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
Gillingham
1Jack RUTHERFORD1
2John McGREGOR2
3Fred LESTER3
4Fred ELLIS4
5Albert COLLINS5
6George BISHOP6
7George SCOTT7
8Willie WHITE8
9Harry LOASBY9
10Roy BETHELL10
11Billy DEATH11

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