
16 Gillingham Gillingham 34 7 6 4 30 21 3 4 10 19 41 10 10 14 49 62 0.79 30
17 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 35 8 3 5 37 32 3 5 11 24 53 11 8 16 61 85 0.72 30
18 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 31 10 3 5 39 26 1 3 9 9 35 11 6 14 48 61 0.79 28
19 Walsall Walsall 34 6 4 7 37 34 4 3 10 28 45 10 7 17 65 79 0.82 27
20 Thames Thames 34 10 4 3 28 18 1 1 15 18 62 11 5 18 46 80 0.58 27
21 Newport County Newport County 34 9 2 5 38 25 1 1 16 23 70 10 3 21 61 95 0.64 23
22 Norwich City Norwich City 34 8 6 3 32 18 0 1 16 9 47 8 7 19 41 65 0.63 23