Match Centre

Saturday March 12th, 1938

Football League Division Three (South)

Bristol Rovers

1 - 2

1

A. Iles (20')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

B. Morton (78'), E. Jones (~87' pen)
A. Iles (20')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 7,019

B. Morton (78'), E. Jones (~87' pen)

Lineups


1
NICHOLLS
2
ROBERTS
3
SMITH
4
WARREN
5
O'MAHONEY
6
McARTHUR
7
BUTTERWORTH
8
WITHERS
9
ILES
10
TOLLAND
11
GARDINER
1
WILDMAN
2
SWINDEN
3
TONNER
4
COUSINS
5
MORRALL
6
WILCOCKSON
7
JONES
8
FOWLER
9
MORTON
10
LUCAS
11
WISE
Bristol Rovers
1Joe NICHOLLS
2Harry ROBERTS
3Wilf SMITH
4Ray WARREN
5Matt O'MAHONEY
6Wally McARTHUR
7Albert BUTTERWORTH
8Tosh WITHERS
9Albert ILES
10Danny TOLLAND
11Bobby GARDINER
Swindon Town
1Frank WILDMAN1
2Sid SWINDEN2
3Arthur TONNER3
4Harry COUSINS4
5George MORRALL5
6Stan WILCOCKSON6
7Eddie JONES7
8Alan FOWLER8
9Ben MORTON9
10Billy LUCAS10
11Ken WISE11

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 12th, 1938:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 12th, 1938:

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. 32 11 3 2 30 10 6 4 6 29 24 17 7 8 59 34 1.74 41
2 Watford Watford 32 10 4 1 40 10 4 6 7 16 24 14 10 8 56 34 1.65 38
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 31 13 2 2 30 12 3 3 8 17 22 16 5 10 47 34 1.38 37
4 Bristol City Bristol City 29 10 3 1 25 8 4 5 6 21 21 14 8 7 46 29 1.59 36
5 Cardiff City Cardiff City 31 12 5 0 51 18 2 3 9 9 25 14 8 9 60 43 1.40 36
6 Reading Reading 31 12 0 2 30 18 2 8 7 21 31 14 8 9 51 49 1.04 36
7 Millwall Millwall 30 9 3 2 38 13 4 6 6 17 19 13 9 8 55 32 1.72 35
8 Notts County Notts County 31 9 4 3 24 11 5 3 7 17 21 14 7 10 41 32 1.28 35
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 31 6 10 0 27 8 5 2 8 14 21 11 12 8 41 29 1.41 34
10 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 30 10 4 2 33 15 3 4 7 11 24 13 8 9 44 39 1.13 34
11 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 31 9 4 2 33 15 2 6 8 15 25 11 10 10 48 40 1.20 32
12 Swindon Town Swindon 31 10 3 2 26 12 2 5 9 8 23 12 8 11 34 35 0.97 32
13 Southend United Southend United 31 11 3 3 36 17 2 2 10 19 35 13 5 13 55 52 1.06 31
14 Northampton Town Northampton Town 31 9 1 5 23 16 4 3 9 19 33 13 4 14 42 49 0.86 30
15 Exeter City Exeter City 31 7 3 4 27 17 3 6 8 18 29 10 9 12 45 46 0.98 29
16 Newport County Newport County 31 7 6 1 23 9 1 4 12 10 35 8 10 13 33 44 0.75 26
17 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 32 8 4 4 20 17 3 0 13 12 31 11 4 17 32 48 0.67 26
18 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 31 7 7 3 23 17 1 2 11 9 32 8 9 14 32 49 0.65 25
19 Aldershot Aldershot 30 7 3 4 16 9 3 1 12 13 34 10 4 16 29 43 0.67 24
20 Torquay United Torquay United 32 7 3 7 22 26 2 3 10 10 34 9 6 17 32 60 0.53 24
21 Walsall Walsall 30 9 1 6 27 31 0 2 12 10 37 9 3 18 37 68 0.54 21
22 Gillingham Gillingham 31 6 3 6 16 17 1 1 14 11 40 7 4 20 27 57 0.47 18