Match Centre

Saturday December 26th, 1931

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

3 - 2

3

T. Braithwaite (??'), J. Eddleston (??'), H. Morris (??')

Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace

2

R. Cropper (10'), G. Clarke (??')
T. Braithwaite (??'), J. Eddleston (??'), H. Morris (??')
(HT: 1-2)

Attendance: 9,995

R. Cropper (10'), G. Clarke (??')
F. Ratcliffe
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
COPE
2
DRANSFIELD
3
GIRVAN
4
LOW
5
GODFREY
6
BRAITHWAITE
7
EDDLESTON
8
STARSMORE
9
MORRIS
10
KEELING
11
BURGESS
1
CALLENDAR
2
CRILLY
3
CHARLTON
4
RIVERS
5
PARRY
6
TURNER
7
HARRY
8
LANE
9
CROPPER
10
BUTLER
11
CLARKE
Swindon Town
1Harry COPE
2Ted DRANSFIELD
3Hector GIRVAN
4Dave LOW
5Tommy GODFREY
6Ted BRAITHWAITE
7Joe EDDLESTON
8Jack STARSMORE
9Harry MORRIS
10Harry KEELING
11Reg BURGESS
Manager/Head Coach
Sam ALLEN
Crystal Palace
1Billy CALLENDAR1
2Tommy CRILLY2
3Stan CHARLTON3
4Wally RIVERS4
5Ossie PARRY5
6Bill TURNER6
7Bert HARRY7
8Jack LANE8
9Reg CROPPER9
10Herbert BUTLER10
11George CLARKE11
Manager/Head Coach
Jack TRESADERN

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 26th, 1931:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 26th, 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 Brentford Brentford 20 7 1 1 18 5 6 2 3 22 16 13 3 4 40 21 1.90 29
2 Fulham Fulham 20 7 1 1 33 14 5 3 3 23 17 12 4 4 56 31 1.81 28
3 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 20 7 4 0 27 8 3 2 4 14 19 10 6 4 41 27 1.52 26
4 Exeter City Exeter City 22 8 2 1 29 10 3 2 6 15 27 11 4 7 44 37 1.19 26
5 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 21 7 1 3 25 14 3 4 3 12 15 10 5 6 37 29 1.28 25
6 Watford Watford 21 9 1 1 30 14 2 2 6 17 26 11 3 7 47 40 1.18 25
7 Norwich City Norwich City 20 6 4 2 25 10 3 2 3 8 10 9 6 5 33 20 1.65 24
8 Southend United Southend United 20 4 3 1 13 4 5 3 4 24 21 9 6 5 37 25 1.48 24
9 Coventry City Coventry City 21 8 1 1 32 11 1 4 6 19 32 9 5 7 51 43 1.19 23
10 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 20 5 3 2 24 16 3 3 4 16 17 8 6 6 40 33 1.21 22
11 Reading Reading 21 7 1 1 24 11 1 5 6 12 26 8 6 7 36 37 0.97 22
12 Luton Town Luton Town 21 7 0 2 18 8 3 1 8 19 26 10 1 10 37 34 1.09 21
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 21 5 2 4 21 18 3 2 5 15 23 8 4 9 36 41 0.88 20
14 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 20 5 4 2 27 16 1 2 6 10 20 6 6 8 37 36 1.03 18
15 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 21 6 4 1 30 20 0 2 8 8 30 6 6 9 38 50 0.76 18
16 Swindon Town Swindon 20 5 2 5 24 22 1 3 4 9 15 6 5 9 33 37 0.89 17
17 Cardiff City Cardiff City 20 5 1 3 22 16 1 3 7 9 21 6 4 10 31 37 0.84 16
18 Torquay United Torquay United 21 3 4 4 22 23 2 2 6 14 34 5 6 10 36 57 0.63 16
19 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 20 3 4 5 20 22 2 1 5 10 19 5 5 10 30 41 0.73 15
20 Thames Thames 21 2 5 4 13 14 1 2 7 8 29 3 7 11 21 43 0.49 13
21 Northampton Town Northampton Town 21 3 2 4 8 12 1 2 9 10 26 4 4 13 18 38 0.47 12
22 Gillingham Gillingham 20 3 3 3 10 13 1 1 9 7 26 4 4 12 17 39 0.44 12