Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, March 12, 1938

Bristol Rovers Swindon Town
A.Iles (20')
HT: 1-0 B.Morton (78'), E.Jones (~87' pen)
Attendance:  7,019   Referee:  F.W. Reeve


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

Lineups
 
Joe NICHOLLS
                 
Frank WILDMAN
 
 
Harry ROBERTS
                 
Sidney SWINDEN
 
 
Wilf SMITH
                 
Arthur TONNER
 
 
Ray WARREN
                 
Harry COUSINS
 
 
Matt O'MAHONEY  
                 
George MORRALL
 
 
Wally MCARTHUR
                 
Stan WILCOCKSON
 
 
Albert BUTTERWORTH
               
Eddie JONES
 

 
Tosh WITHERS
                 
Alan FOWLER
 

 
Albert ILES
             
Ben MORTON
 
 
Danny TOLLAND
                 
Billy LUCAS
 
 
Bobby GARDINER
                 
Ken WISE
 















Results on Saturday, March 12, 1938: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, March 12, 1938:

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

Key: Promotion Re-election