The South Midlands League began in 1929,
though this was more a case of a new name
rather than a new league. The competition
had begun in 1922 as the Bedfordshire County
League, with eight clubs playing in a single
section. Two years later the name of the
league was changed to the Bedfordshire and
District County League, with a second section
being added, mainly for reserve sides, in
1925. Exactly why the second change of name
was made in 1929 is unclear, but it may have
been in an attempt to discontinue what may
have appeared a somewhat exclusive/restrictive
title.
The league tables below are called ‘final’,
but there is a problem with these. It is
not in terms of accuracy, as there is balance
in all of the tables. For the 1922-23 and
1923-24 seasons everything seems fine, with
all games completed. After that only the
1925-26 table shows all teams having completed
their programmes. Time and again the tables
show fixtures unplayed and it has to be assumed
that this actually was the case.
1922-1923
1. Waterlows Athletic 14
13 1 0
45 10
27
2. Arlesey Town 14
10 1 3
38 22
21
3. Letchworth Town 14
6 2 6
34 25
14
4. Stotfold Athletic 14
6 2 6
31 32
14
5. Leighton United 14
4 3
7 32 39
11
6. Biggleswade & District Reserves
14 4
1 9 27
41 9
7. Luton Clarence Reserves 14
3 3 8
12 29
9
8. R.A.F. Henlow 14 3 1 10 21 42 7
(112 49 14 49 240 240 112)
1923-1924
1. Biggleswade & District Reserves
14 11 2
1 42
7 24
2. Waterlows Athletic 14
8 2 4
36 15
18
3. Bedford Town Reserves 14
8 0 6
36 25
16
4. Luton Amateurs 14
5 3 6
21 27
13
5. Leighton United 14
5 2 7
35 43
12
6. Arlesey Town 14
5 2 7
22 36
12
7. Luton Vauxhall Motors 14
5 1 8
17 32
11
8. R.A.F. Henlow
14 2 2
10 22 46
6
(112 49 14 49 231 231 112)
Subsidiary Competition
1. Waterlows Athletic 8
4 2 2
20 11
10
2. Arlesey Town 8
3 3 2
16 9
9
3. R.A.F. Henlow 8
3 1 4
14 20
7
4. Luton Vauxhall Motors 8
2 3 3
8 12
7
5. Letchworth Town 8
3 1 4
10 16
7
(40 15 10 15 68 68 40)
The name of the competition was changed to
the ‘Bedfordshire and District County
League’.
1924-1925
1. Waterlows Athletic 20
16 2 2
64 23
34
2. Luton Frickers Athletic 20
16 2 2
52 22
34
3. Biggleswade & District Reserves
19 9
2 8 44
27 20
4. Bedford Town Reserves 20
9 2 9
50 41
20
5. Letchworth Town 20
9 2 9
45 40
20
6. R.A.F. Henlow 20
8 4 8
43 39
20
7. Arlesey Town 19
8 3 8
34 43
19
8. Luton Amateurs 20
6 6 8
29 36
18
9. Hitchin Blue Cross 20
5 4 11
43 54
14
10. Luton Clarence 20
2 9 9
30 44
13
11. Luton Vauxhall Motors 20
2 2 16
21 86
6
(218 90 38 90 455 455 218)
1925-1926
Division 1
1. Waterlows Athletic 20
15 3 2
88 27
33
2. Leagrave & District 20
