Match Centre

Saturday December 25th, 1937

Football League Division Three (South)

Reading

2 - 1

2

P. Simpson (??'), D. Watkin (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

A. Fowler (??')
P. Simpson (??'), D. Watkin (??')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 10,992

A. Fowler (??')

Lineups


1
WHITTAKER
2
HAYHURST
3
ROBSON
4
DOUGALL
5
YOUNG
6
HOLMES
7
WATKIN
8
TAIT
9
SIMPSON
10
LAYTON
11
COOK
1
WILDMAN
2
TONNER
3
SMITH
4
RICHARDSON
5
MORRALL
6
WILCOCKSON
7
JONES
8
FOWLER
9
MORTON
10
BRADLEY
11
HETHERINGTON

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 25th, 1937:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 0-0 Torquay United Torquay United
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 5-2 Walsall Walsall
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 3-0 Cardiff City Cardiff City
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1-0 Southend United Southend United
Reading Reading 2-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Watford Watford 3-0 Newport County Newport County

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 25th, 1937:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 19 7 3 1 17 6 3 3 2 13 8 10 6 3 30 14 2.14 26
2 Notts County Notts County 20 5 3 2 17 6 5 2 3 14 9 10 5 5 31 15 2.07 25
3 Millwall Millwall 19 6 2 1 24 9 3 3 4 11 11 9 5 5 35 20 1.75 23
4 Cardiff City Cardiff City 19 8 3 0 36 13 1 2 5 5 16 9 5 5 41 29 1.41 23
5 Watford Watford 19 6 2 1 25 6 2 4 4 8 14 8 6 5 33 20 1.65 22
6 Southend United Southend United 19 8 2 1 24 8 1 1 6 6 16 9 3 7 30 24 1.25 21
7 Reading Reading 19 6 0 2 12 8 2 5 4 18 23 8 5 6 30 31 0.97 21
8 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 19 6 4 1 22 9 1 2 5 5 14 7 6 6 27 23 1.17 20
9 Bristol City Bristol City 17 5 3 0 14 5 2 3 4 9 16 7 6 4 23 21 1.10 20
10 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 17 6 1 1 20 8 2 2 5 7 14 8 3 6 27 22 1.23 19
11 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 18 8 2 1 19 6 0 1 6 7 16 8 3 7 26 22 1.18 19
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 19 4 7 0 14 6 2 0 6 7 14 6 7 6 21 20 1.05 19
13 Swindon Town Swindon 19 6 1 1 16 6 1 4 6 6 15 7 5 7 22 21 1.05 19
14 Newport County Newport County 19 5 3 0 17 5 1 3 7 7 21 6 6 7 24 26 0.92 18
15 Northampton Town Northampton Town 18 5 0 3 12 8 2 3 5 9 20 7 3 8 21 28 0.75 17
16 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 18 5 2 3 12 10 2 0 6 8 15 7 2 9 20 25 0.80 16
17 Torquay United Torquay United 19 6 0 5 16 19 1 2 5 8 23 7 2 10 24 42 0.57 16
18 Exeter City Exeter City 18 4 0 3 16 13 1 5 5 10 18 5 5 8 26 31 0.84 15
19 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 18 3 6 1 15 11 1 1 6 5 18 4 7 7 20 29 0.69 15
20 Walsall Walsall 19 6 0 3 15 12 0 1 9 6 25 6 1 12 21 37 0.57 13
21 Aldershot Aldershot 18 2 2 3 5 6 3 1 7 11 24 5 3 10 16 30 0.53 13
22 Gillingham Gillingham 18 2 2 4 7 8 1 0 9 8 25 3 2 13 15 33 0.45 8