Match Centre

Saturday February 8th, 1930

Football League Division Three (South)

Merthyr Town

3 - 3

3

W. Dransfield (??', ??'), A. Cruickshank (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

3

J. Eddleston (10'), L. Roberts (??'), H. Morris (??')
W. Dransfield (??', ??'), A. Cruickshank (??')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 1,554

J. Eddleston (10'), L. Roberts (??'), H. Morris (??')
G. Franklin
Penydarren Park, Merthyr

Lineups


1
LEWIS
2
MOYLE
3
SCOTT
4
CARLTON
5
WOODWARD
6
SMITH
7
CRUICKSHANK
8
WILLIAMS
9
PARKER
10
DRANSFIELD
11
SLACK
1
WEBSTER
2
PENN
3
GIRVAN
4
LOW
5
HUMPHRIES
6
ARCHER
7
DENYER
8
EDDLESTON
9
MORRIS
10
ROBERTS
11
McCARTNEY
Merthyr Town
1Ben LEWIS
2Walter MOYLE
3James SCOTT
4William CARLTON
5Thomas WOODWARD
6Len SMITH
7Alec CRUICKSHANK
8Tommy WILLIAMS
9Reginald PARKER
10Walter DRANSFIELD
11Wilf SLACK
Manager/Head Coach
Merthyr CLUB COMMITTEE
Swindon Town
1Herbie WEBSTER1
2Tommy PENN2
3Hector GIRVAN3
4Dave LOW4
5Brinley HUMPHRIES5
6Archie ARCHER6
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 February 8th, 1930:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1-1 Walsall Walsall
Brentford Brentford 5-0 Watford Watford
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 5-0 Torquay United Torquay United
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 2-3 Newport County Newport County
Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 3-1 Coventry City Coventry City
Exeter City Exeter City 3-0 Norwich City Norwich City
Gillingham Gillingham 0-0 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Luton Town Luton Town 2-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 3-3 Swindon Town Swindon
Northampton Town Northampton Town 2-0 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Southend United Southend United 1-2 Fulham Fulham

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday February 8th, 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 Brentford Brentford 27 15 0 0 51 10 4 3 5 15 17 19 3 5 66 27 2.44 41
2 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 24 10 3 0 41 8 5 4 2 16 13 15 7 2 57 21 2.71 37
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 25 13 1 0 43 9 3 3 5 19 22 16 4 5 62 31 2 36
4 Northampton Town Northampton Town 25 9 2 1 25 8 7 1 5 18 15 16 3 6 43 23 1.87 35
5 Fulham Fulham 27 8 4 1 35 21 5 2 7 22 32 13 6 8 57 53 1.08 32
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 24 7 4 1 26 9 4 5 3 18 16 11 9 4 44 25 1.76 31
7 Southend United Southend United 26 6 5 2 19 12 4 5 4 23 23 10 10 6 42 35 1.20 30
8 Norwich City Norwich City 27 10 2 1 30 14 2 4 8 25 38 12 6 9 55 52 1.06 30
9 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 28 9 2 2 36 20 2 5 8 19 37 11 7 10 55 57 0.96 29
10 Coventry City Coventry City 25 9 2 2 36 16 3 1 8 19 27 12 3 10 55 43 1.28 27
11 Exeter City Exeter City 27 8 3 3 35 15 1 3 9 15 32 9 6 12 50 47 1.06 24
12 Walsall Walsall 26 7 2 3 30 14 2 4 8 17 35 9 6 11 47 49 0.96 24
13 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 25 5 5 2 18 15 3 3 7 17 28 8 8 9 35 43 0.81 24
14 Luton Town Luton Town 26 8 2 3 24 16 1 4 8 15 34 9 6 11 39 50 0.78 24
15 Swindon Town Swindon 27 7 5 3 32 19 0 3 9 12 31 7 8 12 44 50 0.88 22
16 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 26 4 7 2 15 14 2 3 8 10 23 6 10 10 25 37 0.68 22
17 Newport County Newport County 26 6 5 2 30 21 2 0 11 16 31 8 5 13 46 52 0.88 21
18 Watford Watford 27 5 2 7 20 22 2 3 8 12 28 7 5 15 32 50 0.64 19
19 Torquay United Torquay United 27 5 2 5 29 28 1 4 10 9 36 6 6 15 38 64 0.59 18
20 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 24 6 1 6 30 25 0 4 7 15 30 6 5 13 45 55 0.82 17
21 Gillingham Gillingham 28 4 4 5 16 18 2 1 12 11 39 6 5 17 27 57 0.47 17
22 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 25 1 5 5 15 27 1 3 10 18 49 2 8 15 33 76 0.43 12