16 1 3
75 25
33
3. Letchworth Town 20
13 3 4
84 40
29
4. R.A.F. Henlow 20
13 1 6
61 43
27
5. Luton Vauxhall Motors 20
11 2 7
52 41
24
6. Bedford Town Reserves 20
9 3 8
61 51
21
7. Luton Amateurs 20
7 3 10
55 52
17
8. Hitchin Blue Cross 20
6 1 13
50 73
13
9. Welwyn Garden City 20
4 3 13
42 76
11
10. Baldock Town 20
3 3 14
28 73
9
11. Arlesey Town 20
1 1 18
16 111
3
(220 98 24 98 612 612 220)
Division 2
1. Waterlows Athletic Reserves 14
14 0 0
74 15
28
2. Stotfold Rovers 15
12 1 2
79 24
25
3. Batford Old Boys 16
11 2 3
77 27
24
4. R.A.F. Henlow Reserves 16
6 2 8
56 43
14
5. Letchworth Town Reserves
16 5
4 7 25
42 14
6. Leagrave & District Reserves
16 4
3 9 24
49 11
7. G.I.F.(Luton) 16
4 1 11
26 65
9
8. Baldock Town Reserves 15
4 0 11
24 64
8
9. Luton Vauxhall Motors Reserves
16 2
3 11 12
68 7
(140 62 16 62 397 397 140)
1926-1927
Division 1
1. Leagrave & District
20 14 3
3 74
27 31
2. Bedford Town Reserves 20
14 2 4
71 42
30
3. Letchworth Town 20
12 1 7
61 34
25
4. Hitchin Blue Cross 20
10 3 7
76 64
23
5. Baldock Town 19
9 4 6
61 39
22
6. R.A.F. Henlow 19
10 1 8
56 48
21
7. Waterlows Athletic Reserves 20
8 2 10
54 50
18
8. Stevenage Town 20
7 2 11
39 62
16
9. Welwyn Garden City 19
6 0 13
38 76
12
10. Luton Amateurs 20
6 0 14
37 76
12
11. Luton Vauxhall Motors 19
2 2 15
26 75
6
(216 98 20 98 593 593 216)
Division 2
1. Batford Old Boys 18
15 2 1
91 22
32
2. Luton Davis Athletic 17
13 2 2
66 30
28
3. Leighton United
16 12 1
3 76
28 25
4. Luton Ramblers 14
6 2 6
32 31
14
5. R.A.F. Henlow Reserves 16
5 3 8
35 48
13
6. Letchworth Town Reserves 16
5 2 9
46 42
12
7. Luton Kents Athletic 13
6 0 7
28 43
12
8. Hitchin Blue Cross Reserves 16
3 2 11
33 56
8
9. Hitchin Imps 17
3 2 12
30 83
8
10. Luton Vauxhall Motors Reserves
13 1
2 10 12
66 4
(156 69 18 69 449 449 156)
1927-1928
Division 1
1. Baldock Town 24
18 3 3
84 34
39
2. St. Neots & District 23
13 6 4
64 33
32
3. Bedford Town Reserves 21
13 2 6
71 45
28
4. Luton Amateurs & Ramblers 24
12 3 9
61 56
27
5. Biggleswade & District Reserves
23 11
4 8 63
46 26
6. Waterlows Athletic Reserves 24
11 4 9
47 44 26
7. Letchworth Town 23
11 2 10
61 51
24
8. R.A.F. Henlow 23
11 2 10
75 63
24
9. Kempston Rovers 20
9 4 7
55 47
22
10. Bletchley Sports 23
7 3 13
40 62
17
11. Stevenage Town
24 7 3
14 42
75 17
12. Hitchin Blue Cross
24 4 2
18 35 72
10
13. Arlesey Town 22
3 0 19
31 101
6
(298 130 38 130 729 729 298)
Division 2
1. Leighton United 21
18 1 2
106 24 37
2. Luton Kents Athletic
21 16 2
3 108 35
34
3. Batford Old Boys 20
15 0 5
88 44
30
4. Harlington Stars 16
11 1 4
46 28
23
5. R.A.F. Henlow Reserves
22 11 1
