Match Centre

Saturday January 4th, 1930

Football League Division Three (South)

Bristol Rovers

3 - 2

3

R. Dix (50'), G. Reay (65'), J. Phillips (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

B. Denyer (7'), L. Roberts (??')
R. Dix (50'), G. Reay (65'), J. Phillips (??')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 8,997

B. Denyer (7'), L. Roberts (??')
A.G. Price
Eastville, Bristol

Lineups


1
WHATLEY
2
BENNETT
3
HAYDON
4
BRITTON
5
COSGROVE
6
HAMILTON
7
REAY
8
FORBES
9
PHILLIPS
10
MURRAY
11
DIX
1
NASH
2
PENN
3
GIRVAN
4
LOW
5
HUMPHRIES
6
BRAITHWAITE
7
DENYER
8
EDDLESTON
9
MORRIS
10
ROBERTS
11
McCARTNEY
Bristol Rovers
1Jesse WHATLEY
2Fred BENNETT
3Jimmy HAYDON
4Cliff BRITTON
5Mick COSGROVE
6John HAMILTON
7George REAY
8Fred FORBES
9Jack PHILLIPS
10David MURRAY
11Ronnie DIX
Manager/Head Coach
David McLEAN
Swindon Town
1Teddy NASH1
2Tommy PENN2
3Hector GIRVAN3
4Dave LOW4
5Brinley HUMPHRIES5
6Ted BRAITHWAITE6
7Bertie DENYER7
8Joe EDDLESTON8
9Harry MORRIS9
10Les ROBERTS10
11Jimmy McCARTNEY11
Manager/Head Coach
Sam ALLEN

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday January 4th, 1930:

Brentford Brentford 3-0 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 3-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 1-0 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town
Coventry City Coventry City 4-1 Torquay United Torquay United
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 4-3 Fulham Fulham
Exeter City Exeter City 1-2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Gillingham Gillingham 3-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Northampton Town Northampton Town 1-0 Walsall Walsall
Norwich City Norwich City 2-0 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Southend United Southend United 1-1 Luton Town Luton Town
Watford Watford 2-3 Newport County Newport County

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday January 4th, 1930:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 22 9 3 0 38 8 5 3 2 16 13 14 6 2 54 21 2.57 34
2 Brentford Brentford 22 13 0 0 41 10 2 3 4 9 12 15 3 4 50 22 2.27 33
3 Northampton Town Northampton Town 22 8 2 1 23 8 6 1 4 13 11 14 3 5 36 19 1.89 31
4 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 22 12 1 0 38 9 1 3 5 10 20 13 4 5 48 29 1.66 30
5 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 20 6 2 1 24 8 4 5 2 18 15 10 7 3 42 23 1.83 27
6 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 25 8 2 2 31 19 2 4 7 17 33 10 6 9 48 52 0.92 26
7 Coventry City Coventry City 21 8 2 2 33 15 3 1 5 16 19 11 3 7 49 34 1.44 25
8 Fulham Fulham 23 6 3 1 26 14 4 2 7 20 31 10 5 8 46 45 1.02 25
9 Southend United Southend United 21 5 5 1 16 10 3 3 4 18 21 8 8 5 34 31 1.10 24
10 Norwich City Norwich City 22 8 1 1 22 9 1 4 7 23 34 9 5 8 45 43 1.05 23
11 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 21 5 5 0 16 8 2 3 6 14 26 7 8 6 30 34 0.88 22
12 Swindon Town Swindon 25 7 5 2 32 18 0 2 9 9 28 7 7 11 41 46 0.89 21
13 Exeter City Exeter City 22 6 3 2 28 13 1 2 8 11 25 7 5 10 39 38 1.03 19
14 Walsall Walsall 23 5 2 3 24 12 2 3 8 16 34 7 5 11 40 46 0.87 19
15 Torquay United Torquay United 23 5 2 4 29 23 1 4 7 9 24 6 6 11 38 47 0.81 18
16 Luton Town Luton Town 22 5 2 3 19 15 1 4 7 15 33 6 6 10 34 48 0.71 18
17 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 22 3 7 2 12 13 1 3 6 5 16 4 10 8 17 29 0.59 18
18 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 21 6 0 5 26 20 0 4 6 15 27 6 4 11 41 47 0.87 16
19 Newport County Newport County 22 5 4 1 25 16 1 0 11 13 29 6 4 12 38 45 0.84 16
20 Gillingham Gillingham 23 4 3 3 14 14 2 1 10 9 32 6 4 13 23 46 0.50 16
21 Watford Watford 22 4 2 7 17 22 1 3 5 9 17 5 5 12 26 39 0.67 15
22 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 20 1 4 3 8 13 1 2 9 12 42 2 6 12 20 55 0.36 10