Match Centre

Saturday December 23rd, 1933

Football League Division Three (South)

Reading

2 - 0

2

J. McGough (57'), B. Wright (65')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

J. McGough (57'), B. Wright (65')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 12,179
(~1,000 away fans)

A.J. Spittle
Elm Park, Reading

Lineups


1
WHITTAKER
2
RIDLEY
3
ROWE
4
JOHNSON
5
HAYHURST
6
WRIGHT
7
BUTLER
8
McGOUGH
9
NEWTON
10
OXBERRY
11
FIELDING
1
BRIGGS
2
HARRIS
3
HEROD
4
NIXON
5
LAMBIE
6
COUSINS
7
PETERS
8
KIRKWOOD
9
BLAKEMORE
10
FISHER
11
FLANAGAN
Reading
1Percy WHITTAKER
2John RIDLEY
3Jonty ROWE
4George JOHNSON
5Bert HAYHURST
6Billy WRIGHT
7Billy BUTLER
8Joe McGOUGH
9Frank NEWTON
10Jack OXBERRY
11Horace FIELDING
Manager/Head Coach
Joe SMITH
Swindon Town
1Arthur BRIGGS1
2Bernard HARRIS2
3Baden HEROD3
4Tom NIXON4
5Alec LAMBIE5
6Harry COUSINS6
7Frank PETERS7
8Dan KIRKWOOD8
9Cecil BLAKEMORE9
10Fred FISHER10
11Bud FLANAGAN11
Manager/Head Coach
Ted VIZARD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 23rd, 1933:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 23rd, 1933:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Norwich City Norwich City 19 8 1 1 30 10 3 3 3 14 17 11 4 4 44 27 1.63 26
2 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 18 9 1 0 24 5 2 2 4 12 14 11 3 4 36 19 1.89 25
3 Coventry City Coventry City 19 7 2 1 32 13 2 4 3 10 10 9 6 4 42 23 1.83 24
4 Reading Reading 18 8 1 0 30 6 2 2 5 10 18 10 3 5 40 24 1.67 23
5 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 18 7 0 1 28 10 3 2 5 16 17 10 2 6 44 27 1.63 22
6 Exeter City Exeter City 20 7 1 2 25 11 2 3 5 13 18 9 4 7 38 29 1.31 22
7 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 18 6 0 2 19 9 3 3 4 13 13 9 3 6 32 22 1.45 21
8 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 19 5 3 1 19 13 3 2 5 18 19 8 5 6 37 32 1.16 21
9 Luton Town Luton Town 20 6 2 2 29 14 2 2 6 14 25 8 4 8 43 39 1.10 20
10 Swindon Town Swindon 18 6 2 1 16 10 2 2 5 11 22 8 4 6 27 32 0.84 20
11 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 19 6 2 1 23 8 1 1 8 6 20 7 3 9 29 28 1.04 17
12 Northampton Town Northampton Town 18 5 2 3 23 17 2 1 5 10 18 7 3 8 33 35 0.94 17
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 18 5 1 2 20 15 2 2 6 12 22 7 3 8 32 37 0.86 17
14 Watford Watford 19 4 3 2 17 8 2 1 7 15 22 6 4 9 32 30 1.07 16
15 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 19 5 2 2 19 11 1 2 7 8 24 6 4 9 27 35 0.77 16
16 Aldershot Aldershot 18 4 3 3 11 10 1 3 4 5 13 5 6 7 16 23 0.70 16
17 Torquay United Torquay United 18 5 2 3 16 14 2 0 6 8 30 7 2 9 24 44 0.55 16
18 Newport County Newport County 18 3 3 4 9 11 1 4 3 7 15 4 7 7 16 26 0.62 15
19 Gillingham Gillingham 18 4 3 1 19 12 1 1 8 12 30 5 4 9 31 42 0.74 14
20 Southend United Southend United 18 3 2 4 10 12 2 2 5 8 18 5 4 9 18 30 0.60 14
21 Bristol City Bristol City 18 2 5 3 12 14 1 1 6 11 27 3 6 9 23 41 0.56 12
22 Cardiff City Cardiff City 18 3 2 3 12 12 2 0 8 12 31 5 2 11 24 43 0.56 12

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