Match Centre

Saturday April 11th, 1931

Football League Division Three (South)

Torquay United

5 - 0

5

B. Clayson (??', ??'), J. Trotter (??', ??'), A. Hutchinson (47')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

B. Clayson (??', ??'), J. Trotter (??', ??'), A. Hutchinson (47')
(HT: 3-0)

Attendance: 3,814

A. Milsom
Plainmoor, Torquay

Lineups


1
WRIGHT
2
WRIGHT
3
FOWLER
4
PHOENIX
5
HEWITT
6
SMITH
7
BIRKETT
8
CLAYSON
9
TROTTER
10
HUTCHINSON
11
BELL
1
COPE
2
STANSFIELD
3
GIRVAN
4
LOW
5
COCKBURN
6
BRAITHWAITE
7
EDDLESTON
8
RICHARDSON
9
MORRIS
10
McCARTNEY
11
KIRBY
Torquay United
1Joe WRIGHT
2Jim WRIGHT
3Jack FOWLER
4Ginger PHOENIX
5Don HEWITT
6Bob SMITH
7Ralph BIRKETT
8Billy CLAYSON
9Jimmy TROTTER
10Albert HUTCHINSON
11William BELL
Swindon Town
1Harry COPE1
2Harold STANSFIELD2
3Hector GIRVAN3
4Dave LOW4
5Will COCKBURN5
6Ted BRAITHWAITE6
7Joe EDDLESTON7
8Frank RICHARDSON8
9Harry MORRIS9
10Jimmy McCARTNEY10
11Norman KIRBY11

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 11th, 1931:

Brentford Brentford 2-1 Watford Watford
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 1-1 Fulham Fulham
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 3-0 Norwich City Norwich City
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 1-1 Notts County Notts County
Exeter City Exeter City 2-3 Coventry City Coventry City
Gillingham Gillingham 2-0 Walsall Walsall
Luton Town Luton Town 8-0 Thames Thames
Newport County Newport County 2-3 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Northampton Town Northampton Town 2-2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Southend United Southend United 2-0 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient
Torquay United Torquay United 5-0 Swindon Town Swindon

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 11th, 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 39 16 3 1 57 12 8 6 5 39 30 24 9 6 96 42 2.29 57
2 Northampton Town Northampton Town 39 9 6 4 32 16 8 6 6 39 34 17 12 10 71 50 1.42 46
3 Brentford Brentford 39 13 3 4 57 28 7 3 9 26 32 20 6 13 83 60 1.38 46
4 Southend United Southend United 39 15 0 4 52 24 6 4 10 22 33 21 4 14 74 57 1.30 46
5 Luton Town Luton Town 40 14 3 3 58 17 4 5 11 13 31 18 8 14 71 48 1.48 44
6 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 38 14 2 2 62 19 4 5 11 34 51 18 7 13 96 70 1.37 43
7 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 38 12 4 3 40 17 3 9 7 21 33 15 13 10 61 50 1.22 43
8 Torquay United Torquay United 39 13 4 3 56 26 4 4 11 24 50 17 8 14 80 76 1.05 42
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 39 10 7 3 38 22 4 6 9 33 47 14 13 12 71 69 1.03 41
10 Fulham Fulham 39 14 3 3 46 21 3 4 12 25 48 17 7 15 71 69 1.03 41
11 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 39 13 0 6 53 23 5 3 12 25 50 18 3 18 78 73 1.07 39
12 Swindon Town Swindon 39 14 5 1 63 28 3 0 16 17 58 17 5 17 80 86 0.93 39
13 Exeter City Exeter City 39 10 6 3 47 34 5 2 13 28 53 15 8 16 75 87 0.86 38
14 Coventry City Coventry City 38 10 3 6 53 27 5 4 10 20 35 15 7 16 73 62 1.18 37
15 Gillingham Gillingham 39 9 6 5 38 28 4 4 11 21 45 13 10 16 59 73 0.81 36
16 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 39 10 3 6 44 35 3 5 12 24 55 13 8 18 68 90 0.76 34
17 Watford Watford 39 9 4 7 41 27 4 3 12 30 45 13 7 19 71 72 0.99 33
18 Walsall Walsall 39 8 4 7 40 35 5 3 12 31 54 13 7 19 71 89 0.80 33
19 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 37 11 3 6 44 31 2 3 12 12 44 13 6 18 56 75 0.75 32
20 Thames Thames 39 12 4 3 33 18 1 2 17 19 72 13 6 20 52 90 0.58 32
21 Newport County Newport County 39 10 3 6 43 29 1 1 18 23 76 11 4 24 66 105 0.63 26
22 Norwich City Norwich City 39 9 7 3 33 18 0 1 19 9 54 9 8 22 42 72 0.58 26