Match Centre

Saturday March 4th, 1939

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

4 - 1

4

B. Morton (4', 84'), C. Francis (15'), A. Barraclough (89')

Cardiff City

Cardiff City

1

H. Egan (43')
B. Morton (4', 84'), C. Francis (15'), A. Barraclough (89')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 8,861

H. Egan (43')
G.S. Blackhall
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
WILDMAN
2
PARKHOUSE
3
BUTCHER
4
COUSINS
5
JONES
6
WILCOCKSON
7
JONES
8
FRANCIS
9
MORTON
10
LUCAS
11
BARRACLOUGH
1
FIELDING
2
BALLSOM
3
KELSO
4
CORKHILL
5
BASSETT
6
McCAUGHEY
7
WALTON
8
RICKARDS
9
EGAN
10
COLLINS
11
McKENZIE
Swindon Town
1Frank WILDMAN
2Dick PARKHOUSE
3Fred BUTCHER
4Harry COUSINS
5Dai JONES
6Stan WILCOCKSON
7Eddie JONES
8Cliff FRANCIS
9Ben MORTON
10Billy LUCAS
11Arthur BARRACLOUGH
Cardiff City
1Bill FIELDING1
2George BALLSOM2
3Jimmy KELSO3
4Billy CORKHILL4
5Billy BASSETT5
6Cecil McCAUGHEY6
7George WALTON7
8Tex RICKARDS8
9Harry EGAN9
10Jimmy COLLINS10
11James McKENZIE11

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 4th, 1939:

Aldershot Aldershot 3-3 Walsall Walsall
Bristol City Bristol City 2-0 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 1-2 Reading Reading
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 0-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Newport County Newport County 2-0 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Northampton Town Northampton Town 1-4 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Notts County Notts County 0-1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Port Vale Port Vale 3-2 Exeter City Exeter City
Swindon Town Swindon 4-1 Cardiff City Cardiff City
Torquay United Torquay United 1-1 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Watford Watford 3-0 Southend United Southend United

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 4th, 1939:

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 32 13 2 1 31 12 7 3 6 19 22 20 5 7 50 34 1.47 45
2 Reading Reading 32 9 5 2 37 16 4 7 5 18 22 13 12 7 55 38 1.45 38
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 31 10 2 2 31 10 5 5 7 22 27 15 7 9 53 37 1.43 37
4 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 30 11 3 2 35 13 3 5 6 16 26 14 8 8 51 39 1.31 36
5 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 30 8 4 2 38 11 5 5 6 22 27 13 9 8 60 38 1.58 35
6 Bristol City Bristol City 31 11 3 2 33 16 2 5 8 15 28 13 8 10 48 44 1.09 34
7 Notts County Notts County 29 10 3 3 26 13 4 2 7 16 19 14 5 10 42 32 1.31 33
8 Watford Watford 31 11 4 1 36 12 2 3 10 12 27 13 7 11 48 39 1.23 33
9 Swindon Town Swindon 30 11 4 1 41 16 2 3 9 16 32 13 7 10 57 48 1.19 33
10 Cardiff City Cardiff City 30 9 0 5 28 17 3 8 5 16 26 12 8 10 44 43 1.02 32
11 Aldershot Aldershot 30 9 5 2 22 13 2 5 7 14 33 11 10 9 36 46 0.78 32
12 Northampton Town Northampton Town 31 11 3 2 36 17 2 2 11 8 28 13 5 13 44 45 0.98 31
13 Exeter City Exeter City 30 7 6 2 34 26 3 3 9 17 38 10 9 11 51 64 0.80 29
14 Torquay United Torquay United 29 4 3 9 17 25 6 4 3 20 18 10 7 12 37 43 0.86 27
15 Southend United Southend United 27 8 3 1 23 10 2 3 10 21 39 10 6 11 44 49 0.90 26
16 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 28 6 3 4 20 16 2 5 8 15 25 8 8 12 35 41 0.85 24
17 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 29 5 5 3 21 18 3 3 10 11 28 8 8 13 32 46 0.70 24
18 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 30 6 5 3 22 16 2 3 11 10 39 8 8 14 32 55 0.58 24
19 Port Vale Port Vale 29 7 3 6 28 20 2 2 9 8 24 9 5 15 36 44 0.82 23
20 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 29 6 7 2 24 11 1 1 12 10 30 7 8 14 34 41 0.83 22
21 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 30 4 7 4 19 14 2 2 11 15 27 6 9 15 34 41 0.83 21
22 Walsall Walsall 30 5 3 6 20 14 1 4 11 15 37 6 7 17 35 51 0.69 19