10 82 58
23
6. Slip End United 18
10 2 6
59 40
22
7. Luton Davis Athletic 21
9 3 9
62 44
21
8. Luton Vauxhall Motors 19
6 0 13
44 75 12
9. Letchworth Town Reserves 19
4 4 11
34 67
12
10. Hitchin Blue Cross Reserves 21
4 2 15
41 97
10
11. Luton Amateurs & Ramblers Reserves
19 3 1
15 26 106
7
12. Arlesey Town Reserves 19
1 3 15
20 98
5
(236 108 20 108 716 716 236)
1928-1929
Division 1
1. Luton Amateur & Ramblers 22
16 4 2
77 27
36
2. R.A.F. Henlow 21
12 6 3
76 26
30
3. Kempston Rovers 21
13 2 6
68 38
28
4. St. Neots & District 22
12 3 7
47 36
27
5. Waterlows Athletic Reserves 21
9 6 6
61 43
24
6. Bedford Town Reserves 21
9 2 10
52 44
20
7. Biggleswade & District Reserves
22 9
2 11 46
62 20
8. Baldock Town 20
9 1 10
47 46
19
9. Hitchin Town Reserves 22
6 3 13
45 78
15
10. Bletchley Sports 21
4 5 12
31 77
13
11. Letchworth Town 21
3 6 12
44 74
12
12. Stevenage Town 22
4 4 14
31 74
12
(256 106 44 106 625 625 256)
Division 2
1. Luton Davis Athletic 14
10 4 0
62 13
24
2. Slip End United 15
10 3 2
54 20
23
3. Harlington Stars 15
7 6 2
42 27
20
4. Luton Kents Athletic 12
6 1 5
38 43
13
5. R.A.F. Henlow Reserves 15
4 5 6
35 43
13
6. Leighton United
14 5 2
7 47
43 12
7. Leagrave & District Reserves
15 5
0 10 38
44 10
8. Luton Amateurs & Ramblers Reserves
15 4 1
10 24 44
9
9. Bletchley Sports Reserves
15 3 0
12 22
85 6
(130 54 22 54 362 362 130)
The name of the competition was changed to
the ‘South Midlands League’.
1929-1930
Division 1
1. Waterlows(Dunstable) 22
19 2 1
108 34
40
2. R.A.F. Henlow 22
18 0 4
82 30 36
3. Wellingborough Town Reserves 21
11 4 6
68 56
26
4. Rushden Sports 22
11 3
8 76
56 25
5. Luton Amateurs & Ramblers 22
11 3
8 69
58 25
6. Kempston Rovers 22
9 4 9
66 66
22
7. St. Neots & District 21
9 3 9
44 36
21
8. Cambridge Town Reserves 22
9 3 10
52 69
21
9. Bletchley Sports 22
9 1 12
67 84
19
10. Luton Davis Athletic 21
7 2 12
48 67
16
11. Biggleswade & District Reserves
21 3
1 17 29
70 7
12. Baldock Town 22
0 2 20
24 107
2
(260 116 28 116 733 733 260)
Division 2
1. Arlesey Town 14
11 2 1
48 24
24
2. Waterlows (Dunstable) Reserves
14 11
1 2 46
16 23
3. R.A.F. Henlow Reserves
14
9 1 4
50 26
19
4. Stevenage Town
14 7 3
4 30
34 17
5. Leagrave & District Reserves
13 4 1
8 20
41 9
6. Luton Amateurs & Ramblers Reserves
13 4 0
9 28
43 8
7. Harlington Stars 14
2 1 11
24 31
5
8. Slip End United 14
2 1 11
21 52
5
(110 50 10 50 267 267 110)
1930-1931
Division 1
1. R.A.F. Henlow 20
13 4 3
69 32
30
2. Waterlows (Dunstable) 20
13 1 6
75 48
27
3. Kempston Rovers 20
10 4 6
69 50
24
4. St. Neots & District 20
9 6 5
68 57
24
5. Baldock Town
19 11 2
6 48
