Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, October 17, 1931

Southend United Swindon Town
M.Jones (20'), F.Barnett (??'), A.Crompton (88')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  10,430    


1
WHITELAW
2
FRENCH
3
ROBINSON
4
DIXON
5
WILSON
6
DONOVEN
7
BARNETT
8
JONES
9
SHANKLY
10
THOMSON
11
CROMPTON
1
COPE
2
STANSFIELD
3
GIRVAN
4
GODFREY
5
GREENWELL
6
BRAITHWAITE
7
NICKALLS
8
STARSMORE
9
MORRIS
10
LAYCOCK
11
LAWLEY

Lineups
 
Dave WHITELAW
                 
Harry COPE
 
 
Jackie FRENCH
                 
Harold STANSFIELD
 
 
Dave ROBINSON
                 
Hector GIRVAN
 
 
Tommy DIXON
                 
Tommy GODFREY
 
 
Joe WILSON
                 
Jack GREENWELL
 
 
Dickie DONOVEN
                 
Ted BRAITHWAITE
 
 
Fred BARNETT
               
Jim NICKALLS
 

 
Mickey JONES
               
Jack STARSMORE
 

 
Jimmy SHANKLY
                 
Harry MORRIS
 
 
Arthur THOMSON
                 
Fred LAYCOCK
 
 
Arthur CROMPTON
               
George LAWLEY
 















Results on Saturday, October 17, 1931: League Table

 
  Brentford 4 - 2 Bristol Rovers  
  Cardiff City 2 - 0 Mansfield Town  
  Coventry City 6 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Exeter City 6 - 2 Queens Park Rangers  
  Fulham 5 - 1 Leyton Orient  
  Gillingham 0 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Luton Town 0 - 1 Watford  
  Northampton Town 0 - 1 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Reading 1 - 1 Norwich City  
  Southend United 3 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Thames 1 - 1 Torquay United  

Table as at Saturday, October 17, 1931:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southend United 11 7 4 0 23 9 2.56 18 
2 Brentford 11 8 1 2 23 13 1.77 17 
3 Fulham 11 7 1 3 37 20 1.85 15 
4 Watford 11 7 1 3 32 22 1.45 15 
5 Crystal Palace 11 5 4 2 23 16 1.44 14 
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 11 6 2 3 25 23 1.09 14 
7 Brighton and Hove Albion 12 5 4 3 16 15 1.07 14 
8 Norwich City 11 5 3 3 16 11 1.45 13 
9 Coventry City 11 6 1 4 28 24 1.17 13 
10 Cardiff City 11 5 2 4 22 16 1.38 12 
11 Luton Town 12 6 0 6 22 18 1.22 12 
12 Exeter City 12 5 2 5 26 25 1.04 12 
13 Reading 11 4 4 3 16 18 0.89 12 
14 Thames 11 2 5 4 12 12 1.00
15 Torquay United 11 3 3 5 19 35 0.54
16 Mansfield Town 11 2 4 5 16 26 0.62
17 Northampton Town 12 3 2 7 10 17 0.59
18 Bristol Rovers 11 2 3 6 17 21 0.81
19 Leyton Orient 11 3 1 7 17 25 0.68
20 Queens Park Rangers 11 1 5 5 15 24 0.63
21 Swindon Town 11 3 0 8 17 24 0.71
22 Gillingham 11 1 2 8 5 23 0.22

Key: Promotion Re-election