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

Reading Swindon Town
T.MacPhee (35'), T.Tait (43', 78')
HT: 2-0
Attendance:  13,455   Referee:  G.H. Hann


1
WHITTAKER
2
HAYHURST
3
FULLWOOD
4
DOUGALL
5
WALLBANKS
6
HOLMES
7
DORAN
8
TAIT
9
MACPHEE
10
GLIDDEN
11
SMALLWOOD
1
WILDMAN
2
TONNER
3
SWINDEN
4
COUSINS
5
PARKHOUSE
6
WILCOCKSON
7
JONES
8
FOWLER
9
MORTON
10
EMERY
11
FRANCIS

Lineups
1
Percy WHITTAKER
                 
Frank WILDMAN
1
2
Bert HAYHURST
                 
Arthur TONNER
2
3
James FULLWOOD
                 
Sidney SWINDEN
3
4
R. DOUGALL
                 
Harry COUSINS
4
5
Jimmy WALLBANKS
                 
Dick PARKHOUSE
5
6
Jim HOLMES
                 
Stan WILCOCKSON
6
7
Sam DORAN
                 
Eddie JONES
7

8
Tommy TAIT
               
Alan FOWLER
8

9
Tony MACPHEE
               
Ben MORTON
9
10
Gilbert GLIDDEN
                 
Don EMERY
10
11
Fred SMALLWOOD
                 
Cliff FRANCIS
11















Results on Saturday, November 12, 1938: League Table

 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 0 - 1 Newport County  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 2 - 0 Leyton Orient  
  Bristol Rovers 0 - 1 Torquay United  
  Cardiff City 5 - 3 Watford  
  Exeter City 4 - 4 Crystal Palace  
  Ipswich Town 2 - 0 Port Vale  
  Mansfield Town 2 - 0 Notts County  
  Queens Park Rangers 7 - 0 Aldershot  
  Reading 3 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Southend United 2 - 0 Bristol City  
  Walsall 1 - 0 Northampton Town  

Table as at Saturday, November 12, 1938:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Newport County 15 9 4 2 22 8 2.75 22 
2 Crystal Palace 14 8 4 2 25 18 1.39 20 
3 Aldershot 15 7 5 3 20 15 1.33 19 
4 Queens Park Rangers 14 7 4 3 35 18 1.94 18 
5 Reading 15 6 6 3 27 19 1.42 18 
6 Northampton Town 14 7 2 5 19 18 1.06 16 
7 Brighton and Hove Albion 15 7 2 6 24 23 1.04 16 
8 Swindon Town 14 6 3 5 22 18 1.22 15 
9 Port Vale 14 6 2 6 22 20 1.10 14 
10 Cardiff City 14 5 4 5 22 21 1.05 14 
11 Southend United 14 6 2 6 26 26 1.00 14 
12 Exeter City 14 5 4 5 21 28 0.75 14 
13 Mansfield Town 14 5 4 5 17 23 0.74 14 
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 14 4 5 5 13 15 0.87 13 
15 Watford 15 4 5 6 17 23 0.74 13 
16 Notts County 14 4 4 6 18 18 1.00 12 
17 Leyton Orient 14 4 4 6 17 21 0.81 12 
18 Bristol City 14 4 4 6 20 25 0.80 12 
19 Torquay United 14 4 4 6 16 21 0.76 12 
20 Bristol Rovers 15 2 6 7 14 16 0.88 10 
21 Ipswich Town 14 4 2 8 13 22 0.59 10 
22 Walsall 14 1 4 9 11 25 0.44

Key: Promotion Re-election