42 24
6. Cambridge Town Reserves
20 9 4
7 65
47 22
7. Bletchley Town 18
8 1 9
40 59
17
8. Luton Amateurs & Ramblers 18
7 2 9
53 51
16
9. Arlesey Town 20
6 3 11
46 65
15
10. Wellingborough Town Reserves
19 3 2
14 31 65
8
11. Luton Davis Athletic 20
3 1 16
32 80
7
(214 92 30 92 596 596 214)
Division 2
1. Stevenage Town 10
8 2 0
28 8
18
2. Dunstable Athletic 10
7 1 2
38 15
15
3. R.A.F. Henlow Reserves 10
6 1 3
40 23
13
4. Slip End United 10
4 0
6 15
36 8
5. Leagrave & District Reserves
10 3
0 7 16
27 6
6. Luton Old Modernians 10
0 0 10
8 36 0
(60 28 4 28 145 145 60)
1931-1932
Division 1
1. Vauxhall Motors 26
19 1 6
71 43
39
2. St. Neots & District 25
14 6 5
84 51
34
3. Shredded Wheat (Welwyn) 26
14 5 7
89 53
33
4. Rushden Town Reserves 26
15 3 8
78 48
33
5. Kempston Rovers 26
13 3 10
74 62
29
6. Waterlows (Dunstable) Reserves
26 13
3 10 66
79 29
7. Cambridge Town Reserves 26
14 0 12
86 68
28
8. Luton Davis Athletic
25 11 3
11 63 70
25
9. Bletchley Town 26
9 6 11
69 83
24
10. Baldock Town
25 10 3
12 62 73
23
11. Bedford Town Reserves 26
9 2 15
63 75
20
12. Wellingborough Town Reserves 24
7 1 16
60 93
15
13. R.A.F. Henlow 26
6 1 19
65 91
13
14. Luton Amateurs Reserves 25
4 5 16
38 79
13
(358 158 42 158 968 968 358)
Division 2
1. Arlesey Town
10 7 2
1 42
14 16
2. Stevenage Town 10
7 1 2
35 15
15
3. Shredded Wheat (Welwyn) Reserves
10 6 1
3 30
25 13
4. Dunstable Athletic 10
5 0 5
28 29
10
5. Luton Athletic 10
2 0 8
22 33
4
6. Vauxhall Motors Reserves 10
1 0 9
11 52
2
(60 28 4 28 168 168 60)
1932-1933
Division 1
1. St. Neots & District
26 17 5
4 106
39 39
2. Rushden Town Reserves
26 18 3
5 89
40 39
3. Vauxhall Motors 26
18 3 5
78 38
39
4. Kempston Rovers 26
17 2 7
72 45
36
5. Bedford Town Reserves
26 13 5
8 81
49 31
6. Baldock Town 26
13 5 8
81 58
31
7. Shredded Wheat (Welwyn)
26 13 2
11 66
56 28
8. Pye Radio 26
12 2 12
87 75 26
9. Waterlows (Dunstable) Reserves
26 11
3 12
70 77 25
10. Cambridge Town Reserves 26
10 4 12
64 69
24
11. Bletchley Town 26
6 4 16
53 102 16
12. Knebworth 26
5 2 19
43 121
12
13. Luton Davis Athletic 26
4 2 20
39 79
10
14. R.A.F. Henlow 26
3 2 21
34 115 8
(364 160 44 160 963 963 364)
Division 2 NOT PLAYED
1933-1934
Division 1
1. Vauxhall Motors 28
23 3 2
103 29
49
2. Rushden Town Reserves 28
18 3 7
95 43
39
3. Cambridge Town Reserves 28
17 4 7
91 47
38
4. Bedford Town Reserves 28
16 6 6
83 58
38
5. St. Neots & District 27
15 7 5
86 37
37
6. Kempston Rovers 27
15 4 8
84 45
34
7. Baldock Town 27
11 5 11
66 62 27
8. Wolverton Town 28
12 2 14
69 94 26
9. Shredded Wheat (Welwyn)
28 10 5
13 68 79
25
10. Waterlows (Dunstable) 28
11 2 15
