Match Centre

Saturday December 26th, 1931

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

3 - 2

3

T. Braithwaite (??'), J. Eddleston (??'), H. Morris (??')

Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace

2

R. Cropper (10'), G. Clarke (??')
T. Braithwaite (??'), J. Eddleston (??'), H. Morris (??')
(HT: 1-2)

Attendance: 9,995

R. Cropper (10'), G. Clarke (??')
F. Ratcliffe
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
COPE
2
DRANSFIELD
3
GIRVAN
4
LOW
5
GODFREY
6
BRAITHWAITE
7
EDDLESTON
8
STARSMORE
9
MORRIS
10
KEELING
11
BURGESS
1
CALLENDAR
2
CRILLY
3
CHARLTON
4
RIVERS
5
PARRY
6
TURNER
7
HARRY
8
LANE
9
CROPPER
10
BUTLER
11
CLARKE
Swindon Town
1Harry COPE
2Ted DRANSFIELD
3Hector GIRVAN
4Dave LOW
5Tommy GODFREY
6Ted BRAITHWAITE
7Joe EDDLESTON
8Jack STARSMORE
9Harry MORRIS
10Harry KEELING
11Reg BURGESS
Crystal Palace
1Billy CALLENDAR1
2Tommy CRILLY2
3Stan CHARLTON3
4Wally RIVERS4
5Ossie PARRY5
6Bill TURNER6
7Bert HARRY7
8Jack LANE8
9Reg CROPPER9
10Herbert BUTLER10
11George CLARKE11

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 26th, 1931:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 26th, 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 Brentford Brentford 20 7 1 1 18 5 6 2 3 22 16 13 3 4 40 21 1.90 29
2 Fulham Fulham 20 7 1 1 33 14 5 3 3 23 17 12 4 4 56 31 1.81 28
3 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 20 7 4 0 27 8 3 2 4 14 19 10 6 4 41 27 1.52 26
4 Exeter City Exeter City 22 8 2 1 29 10 3 2 6 15 27 11 4 7 44 37 1.19 26
5 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 21 7 1 3 25 14 3 4 3 12 15 10 5 6 37 29 1.28 25
6 Watford Watford 21 9 1 1 30 14 2 2 6 17 26 11 3 7 47 40 1.18 25
7 Norwich City Norwich City 20 6 4 2 25 10 3 2 3 8 10 9 6 5 33 20 1.65 24
8 Southend United Southend United 20 4 3 1 13 4 5 3 4 24 21 9 6 5 37 25 1.48 24
9 Coventry City Coventry City 21 8 1 1 32 11 1 4 6 19 32 9 5 7 51 43 1.19 23
10 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 20 5 3 2 24 16 3 3 4 16 17 8 6 6 40 33 1.21 22
11 Reading Reading 21 7 1 1 24 11 1 5 6 12 26 8 6 7 36 37 0.97 22
12 Luton Town Luton Town 21 7 0 2 18 8 3 1 8 19 26 10 1 10 37 34 1.09 21
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 21 5 2 4 21 18 3 2 5 15 23 8 4 9 36 41 0.88 20
14 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 20 5 4 2 27 16 1 2 6 10 20 6 6 8 37 36 1.03 18
15 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 21 6 4 1 30 20 0 2 8 8 30 6 6 9 38 50 0.76 18
16 Swindon Town Swindon 20 5 2 5 24 22 1 3 4 9 15 6 5 9 33 37 0.89 17
17 Cardiff City Cardiff City 20 5 1 3 22 16 1 3 7 9 21 6 4 10 31 37 0.84 16
18 Torquay United Torquay United 21 3 4 4 22 23 2 2 6 14 34 5 6 10 36 57 0.63 16
19 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 20 3 4 5 20 22 2 1 5 10 19 5 5 10 30 41 0.73 15
20 Thames Thames 21 2 5 4 13 14 1 2 7 8 29 3 7 11 21 43 0.49 13
21 Northampton Town Northampton Town 21 3 2 4 8 12 1 2 9 10 26 4 4 13 18 38 0.47 12
22 Gillingham Gillingham 20 3 3 3 10 13 1 1 9 7 26 4 4 12 17 39 0.44 12