Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, December 3, 1938

Swindon Town Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
B.Morton (23', 51', 90'), S.Wilcockson (??')
HT: 2-0 B.Langley (78', 79')
Attendance:  8,704   Referee:  R.C. Greenwood


1
WILDMAN
2
TONNER
3
BUTCHER
4
COUSINS
5
MORRALL
6
WILCOCKSON
7
JONES
8
FRANCIS
9
MORTON
10
LUCAS
11
BARRACLOUGH
1
SELLARS
2
MARSDEN
3
SANAGHAN
4
SMITH
5
PINCOTT
6
MONAGHAN
7
ELLIOTT
8
WHITTAM
9
LANGLEY
10
FLETCHER
11
TUNNICLIFFE

Lineups
1
Frank WILDMAN
                 
William SELLARS
1
2
Arthur TONNER
                 
Fred MARSDEN
2
3
Fred BUTCHER
                 
Joe SANAGHAN
3
4
Harry COUSINS
                 
Willie SMITH
4
5
George MORRALL
                 
Fred PINCOTT
5
6
Stan WILCOCKSON
               
Peter MONAGHAN
6
7
Eddie JONES
                 
Billy ELLIOTT
7

8
Cliff FRANCIS
                 
Ernie WHITTAM
8

9
Ben MORTON
             
Bill LANGLEY
9
10
Billy LUCAS
                 
Alan FLETCHER
10
11
Arthur BARRACLOUGH
                 
Billy TUNNICLIFFE
11















Results on Saturday, December 3, 1938: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, December 3, 1938:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Newport County 17 11 4 2 26 9 2.89 26 
2 Crystal Palace 16 9 5 2 27 18 1.50 23 
3 Aldershot 17 8 6 3 22 16 1.38 22 
4 Reading 17 7 7 3 29 19 1.53 21 
5 Queens Park Rangers 16 7 5 4 35 20 1.75 19 
6 Swindon Town 16 8 3 5 28 21 1.33 19 
7 Brighton and Hove Albion 17 8 3 6 27 24 1.13 19 
8 Northampton Town 16 7 3 6 24 24 1.00 17 
9 Mansfield Town 16 6 5 5 21 26 0.81 17 
10 Bristol City 16 6 4 6 27 28 0.96 16 
11 Watford 17 5 6 6 21 24 0.88 16 
12 Notts County 16 5 5 6 21 19 1.11 15 
13 Port Vale 16 6 3 7 23 23 1.00 15 
14 Southend United 16 6 3 7 28 29 0.97 15 
15 Cardiff City 16 5 5 6 23 24 0.96 15 
16 Leyton Orient 16 4 6 6 18 22 0.82 14 
17 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 16 4 6 6 16 20 0.80 14 
18 Exeter City 16 5 4 7 23 35 0.66 14 
19 Torquay United 16 4 4 8 16 24 0.67 12 
20 Ipswich Town 16 4 3 9 15 25 0.60 11 
21 Bristol Rovers 17 2 6 9 16 22 0.73 10 
22 Walsall 16 2 4 10 13 27 0.48

Key: Promotion Re-election