Match Centre

Saturday March 28th, 1931

Football League Division Three (South)

Exeter City

3 - 1

3

B. Armfield (17'), D. Baugh (~20' pen), H. Houghton (33')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

H. Morris (75')
B. Armfield (17'), D. Baugh (~20' pen), H. Houghton (33')
(HT: 3-0)

Attendance: 4,121

H. Morris (75')
A.J. Attwood
St. James Park, Exeter

Lineups


1
DAVIES
2
BAUGH
3
MILLER
4
INGLIS
5
DITCHBURN
6
BARBER
7
ARMFIELD
8
PURCELL
9
PARSONS
10
HOUGHTON
11
COURTNEY
1
COPE
2
STANSFIELD
3
GIRVAN
4
LOW
5
COCKBURN
6
BRAITHWAITE
7
MUNNINGS
8
EDDLESTON
9
MORRIS
10
RICHARDSON
11
KIRBY
Exeter City
1Arthur DAVIES
2Dickie BAUGH
3Charlie MILLER
4Bill INGLIS
5Jock DITCHBURN
6Stan BARBER
7Billy ARMFIELD
8George PURCELL
9Jacob PARSONS
10Harold HOUGHTON
11Frederick COURTNEY
Manager/Head Coach
Billy McDEVITT
Swindon Town
1Harry COPE1
2Harold STANSFIELD2
3Hector GIRVAN3
4Dave LOW4
5Will COCKBURN5
6Ted BRAITHWAITE6
7Eddie MUNNINGS7
8Joe EDDLESTON8
9Harry MORRIS9
10Frank RICHARDSON10
11Norman KIRBY11
Manager/Head Coach
Sam ALLEN

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 28th, 1931:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 28th, 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 35 14 3 1 50 11 8 5 4 37 27 22 8 5 87 38 2.29 52
2 Southend United Southend United 35 14 0 3 50 23 6 4 8 21 27 20 4 11 71 50 1.42 44
3 Northampton Town Northampton Town 35 9 4 4 30 14 7 6 5 37 29 16 10 9 67 43 1.56 42
4 Brentford Brentford 35 11 3 4 52 26 6 3 8 25 31 17 6 12 77 57 1.35 40
5 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 34 13 1 2 58 17 4 4 10 28 44 17 5 12 86 61 1.41 39
6 Luton Town Luton Town 36 12 3 3 46 17 4 4 10 13 30 16 7 13 59 47 1.26 39
7 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 34 11 3 3 34 16 3 8 6 20 30 14 11 9 54 46 1.17 39
8 Torquay United Torquay United 36 12 4 3 51 26 4 3 10 21 45 16 7 13 72 71 1.01 39
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 35 9 6 3 34 19 4 5 8 31 44 13 11 11 65 63 1.03 37
10 Swindon Town Swindon 35 14 3 1 58 23 3 0 14 16 50 17 3 15 74 73 1.01 37
11 Fulham Fulham 35 12 3 3 41 19 3 3 11 23 45 15 6 14 64 64 1 36
12 Coventry City Coventry City 34 10 2 5 50 23 4 4 9 16 29 14 6 14 66 52 1.27 34
13 Exeter City Exeter City 35 9 6 2 42 31 4 2 12 21 46 13 8 14 63 77 0.82 34
14 Gillingham Gillingham 35 8 6 4 33 23 3 4 10 19 41 11 10 14 52 64 0.81 32
15 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 35 11 0 6 47 21 3 3 12 19 46 14 3 18 66 67 0.99 31
16 Watford Watford 35 8 4 6 36 24 4 2 11 27 41 12 6 17 63 65 0.97 30
17 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 33 10 3 5 39 26 2 3 10 10 38 12 6 15 49 64 0.77 30
18 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 36 8 3 6 38 34 3 5 11 24 53 11 8 17 62 87 0.71 30
19 Walsall Walsall 35 6 4 7 37 34 5 3 10 30 46 11 7 17 67 80 0.84 29
20 Thames Thames 35 10 4 3 28 18 1 1 16 19 64 11 5 19 47 82 0.57 27
21 Newport County Newport County 35 9 3 5 39 26 1 1 16 23 70 10 4 21 62 96 0.65 24
22 Norwich City Norwich City 35 8 6 3 32 18 0 1 17 9 49 8 7 20 41 67 0.61 23