Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town
2 - 1
2
B. Morton (55'), A. Barraclough (67')
Exeter City
Exeter City
1
B. Fellowes (6')
E.L. Davies
Lineups
1
WILDMAN
WILDMAN
2
PARKHOUSE
PARKHOUSE
3
BUTCHER
BUTCHER
4
COUSINS
COUSINS
5
MORRALL
MORRALL
6
OLNEY
OLNEY
7
JONES
JONES
8
FRANCIS
FRANCIS
9
MORTON
MORTON
10
LUCAS
LUCAS
11
BARRACLOUGH
BARRACLOUGH
1
CHURCH
CHURCH
2
BROWN
BROWN
3
CLARKE
CLARKE
4
WALKER
WALKER
5
ANGUS
ANGUS
6
FELLOWES
FELLOWES
7
RICH
RICH
8
RILEY
RILEY
9
BOWL
BOWL
10
EBDON
EBDON
11
LIDDLE
LIDDLE
| Swindon Town | |
|---|---|
| 1Frank WILDMAN | |
| 2Dick PARKHOUSE | |
| 3Fred BUTCHER | |
| 4Harry COUSINS | |
| 5George MORRALL | |
| 6Jim OLNEY | |
| 7Eddie JONES | |
| 8Cliff FRANCIS | |
| 9Ben MORTON | |
| 10Billy LUCAS | |
| 11Arthur BARRACLOUGH |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Ted VIZARD |
| Exeter City | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Harry CHURCH1 | ||
| 2Bill BROWN2 | ||
| 3Benjamin CLARKE3 | ||
| 4Steve WALKER4 | ||
| 5Jack ANGUS5 | ||
| 6Billy FELLOWES6 | ||
| 7Len RICH7 | ||
| 8Harry RILEY8 | ||
| 9Harry BOWL9 | ||
| 10Dick EBDON10 | ||
| 11Fred LIDDLE11 |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Jack ENGLISH |
Newspaper Reports
Results
Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 17th, 1938:
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
2-1 | 
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
2-1 | 
Walsall
Walsall
|
Clapton Orient
Clapton Orient
|
1-1 | 
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
6-2 | 
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town
|
Newport County
Newport County
|
2-0 | 
Reading
Reading
|
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
2-1 | 
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
|
Notts County
Notts County
|
4-3 | 
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
Port Vale
Port Vale
|
2-2 | 
Southend United
Southend United
|
|
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
2-1 |
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
1-3 | 
Cardiff City
Cardiff City
|
Watford
Watford
|
4-1 | 
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
Table
Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 17th, 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 |
Newport County
Newport County
|
18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 3.11 | 28 |
| 2 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 20 | 1.65 | 25 |
| 3 |
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 1.41 | 24 |
| 4 |
Reading
Reading
|
19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 1.35 | 22 |
| 5 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 1.36 | 21 |
| 6 |
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 1.50 | 19 |
| 7 |
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 1.07 | 19 |
| 8 |
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 |
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 19 |
| 10 |
Watford
Watford
|
18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 18 |
| 11 |
Notts County
Notts County
|
17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 1.14 | 17 |
| 12 |
Cardiff City
Cardiff City
|
17 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 1.04 | 17 |
| 13 |
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town
|
17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 32 | 0.72 | 17 |
| 14 |
Port Vale
Port Vale
|
17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 16 |
| 15 |
Southend United
Southend United
|
17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 0.97 | 16 |
| 16 |
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 39 | 0.69 | 16 |
| 17 |
Clapton Orient
Clapton Orient
|
17 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 0.83 | 15 |
| 18 |
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
17 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 0.77 | 14 |
| 19 |
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
17 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 0.63 | 12 |
| 20 |
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
17 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 0.62 | 12 |
| 21 |
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
|
18 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 0.71 | 10 |
| 22 |
Walsall
Walsall
|
17 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 0.48 | 8 |