Match Centre

Saturday April 15th, 1939

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

1 - 4

1

C. Francis (??')

Walsall

Walsall

4

G. Alsop (??', ??', ??'), A. Buttery (??')
C. Francis (??')
(HT: 0-2)

Attendance: 6,716

G. Alsop (??', ??', ??'), A. Buttery (??')

Lineups


1
BRYAN
2
PARKHOUSE
3
BUTCHER
4
COUSINS
5
JONES
6
MURPHY
7
FOWLER
8
FRANCIS
9
MORTON
10
LUCAS
11
EMERY
1
TEWKESBURY
2
HARPER
3
BEESON
4
WOODWARD
5
MORGAN
6
GODFREY
7
HANCOCKS
8
BAMBRICK
9
ALSOP
10
BUTTERY
11
BULGER
Swindon Town
1Bill BRYAN
2Dick PARKHOUSE
3Fred BUTCHER
4Harry COUSINS
5Dai JONES
6Jimmy MURPHY
7Alan FOWLER
8Cliff FRANCIS
9Ben MORTON
10Billy LUCAS
11Don EMERY
Walsall
1Ken TEWKESBURY1
2Ken HARPER2
3George BEESON3
4Dai WOODWARD4
5Llew MORGAN5
6Cliff GODFREY6
7Johnny HANCOCKS7
8Joe BAMBRICK8
9Gilbert ALSOP9
10Arthur BUTTERY10
11Charlie BULGER11

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 15th, 1939:

Aldershot Aldershot 3-1 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Bristol City Bristol City 5-1 Reading Reading
Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 2-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 0-0 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Newport County Newport County 3-0 Southend United Southend United
Northampton Town Northampton Town 0-0 Exeter City Exeter City
Notts County Notts County 1-1 Cardiff City Cardiff City
Port Vale Port Vale 2-0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Swindon Town Swindon 1-4 Walsall Walsall
Torquay United Torquay United 3-0 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Watford Watford 1-1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 15th, 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 40 15 4 1 37 14 7 7 6 21 24 22 11 7 58 38 1.53 55
2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 38 14 4 2 44 17 4 6 8 20 33 18 10 10 64 50 1.28 46
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 39 12 4 2 35 11 5 6 10 25 35 17 10 12 60 46 1.30 44
4 Reading Reading 40 11 6 3 45 23 4 8 8 22 34 15 14 11 67 57 1.18 44
5 Watford Watford 39 13 6 1 42 15 3 5 11 18 35 16 11 12 60 50 1.20 43
6 Notts County Notts County 37 12 5 3 36 16 5 3 9 21 26 17 8 12 57 42 1.36 42
7 Aldershot Aldershot 38 12 6 2 30 15 3 6 9 20 39 15 12 11 50 54 0.93 42
8 Swindon Town Swindon 38 14 4 2 50 24 3 3 12 19 42 17 7 14 69 66 1.05 41
9 Bristol City Bristol City 39 13 5 2 41 19 2 6 11 19 39 15 11 13 60 58 1.03 41
10 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 38 9 6 3 41 13 5 5 10 23 33 14 11 13 64 46 1.39 39
11 Exeter City Exeter City 39 9 7 3 39 31 4 5 11 23 46 13 12 14 62 77 0.81 38
12 Northampton Town Northampton Town 39 13 4 3 41 20 2 3 14 10 35 15 7 17 51 55 0.93 37
13 Cardiff City Cardiff City 38 10 0 8 33 26 3 10 7 18 31 13 10 15 51 57 0.89 36
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 39 9 7 3 34 22 3 5 12 14 35 12 12 15 48 57 0.84 36
15 Torquay United Torquay United 38 6 5 9 25 28 7 4 7 25 33 13 9 16 50 61 0.82 35
16 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 39 9 7 3 29 17 2 6 12 11 43 11 13 15 40 60 0.67 35
17 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 36 10 3 4 33 18 2 7 10 16 31 12 10 14 49 49 1 34
18 Southend United Southend United 36 12 3 2 32 13 2 3 14 22 48 14 6 16 54 61 0.89 34
19 Port Vale Port Vale 38 10 4 6 35 22 3 3 12 14 34 13 7 18 49 56 0.88 33
20 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 39 7 8 4 28 15 2 5 13 22 38 9 13 17 50 53 0.94 31
21 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 37 8 9 2 32 16 1 2 15 11 34 9 11 17 43 50 0.86 29
22 Walsall Walsall 38 6 6 6 31 20 2 5 13 21 45 8 11 19 52 65 0.80 27