Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, December 31, 1938

Swindon Town Aldershot
B.Morton (2', 67')
HT: 1-1 W.Chalmers (20')
Attendance:  11,156   Referee:  W.E. Plyer


1
WILDMAN
2
PARKHOUSE
3
BUTCHER
4
COUSINS
5
MORRALL
6
OLNEY
7
JONES
8
FRANCIS
9
MORTON
10
LUCAS
11
BARRACLOUGH
1
GREAVES
2
SHEPPARD
3
KELLY
4
CLARKE
5
SUMMERBEE
6
BURNICLE
7
RAYNOR
8
CHALMERS
9
RAY
10
SIMPSON
11
PROUD

Lineups
1
Frank WILDMAN
                 
George GREAVES
1
2
Dick PARKHOUSE
                 
Hedley SHEPPARD
2
3
Fred BUTCHER
                 
Lawrie KELLY
3
4
Harry COUSINS
                 
Nobby CLARKE
4
5
George MORRALL
                 
Gordon SUMMERBEE
5
6
James OLNEY
                 
Billy BURNICLE
6
7
Eddie JONES
                 
George RAYNOR
7

8
Cliff FRANCIS
               
Willie CHALMERS
8

9
Ben MORTON
               
Cecil RAY
9
10
Billy LUCAS
                 
Peter SIMPSON
10
11
Arthur BARRACLOUGH
                 
Joe PROUD
11













Results on Saturday, December 31, 1938: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, December 31, 1938:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Newport County 22 15 4 3 38 23 1.65 34 
2 Crystal Palace 21 12 5 4 41 26 1.58 29 
3 Reading 23 8 10 5 37 29 1.28 26 
4 Aldershot 21 10 6 5 27 23 1.17 26 
5 Swindon Town 21 11 3 7 44 31 1.42 25 
6 Brighton and Hove Albion 22 11 3 8 36 30 1.20 25 
7 Northampton Town 22 11 3 8 36 32 1.13 25 
8 Queens Park Rangers 21 8 7 6 43 27 1.59 23 
9 Notts County 21 9 5 7 30 25 1.20 23 
10 Bristol City 22 9 5 8 35 36 0.97 23 
11 Watford 22 8 6 8 32 29 1.10 22 
12 Cardiff City 21 7 6 8 29 33 0.88 20 
13 Exeter City 21 6 7 8 33 45 0.73 19 
14 Port Vale 20 7 4 9 29 29 1.00 18 
15 Southend United 19 6 5 8 33 37 0.89 17 
16 Leyton Orient 20 5 7 8 24 27 0.89 17 
17 Ipswich Town 20 6 5 9 24 29 0.83 17 
18 Mansfield Town 21 6 5 10 25 44 0.57 17 
19 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 20 5 6 9 20 27 0.74 16 
20 Bristol Rovers 21 4 7 10 21 25 0.84 15 
21 Torquay United 20 5 4 11 20 34 0.59 14 
22 Walsall 21 3 5 13 19 35 0.54 11 

Key: Promotion Re-election