60 72
24
11. Hitchin Town Reserves 27
10 3 14
60 69
23
12. Pye Radio 28
9 4 15
60 82 22
13. Luton Davis Athletic 28
7 4 17
42 72
18
14. Knebworth
28 2 5
21 37 102
9
15. Bletchley Town 28
3 1 24
30 143
7
(416 179 58 179 1034 1034 416)
Division 2
1. Dunstable Athletic 16
13 2 1
63 26
28
2. Waterlows (Dunstable) Reserves
16 9
4 3 39
26 22
3. Wolverton Town Reserves 16
7 4 5
46 43
18
4. Stevenage Town Reserves 16
8 2 6
33 40
18
5. Westbourne Athletic 16
8 1 7
53 42
17
6. Arlesey Town Reserves 16
5 3 8
44 47
13
7. Vauxhall Motors Reserves 16
5 2 9
42 48
12
8. Welwyn Garden City Reserves 16
5 0 11
47 59
10
9. Biscot Sports 16
3 0 13
31 67
6
(144 63 18 63 398 398 144)
1934-1935
Division 1
1. Bedford Town Reserves 26
18 4 4
86 44
40
2. Waterlows (Dunstable) 26
18 3 5
73 44
39
3. St. Neots & District 26
17 3 6
74 39
37
4. Vauxhall Motors 26
16 3 7
87 35
35
5. Rushden Town Reserves 26
13 5 8
69 39
31
6. Kempston Rovers
26 12 2 12
52 53
26
7. Hitchin Town Reserves 26
9 7 10
68 56 25
8. Wolverton Town 26
10 5 11
72 76 25
9. Baldock Town 26
10 2 14
64 78 22
10. Cambridge Town Reserves 26
7 6 13
46 63
20
11. Dunstable Athletic 26
6 8 12
45 65
20
12. Shredded Wheat (Welwyn) 26
7 4 15
49 77
18
13. Luton Davis Athletic 26
4 7 15
36 84
15
14. Pye Radio
26 3 5
18 36
104 11
(364 150 64 150 857 857 364)
Division 2
1. Stewartby Works 26
25 1 0
101 27 51
2. Eynesbury Rovers 26
17 4 5
84 37
38
3. Waterlows (Dunstable) Reserves
26 14
6 6 87
54 34
4. Luton Old Boys 26
14 5 7
81 46
33
5. Biscot Sports 26
12 4 10
73 58
28
6. Vauxhall Motors Reserves 26
11 4 11
58 50
26
7. Luton Athletic
26 11 2
13 69 72
24
8. Baldock Town Reserves 26
10 4 12
47 64
24
9. Stevenage Town Reserves 26
9 5 12
52 62
23
10. Toddington Rovers 26
7 8 11
43 37
22
11. Welwyn Garden City Reserves
26 7 6
13 50 79
20
12. Knebworth 26
5 6 15
33 73
16
13. Leighton Marley 26
6 4 16
23 65
16
14. Dunstable Athletic Reserves 26
4 1 21
21 98
9
(364 152 60 152 822 822 364)
1935-1936
Division 1
1. Kettering Town Reserves 30
24 2 4
123 50 50
2. Vauxhall Motors 30
21 3 6
111 50 45
3. St. Neots & District 30
20 5 5
98 51
45
4. Stewartby Works 30
16 5 9
84 63
37
5. Waterlows (Dunstable) Reserves
30 15
5 10 107
72 35
6. Rushden Town Reserves 29
16 3 10
94 71
35
7. Wolverton Town 30
16 2 12
82 63
34
8. Hitchin Town Reserves 30
12 9 9
64 73
33
9. Bedford Town Reserves 30
14 4 12
78 75
32
10. Cambridge Town Reserves 30
12 3 15
73 81
27
11. Eynesbury Rovers 30
11 4 15
71 64
26
12. Kempston Rovers 30
9 4 17
65 81
22
13. Shredded Wheat (Welwyn) 30
9 0 21
55 101 18
14. Dunstable Athletic 30
5 6 19
46 98
16
15. Baldock Town 30
