Match Centre

Saturday February 18th, 1939

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 1

2

C. Francis (43'), A. Fowler (59')

Southend United

Southend United

1

A. Smirke (??')
C. Francis (43'), A. Fowler (59')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 8,270

A. Smirke (??')
P.S.V. Reed
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
WILDMAN
2
PARKHOUSE
3
BUTCHER
4
COUSINS
5
JONES
6
OLNEY
7
JONES
8
FRANCIS
9
MORTON
10
FOWLER
11
BARRACLOUGH
1
HANKEY
2
MILNE
3
ROBINSON
4
HARRIS
5
HAGUE
6
JACKSON
7
SMIRKE
8
BOLAN
9
BUSHBY
10
BELL
11
MARTIN
Swindon Town
1Frank WILDMAN
2Dick PARKHOUSE
3Fred BUTCHER
4Harry COUSINS
5Dai JONES
6Jim OLNEY
7Eddie JONES
8Cliff FRANCIS
9Ben MORTON
10Alan FOWLER
11Arthur BARRACLOUGH
Southend United
1Ted HANKEY1
2Johnny MILNE2
3Dave ROBINSON3
4Arthur HARRIS4
5Keith HAGUE5
6Bob JACKSON6
7Alf SMIRKE7
8Len BOLAN8
9Billy BUSHBY9
10Sam BELL10
11Ted MARTIN11

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday February 18th, 1939:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday February 18th, 1939:

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 30 12 2 1 29 12 7 3 5 18 19 19 5 6 47 31 1.52 43
2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 28 11 3 1 35 12 3 4 6 16 26 14 7 7 51 38 1.34 35
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 29 10 1 2 31 10 4 5 7 18 26 14 6 9 49 36 1.36 34
4 Reading Reading 30 8 5 2 32 16 3 7 5 16 21 11 12 7 48 37 1.30 34
5 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 28 8 3 2 37 10 4 5 6 21 27 12 8 8 58 37 1.57 32
6 Notts County Notts County 27 10 3 2 26 12 3 2 7 14 19 13 5 9 40 31 1.29 31
7 Northampton Town Northampton Town 29 11 3 1 35 13 2 2 10 8 26 13 5 11 43 39 1.10 31
8 Bristol City Bristol City 29 10 3 2 31 16 2 4 8 14 27 12 7 10 45 43 1.05 31
9 Aldershot Aldershot 28 9 4 2 19 10 2 5 6 14 28 11 9 8 33 38 0.87 31
10 Watford Watford 29 10 4 1 33 12 2 2 10 11 26 12 6 11 44 38 1.16 30
11 Swindon Town Swindon 28 10 4 1 37 15 2 2 9 15 31 12 6 10 52 46 1.13 30
12 Cardiff City Cardiff City 28 8 0 5 26 17 3 8 4 15 22 11 8 9 41 39 1.05 30
13 Exeter City Exeter City 28 6 6 2 31 25 3 3 8 15 35 9 9 10 46 60 0.77 27
14 Torquay United Torquay United 27 4 2 9 16 24 6 3 3 19 17 10 5 12 35 41 0.85 25
15 Southend United Southend United 25 7 3 1 22 10 2 3 9 21 36 9 6 10 43 46 0.93 24
16 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 26 6 3 3 20 14 2 4 8 14 24 8 7 11 34 38 0.89 23
17 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 28 6 4 3 21 15 2 3 10 10 37 8 7 13 31 52 0.60 23
18 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 27 6 7 1 23 9 1 1 11 10 29 7 8 12 33 38 0.87 22
19 Port Vale Port Vale 27 6 3 6 25 18 2 2 8 8 20 8 5 14 33 38 0.87 21
20 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 27 5 4 3 20 17 2 3 10 10 28 7 7 13 30 45 0.67 21
21 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 28 4 6 4 18 13 2 2 10 15 25 6 8 14 33 38 0.87 20
22 Walsall Walsall 28 4 3 6 16 14 1 3 11 12 34 5 6 17 28 48 0.58 16