Match Centre

Saturday May 6th, 1939

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

3 - 1

3

B. Morton (??', ??'), B. Lucas (??')

Torquay United

Torquay United

1

R. Allen (??')
B. Morton (??', ??'), B. Lucas (??')
(HT: 3-0)

Attendance: 5,657

R. Allen (??')
J.M. Wiltshire

Lineups


1
BRYAN
2
PARKHOUSE
3
TONNER
4
COUSINS
5
JONES
6
OLNEY
7
FOWLER
8
FRANCIS
9
MORTON
10
LUCAS
11
HEDLEY
1
JOSLIN
2
HEAD
3
HUTCHINSON
4
COTHLIFF
5
HELLIER
6
COLEY
7
DAY
8
PRESKETT
9
ALLEN
10
BROWN
11
JAMES

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday May 6th, 1939:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday May 6th, 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 42 15 4 2 37 16 7 7 7 21 29 22 11 9 58 45 1.29 55
2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 42 15 4 2 49 18 5 8 8 22 34 20 12 10 71 52 1.37 52
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 42 14 5 2 43 14 5 6 10 25 35 19 11 12 68 49 1.39 49
4 Watford Watford 42 14 6 1 44 15 3 6 12 18 36 17 12 13 62 51 1.22 46
5 Reading Reading 42 12 6 3 46 23 4 8 9 23 36 16 14 12 69 59 1.17 46
6 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 42 10 8 3 44 15 5 6 10 24 34 15 14 13 68 49 1.39 44
7 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 42 14 3 4 46 21 2 9 10 16 31 16 12 14 62 52 1.19 44
8 Bristol City Bristol City 42 14 5 2 42 19 2 7 12 19 44 16 12 14 61 63 0.97 44
9 Swindon Town Swindon 42 15 4 2 53 25 3 4 14 19 52 18 8 16 72 77 0.94 44
10 Aldershot Aldershot 42 13 6 2 31 15 3 6 12 22 51 16 12 14 53 66 0.80 44
11 Notts County Notts County 42 12 6 3 36 16 5 3 13 23 38 17 9 16 59 54 1.09 43
12 Southend United Southend United 42 14 5 2 38 13 2 4 15 23 51 16 9 17 61 64 0.95 41
13 Cardiff City Cardiff City 42 12 1 8 40 28 3 10 8 21 37 15 11 16 61 65 0.94 41
14 Exeter City Exeter City 42 9 9 3 40 32 4 5 12 25 50 13 14 15 65 82 0.79 40
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 42 10 8 3 38 22 3 5 13 14 36 13 13 16 52 58 0.90 39
16 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 42 10 8 3 33 19 2 7 12 11 43 12 15 15 44 62 0.71 39
17 Northampton Town Northampton Town 42 13 5 3 41 20 2 3 16 10 38 15 8 19 51 58 0.88 38
18 Port Vale Port Vale 42 10 5 6 36 23 4 4 13 16 35 14 9 19 52 58 0.90 37
19 Torquay United Torquay United 42 7 5 9 27 28 7 4 10 27 42 14 9 19 54 70 0.77 37
20 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 42 10 9 2 40 16 1 4 16 13 39 11 13 18 53 55 0.96 35
21 Walsall Walsall 42 9 6 6 47 23 2 5 14 21 46 11 11 20 68 69 0.99 33
22 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 42 8 8 5 30 17 2 5 14 25 44 10 13 19 55 61 0.90 33