6 1 23
45 130 13
16. Luton Davis Athletic
29 3 4
22 32 105
10
(478 209 60 209 1228 1228 478)
Division 2
1. Biscot Sports 18
14 3 1
89 34
31
2. Luton Athletic 18
11 2 5
71 56
24
3. Stewartby Works Reserves 18
8 5 5
56 43
21
4. Stevenage Town Reserves 18
9 2 7
56 46
20
5. Knebworth 18
9 1 8
36 35
19
6. Luton Chapel Street Sports 18
7 4 7
64 50
18
7. Vauxhall Motors Reserves 18
6 6 6
49 39
18
8. Luton Old Boys 18
4 5 9
40 56
13
9. Baldock Town Reserves 18
4 1 13
32 80
9
10. Dunstable Athletic Reserves 18
2 3 13
27 81
7
180 74 32 74 520 520 180
1936-1937
Division 1
1. Vauxhall Motors 26
22 1 3
106 31 45
2. Kettering Town Reserves 25
18 4 3
111 39 40
3. Hitchin Town Reserves 26
14 6 6
77 52
34
4. Kempston Rovers 24
15 1 8
86 51
31
5. Eynesbury Rovers 25
13 3 9
75 49
29
6. Stewartby Works 26
13 3 10
72 65
29
7. London Brick (Bletchley)
26 12 2
12 70 59
26
8. Rushden Town Reserves 25
11 4 10
77 88
26
9. Cambridge Town Reserves
25 9 7
9 76
65 25
10. Wolverton Town 25
10 3 12
59 65
23
11. Waterlows (Dunstable) Reserves
26 10
2 14 53
66 22
12. Baldock Town 25
7 2 16
49 83
16
13. Bedford Town Reserves 26
3 4 19
48 142 10
14. Dunstable Athletic
26 0
0 26 31
135 0
(356 157 42 157 990 990 356)
Division 2
1. Arlesey Town 24
19 4 1
88 23
42
2. Vauxhall Motors Reserves 23
15 3 5
85 29
33
3. Luton Old Boys 24
15 3 6
74 46
33
4. Biscot Sports 24
13 5 6
80 53 31
5. Luton Athletic 24
13 2 9
72 45
28
6. Esavian Sports 24
8 5 11
63 67
21
7. Flitwick Rovers
23
9 1 13
51 59
19
8. Stewartby Works Reserves 23
7 5 11
49 69
19
9. Luton Davis Athletic
24 8 3
13 40
60 19
10. Luton Chapel Street Sports 23
9 1 13
58 88
19
11. London Brick (Bletchley) Reserves
24 8 3
13 42
83 19
12. Knebworth 21
3 5 13
29 60
11
13. Baldock Town Reserves 23
3 4 16
34 83
10
(304 130 44 130 765 765 304)
1937-1938
Division 1
1. Vauxhall Motors 26
21 3 2
128 30
45
2. Rushden Town Reserves 26
17 4 5
76 45
38
3. Kempston Rovers 26
15 5 6
87 54
35
4. Kettering Town Reserves 26
14 5 7
82 50
33
5. Cambridge Town Reserves 26
12 7 7
92 51
31
6. Hitchin Town Reserves 26
11 4 11
60 69
26
7. Stewartby Works 26
10 4 12
53 66
24
8. Baldock Town 26
9 6 11
55 84
24
9. London Brick (Bletchley)
26 10 3
13 53 69
23
10. Arlesey Town 26
8 6 12
46 52
22
11. Waterlows (Dunstable) Reserves
26 9 3
14 73 90
21
12. Eynesbury Rovers 26
6 7 13
43 62
19
13. Bedford Town Reserves 26
5 2 19
32 117 12
14. Wolverton Town 26
2 7 17
58 99
11
(364 149 66 149 938 938 364)
Division 2
1. Vauxhall Motors Reserves 22
19 1 2
120 30 39
2. Kryn & Lahy 22
16 3 3
84 29
35
3. Biscot Sports 22
15 2 5
77 33
32
4. Esavian Sports 22
14 4 4
94 55
32
