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
Manager/Head Coach
Sam ALLEN
Bristol Rovers
1Les BERRY1
2Charles LITTLEWOOD2
3George RUSSELL3
4John BLACK4
5Jack COOPER5
6John HAMILTON6
7Fred FORBES7
8Alex FINDLAY8
9Arthur ATTWOOD9
10Ronnie DIX10
11Bert YOUNG11
Manager/Head Coach
Albert PRINCE-COX

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