Match Centre

Saturday December 17th, 1938

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 1

2

B. Morton (55'), A. Barraclough (67')

Exeter City

Exeter City

1

B. Fellowes (6')
B. Morton (55'), A. Barraclough (67')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 6,819

B. Fellowes (6')
E.L. Davies
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
WILDMAN
2
PARKHOUSE
3
BUTCHER
4
COUSINS
5
MORRALL
6
OLNEY
7
JONES
8
FRANCIS
9
MORTON
10
LUCAS
11
BARRACLOUGH
1
CHURCH
2
BROWN
3
CLARKE
4
WALKER
5
ANGUS
6
FELLOWES
7
RICH
8
RILEY
9
BOWL
10
EBDON
11
LIDDLE
Swindon Town
1Frank WILDMAN
2Dick PARKHOUSE
3Fred BUTCHER
4Harry COUSINS
5George MORRALL
6Jim OLNEY
7Eddie JONES
8Cliff FRANCIS
9Ben MORTON
10Billy LUCAS
11Arthur BARRACLOUGH
Exeter City
1Harry CHURCH1
2Bill BROWN2
3Benjamin CLARKE3
4Steve WALKER4
5Jack ANGUS5
6Billy FELLOWES6
7Len RICH7
8Harry RILEY8
9Harry BOWL9
10Dick EBDON10
11Fred LIDDLE11

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 17th, 1938:

Aldershot Aldershot 2-1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Bristol City Bristol City 2-1 Walsall Walsall
Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 1-1 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 6-2 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Newport County Newport County 2-0 Reading Reading
Northampton Town Northampton Town 2-1 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Notts County Notts County 4-3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Port Vale Port Vale 2-2 Southend United Southend United
Swindon Town Swindon 2-1 Exeter City Exeter City
Torquay United Torquay United 1-3 Cardiff City Cardiff City
Watford Watford 4-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 17th, 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 Newport County Newport County 18 8 2 0 16 2 4 2 2 12 7 12 4 2 28 9 3.11 28
2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 17 7 2 0 22 8 3 3 2 11 12 10 5 2 33 20 1.65 25
3 Aldershot Aldershot 18 7 2 1 14 4 2 4 2 10 13 9 6 3 24 17 1.41 24
4 Reading Reading 19 4 3 1 20 11 3 5 3 11 12 7 8 4 31 23 1.35 22
5 Swindon Town Swindon 17 7 2 1 22 10 2 1 4 8 12 9 3 5 30 22 1.36 21
6 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 17 4 2 1 21 5 3 3 4 15 19 7 5 5 36 24 1.50 19
7 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 18 6 1 1 19 8 2 2 6 11 20 8 3 7 30 28 1.07 19
8 Bristol City Bristol City 18 6 1 2 21 14 1 4 4 10 17 7 5 6 31 31 1 19
9 Northampton Town Northampton Town 18 7 2 1 22 11 1 1 6 6 17 8 3 7 28 28 1 19
10 Watford Watford 18 6 4 0 22 9 0 2 6 3 16 6 6 6 25 25 1 18
11 Notts County Notts County 17 6 3 1 19 8 0 2 5 6 14 6 5 6 25 22 1.14 17
12 Cardiff City Cardiff City 17 4 0 3 15 11 2 5 3 11 14 6 5 6 26 25 1.04 17
13 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 17 4 3 0 14 7 2 2 6 9 25 6 5 6 23 32 0.72 17
14 Port Vale Port Vale 17 5 3 2 19 11 1 1 5 6 14 6 4 7 25 25 1 16
15 Southend United Southend United 17 5 2 1 15 6 1 2 6 15 25 6 4 7 30 31 0.97 16
16 Exeter City Exeter City 18 4 2 2 16 12 2 2 6 11 27 6 4 8 27 39 0.69 16
17 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 17 3 6 1 13 8 1 1 5 6 15 4 7 6 19 23 0.83 15
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 17 2 4 2 9 9 2 2 5 8 13 4 6 7 17 22 0.77 14
19 Torquay United Torquay United 17 1 2 7 9 18 3 2 2 8 9 4 4 9 17 27 0.63 12
20 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 17 3 1 3 9 10 1 3 6 7 16 4 4 9 16 26 0.62 12
21 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 18 2 4 3 10 8 0 2 7 7 16 2 6 10 17 24 0.71 10
22 Walsall Walsall 17 1 2 4 6 9 1 2 7 8 20 2 4 11 14 29 0.48 8