Match Centre

Saturday March 12th, 1938

Football League Division Three (South)

Bristol Rovers

1 - 2

1

A. Iles (20')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

B. Morton (78'), E. Jones (~87' pen)
A. Iles (20')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 7,019

B. Morton (78'), E. Jones (~87' pen)
F.W. Reeve
Eastville, Bristol

Lineups


1
NICHOLLS
2
ROBERTS
3
SMITH
4
WARREN
5
O'MAHONEY
6
McARTHUR
7
BUTTERWORTH
8
WITHERS
9
ILES
10
TOLLAND
11
GARDINER
1
WILDMAN
2
SWINDEN
3
TONNER
4
COUSINS
5
MORRALL
6
WILCOCKSON
7
JONES
8
FOWLER
9
MORTON
10
LUCAS
11
WISE
Bristol Rovers
1Joe NICHOLLS
2Harry ROBERTS
3Wilf SMITH
4Ray WARREN
5Matt O'MAHONEY
6Wally McARTHUR
7Albert BUTTERWORTH
8Tosh WITHERS
9Albert ILES
10Danny TOLLAND
11Bobby GARDINER
Manager/Head Coach
Brough FLETCHER
Swindon Town
1Frank WILDMAN1
2Sid SWINDEN2
3Arthur TONNER3
4Harry COUSINS4
5George MORRALL5
6Stan WILCOCKSON6
7Eddie JONES7
8Alan FOWLER8
9Ben MORTON9
10Billy LUCAS10
11Ken WISE11
Manager/Head Coach
Ted VIZARD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 12th, 1938:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 0-0 Bristol City Bristol City
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 1-0 Newport County Newport County
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 1-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Cardiff City Cardiff City 1-1 Watford Watford
Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 1-1 Reading Reading
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 2-0 Aldershot Aldershot
Northampton Town Northampton Town 1-0 Exeter City Exeter City
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 2-1 Notts County Notts County
Southend United Southend United 2-2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Torquay United Torquay United 1-1 Millwall Millwall
Walsall Walsall 3-1 Gillingham Gillingham

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 12th, 1938:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 32 11 3 2 30 10 6 4 6 29 24 17 7 8 59 34 1.74 41
2 Watford Watford 32 10 4 1 40 10 4 6 7 16 24 14 10 8 56 34 1.65 38
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 31 13 2 2 30 12 3 3 8 17 22 16 5 10 47 34 1.38 37
4 Bristol City Bristol City 29 10 3 1 25 8 4 5 6 21 21 14 8 7 46 29 1.59 36
5 Cardiff City Cardiff City 31 12 5 0 51 18 2 3 9 9 25 14 8 9 60 43 1.40 36
6 Reading Reading 31 12 0 2 30 18 2 8 7 21 31 14 8 9 51 49 1.04 36
7 Millwall Millwall 30 9 3 2 38 13 4 6 6 17 19 13 9 8 55 32 1.72 35
8 Notts County Notts County 31 9 4 3 24 11 5 3 7 17 21 14 7 10 41 32 1.28 35
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 31 6 10 0 27 8 5 2 8 14 21 11 12 8 41 29 1.41 34
10 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 30 10 4 2 33 15 3 4 7 11 24 13 8 9 44 39 1.13 34
11 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 31 9 4 2 33 15 2 6 8 15 25 11 10 10 48 40 1.20 32
12 Swindon Town Swindon 31 10 3 2 26 12 2 5 9 8 23 12 8 11 34 35 0.97 32
13 Southend United Southend United 31 11 3 3 36 17 2 2 10 19 35 13 5 13 55 52 1.06 31
14 Northampton Town Northampton Town 31 9 1 5 23 16 4 3 9 19 33 13 4 14 42 49 0.86 30
15 Exeter City Exeter City 31 7 3 4 27 17 3 6 8 18 29 10 9 12 45 46 0.98 29
16 Newport County Newport County 31 7 6 1 23 9 1 4 12 10 35 8 10 13 33 44 0.75 26
17 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 32 8 4 4 20 17 3 0 13 12 31 11 4 17 32 48 0.67 26
18 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 31 7 7 3 23 17 1 2 11 9 32 8 9 14 32 49 0.65 25
19 Aldershot Aldershot 30 7 3 4 16 9 3 1 12 13 34 10 4 16 29 43 0.67 24
20 Torquay United Torquay United 32 7 3 7 22 26 2 3 10 10 34 9 6 17 32 60 0.53 24
21 Walsall Walsall 30 9 1 6 27 31 0 2 12 10 37 9 3 18 37 68 0.54 21
22 Gillingham Gillingham 31 6 3 6 16 17 1 1 14 11 40 7 4 20 27 57 0.47 18