Match Centre

Saturday April 18th, 1931

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

5 - 1

5

F. Richardson (5'), A. Cruickshank (20'), H. Morris (55', 70', ??')

Northampton Town

Northampton Town

1

C. Wonnacott (30')
F. Richardson (5'), A. Cruickshank (20'), H. Morris (55', 70', ??')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 3,330

C. Wonnacott (30')
H.E. Gray
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
COPE
2
STANSFIELD
3
GIRVAN
4
LOW
5
MURRAY
6
BRAITHWAITE
7
CRUICKSHANK
8
EDDLESTON
9
MORRIS
10
RICHARDSON
11
KIRBY
1
HAMMOND
2
INGLIS
3
ANTHONY
4
ALLON
5
MALONEY
6
DAWES
7
RICHES
8
BOYLE
9
BOWEN
10
WONNACOTT
11
WELLS
Swindon Town
1Harry COPE
2Harold STANSFIELD
3Hector GIRVAN
4Dave LOW
5David MURRAY
6Ted BRAITHWAITE
7Alec CRUICKSHANK
8Joe EDDLESTON
9Harry MORRIS
10Frank RICHARDSON
11Norman KIRBY
Manager/Head Coach
Sam ALLEN
Northampton Town
1Leonard HAMMOND1
2Bill INGLIS2
3Charles ANTHONY3
4George ALLON4
5Robert MALONEY5
6Bert DAWES6
7Leonard RICHES7
8Thomas BOYLE8
9Ted BOWEN9
10Clarence WONNACOTT10
11Tom WELLS11
Manager/Head Coach
Jack ENGLISH

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 18th, 1931:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1-0 Brentford Brentford
Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 3-2 Luton Town Luton Town
Coventry City Coventry City 0-0 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Fulham Fulham 3-0 Torquay United Torquay United
Norwich City Norwich City 4-1 Newport County Newport County
Notts County Notts County 1-1 Southend United Southend United
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1-0 Gillingham Gillingham
Swindon Town Swindon 5-1 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Thames Thames 1-2 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Walsall Walsall 2-1 Exeter City Exeter City
Watford Watford 0-2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 18th, 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 40 16 4 1 58 13 8 6 5 39 30 24 10 6 97 43 2.26 58
2 Southend United Southend United 40 15 0 4 52 24 6 5 10 23 34 21 5 14 75 58 1.29 47
3 Brentford Brentford 40 13 3 4 57 28 7 3 10 26 33 20 6 14 83 61 1.36 46
4 Northampton Town Northampton Town 40 9 6 4 32 16 8 6 7 40 39 17 12 11 72 55 1.31 46
5 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 39 14 2 2 62 19 5 5 11 36 51 19 7 13 98 70 1.40 45
6 Luton Town Luton Town 41 14 3 3 58 17 4 5 12 15 34 18 8 15 73 51 1.43 44
7 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 39 12 4 3 40 17 3 10 7 21 33 15 14 10 61 50 1.22 44
8 Fulham Fulham 40 15 3 3 49 21 3 4 12 25 48 18 7 15 74 69 1.07 43
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 40 11 7 3 39 22 4 6 9 33 47 15 13 12 72 69 1.04 43
10 Torquay United Torquay United 40 13 4 3 56 26 4 4 12 24 53 17 8 15 80 79 1.01 42
11 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 40 14 0 6 54 23 5 3 12 25 50 19 3 18 79 73 1.08 41
12 Swindon Town Swindon 40 15 5 1 68 29 3 0 16 17 58 18 5 17 85 87 0.98 41
13 Exeter City Exeter City 41 11 6 3 53 35 5 2 14 29 55 16 8 17 82 90 0.91 40
14 Coventry City Coventry City 39 10 4 6 53 27 5 4 10 20 35 15 8 16 73 62 1.18 38
15 Gillingham Gillingham 40 9 6 5 38 28 4 4 12 21 46 13 10 17 59 74 0.80 36
16 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 40 10 3 6 44 35 4 5 12 26 56 14 8 18 70 91 0.77 36
17 Walsall Walsall 40 9 4 7 42 36 5 3 12 31 54 14 7 19 73 90 0.81 35
18 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 39 12 3 6 47 33 2 3 13 13 50 14 6 19 60 83 0.72 34
19 Watford Watford 40 9 4 8 41 29 4 3 12 30 45 13 7 20 71 74 0.96 33
20 Thames Thames 40 12 4 4 34 20 1 2 17 19 72 13 6 21 53 92 0.58 32
21 Norwich City Norwich City 40 10 7 3 37 19 0 1 19 9 54 10 8 22 46 73 0.63 28
22 Newport County Newport County 40 10 3 6 43 29 1 1 19 24 80 11 4 25 67 109 0.61 26