5. Luton Davis Athletic 22
9 5 8
58 54
23
6. Luton Old Boys
22
9 4 9
57 62
22
7. R.A.F. Cardington 22
9 3 10
53 49
21
8. Stevenage Town Reserves
22 8 4
10 43 59
20
9. Bagshawes (Dunstable) 22
9 1 12
74 73
19
10. Bondor (Baldock) 22
4 4 14
53 94 12
11. London Brick (Bletchley) Reserves
22 1 4
17 30
115 6
12. Stewartby Works Reserves 22
1 1 20
36 126
3
(264 114 36 114 779 779 264)
1938-1939
Division 1
1. Wolverton Town 28
21 3 4
92 42
45
2. Vauxhall Motors Reserves
28 21 2
5 112 36
44
3. Arlesey Town
28 18 4
6 77
43 40
4. Hitchin Town Reserves 28
17 3 8
78 45
37
5. Stewartby Works 28
14 6 8
97 86
34
6. Kettering Town Reserves
28 16 1
11 84 57
33
7. Waterlows (Dunstable) Reserves
28 11
5 12 66
68 27
8. Kempston Rovers 28
12 3 13
72 88
27
9. Rushden Town Reserves 28
11 4
13 67
71 26
10. Cambridge Town Reserves 28
8 6 14
49 67
22
11. Kryn & Lahy 28
7 3 17
44 67
19
12. London Brick (Bletchley) 28
8 5 16
42 73
19
13. Eynesbury Rovers 28
8 2 18
44 72
18
14. Baldock Town 28
5 5 18
37 107 15
15. Letchworth Town Reserves 28
5 4 19
52 91 14
(420 182 56 182 1013 1013 420)
Division 2
1. Esavian Sports 16
12 1 3
51 31
25
2. Biscot Sports 16
10 3 3
59 32
23
3. Luton Davis Athletic 16
8 4 4
48 28
20
4. Bagshawes (Dunstable) 16
8 2 6
52 46
18
5. Bondor (Baldock) 16
7 3 6
38 42
17
6. Luton Gas Works Athletic 16
6 3 7
35 39
15
7. Stevenage Town Reserves 16
6 2 8
44 55
14
8. Luton Old Boys 16
2 2 12
39 60
6
9. Stewartby Works Reserves 16
2 2 12
33 66
6
(144 61 22 61 399 399 144
The South Midlands League re-started in 1946
with two sections and 28 teams. A period
of expansion followed and the 1949-1950 season
saw 50 teams playing in four sections. A
number of the sides in the League were reserve
teams, but there is no disputing that the
competition was a popular one as the country
threw off the trials and tribulations of
the Second World War.
1946-1947
Division 1
1. Luton Town Colts 28
23 3 2
122 44 49
2. Rushden Town Reserves 28
17 4 7
91 86
38
3. Potton United 28
17 3 8
100 53 37
4. Wootton Blue Cross 28
15 3 10
97 67 33
5. Wolverton Town Reserves 28
15 2 11
107 65 32
6. Marston Shelton Rovers 28
13 6 9
89 71 32
7. Kempston Rovers 28
14 4 10
94 84
32
8. Vauxhall Motors Reserves 28
14 2 12
74 65
30
9. Stewartby Works 28
10 4 14
68 87
24
10. Arlesey Town 28
8 7 13
60 76
23
11. Cambridge Town Reserves 28
9 2 17
81 82 20
12. Bedford Avenue Reserves
28 8 4
16 59 107
20
13. Bedford Queen’s Works 28
7 4 17
63 117 18
14. St. Neots & District 28
7 3 18
57 111 17
15. Waterlows (Dunstable) 28
6 3 19
60 107 15
(420 183 54 183 1222 1222 420)
Division 2
1. Bedford St. Cuthbert’s 24
18 1 5
111 43
37
2. London Brick (Bletchley) 24
16 4
4 63 38
36
3. R.A.F. Henlow
24 16 2
6 81
50 34
4. Luton Amateurs Reserves 24
13 3 8
84 41
29
5. Luton Percival Athletic 24
13 2 9
90 48
28
6. R.A.F. Cardington 24
12 4
8 50 44
28
7. A.C. Sphinx 24
9 4 11
56 73
22
8. Luton Old Boys 24
10 1 13
63 64
21
9. Leighton United Reserves 24
9 3 12
48 55 21
10. Luton Davis Athletic 24
8 4 12
49 60
20
11. Vauxhall Motors 'A'
24 7 2
15 50 75
16
12. Stewartby Works Reserves
24 3 4
17 44 113
10
13. Bedford Queens Works Reserves 24
4 2 18
39 124 10
(312 138 36 138 828 828 312)
1947-1948
Premier Division
1. Wootton Blue Cross 26
19 0 7
102 37
38
2. Cambridge Town Reserves 26
17 2 7
94 55
36
3. Wolverton Town Reserves 26
13 8 5
70 49
34
4. St. Neots & District 26
15 3 8
71 55
33
5. Potton United
26 13 5
8 69
45 31
6. Vauxhall Motors Reserves 26
14 3 9
75 58
31
7. Luton Town Colts 26
14 3 9
71 57
31
8. Arlesey Town
26 11 7
8 47
45 29
9. Kempston Rovers
26 11 2
13 75 66
24
10. Rushden Town Reserves 26
8 8 10
62 79
24
11. Stewartby Works 26
9 5 12
64 59
23
12. Marston Shelton Rovers 26
5 8 13
41 80 18
13. Bedford Avenue Reserves 26
2 5 19
27 93
9
14. Bedford Queen’s Works 26
1 1 24
34 124 3
(364 152 60 152 902 902 364)
R.A.F. Henlow withdrew during the season
and the team’s record was deleted.
Division 1
1. Peartree Old Boys 20
15 3 2
85 25
33
2. Bedford St. Cuthbert’s 20
13 4 3
64 30
30
3. London Brick (Bletchley) 20
11 3 6
54 39
25
4. St. Neots St. Mary’s 20
9 6 5
60 39
24
5. Stony Stratford Sports 20
11 1 8
81 55
23
6. R.A.F. Cardington 20
8 5 7
59 57
21
7. Letchworth Town Reserves 20
8 3 9
41 43
19
8. Luton Percival Athletic 20
7 3 10
51 77 17
9. Waterlows (Dunstable) 20
5 4 11
28 60
14
10. Luton Amateurs Reserves 20
3 3 14
23 58
9
11. Luton Old Boys 20
2 1 17
23 86
5
(220 92 36 92 569 569 220)
Division 2
1. Baldock Town 24
22 1 1
152 27
45
2. A.C. Sphinx
24
18 3 3
117 36
39
3. Luton Hitchin Road Old Boys
24 16 3
5 118 45
35
4. Lynton Works 24
13 2 9
82 59
28
5. Vauxhall Motors 'A' 24
12 2 10
75 67
26
6. Electrolux 24
12 1 11
87 75 25
7. Luton Davis Athletic 24
10 3 11
66 54 23
8. Luton Skefco Athletic 24
10 2 12
55 55 22
9. Wootton Blue Cross Reserves
24 10
2 12 72
73 22
10. Leighton United Reserves 24
6 4 14
52 93 16
11. Stewartby Works Reserves 24
8 0 16
42 114 16
12. Marston Shelton Rovers Reserves
24 5
1 18 24
118 11
13. Bedford Queen’s Works Reserves
24 2
0 22 27
153 4
(312 144 24 144 969 969 312)
1948-1949
Premier Division
1. Cambridge Town Reserves 26
20 1
5 87
38 41
2. Bedford St. Cuthbert’s 26
16 3 7
64 45
35
3. Peartree Old Boys 26
15 4 7
78 53
34
4. