Match Centre

Saturday March 7th, 1931

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

3 - 1

3

H. Morris (2'), N. Kirby (25' pen), E. Munnings (75')

Bristol Rovers

Bristol Rovers

1

B. Young (23')
H. Morris (2'), N. Kirby (25' pen), E. Munnings (75')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 4,066

B. Young (23')
W.P. Harper
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
COPE
2
STANSFIELD
3
GIRVAN
4
LOW
5
COCKBURN
6
BRAITHWAITE
7
MUNNINGS
8
GUYAN
9
MORRIS
10
RICHARDSON
11
KIRBY
1
BERRY
2
LITTLEWOOD
3
RUSSELL
4
BLACK
5
COOPER
6
HAMILTON
7
FORBES
8
FINDLAY
9
ATTWOOD
10
DIX
11
YOUNG
Swindon Town
1Harry COPE
2Harold STANSFIELD
3Hector GIRVAN
4Dave LOW
5Will COCKBURN
6Ted BRAITHWAITE
7Eddie MUNNINGS
8George GUYAN
9Harry MORRIS
10Frank RICHARDSON
11Norman KIRBY
Bristol Rovers
1Les BERRY1
2Charles LITTLEWOOD2
3George RUSSELL3
4John BLACK4
5Jack COOPER5
6John HAMILTON6
7Fred FORBES7
8Alex FINDLAY8
9Arthur ATTWOOD9
10Ronnie DIX10
11Bert YOUNG11

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 7th, 1931:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 7th, 1931:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Notts County Notts County 32 13 3 1 48 11 7 4 4 34 26 20 7 5 82 37 2.22 47
2 Northampton Town Northampton Town 32 8 3 4 26 13 7 5 5 35 27 15 8 9 61 40 1.53 38
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 31 10 3 2 30 12 3 8 5 20 25 13 11 7 50 37 1.35 37
4 Brentford Brentford 32 9 3 4 46 25 6 3 7 25 29 15 6 11 71 54 1.31 36
5 Southend United Southend United 31 11 0 3 41 22 5 4 8 19 27 16 4 11 60 49 1.22 36
6 Fulham Fulham 32 12 3 2 41 18 3 3 9 20 40 15 6 11 61 58 1.05 36
7 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 31 11 1 2 52 16 4 4 9 27 42 15 5 11 79 58 1.36 35
8 Swindon Town Swindon 32 13 3 1 53 21 3 0 12 14 44 16 3 13 67 65 1.03 35
9 Torquay United Torquay United 33 10 4 3 43 23 4 3 9 21 43 14 7 12 64 66 0.97 35
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 32 8 6 3 31 18 4 4 7 30 41 12 10 10 61 59 1.03 34
11 Luton Town Luton Town 32 10 3 2 39 15 3 4 10 12 30 13 7 12 51 45 1.13 33
12 Coventry City Coventry City 31 9 2 5 45 22 4 3 8 15 26 13 5 13 60 48 1.25 31
13 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 32 11 0 5 47 19 3 3 10 18 37 14 3 15 65 56 1.16 31
14 Exeter City Exeter City 31 7 6 2 37 29 4 2 10 19 38 11 8 12 56 67 0.84 30
15 Gillingham Gillingham 32 7 5 4 30 21 3 4 9 17 36 10 9 13 47 57 0.82 29
16 Watford Watford 32 7 4 6 31 24 4 2 9 25 36 11 6 15 56 60 0.93 28
17 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 33 7 3 5 35 31 3 5 10 23 48 10 8 15 58 79 0.73 28
18 Walsall Walsall 32 6 4 6 37 33 4 3 9 28 43 10 7 15 65 76 0.86 27
19 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 29 10 2 5 37 24 1 3 8 7 30 11 5 13 44 54 0.81 27
20 Thames Thames 32 9 4 3 26 18 1 1 14 17 58 10 5 17 43 76 0.57 25
21 Norwich City Norwich City 32 7 6 3 30 17 0 1 15 8 44 7 7 18 38 61 0.62 21
22 Newport County Newport County 32 8 2 5 35 24 0 1 16 22 70 8 3 21 57 94 0.61 19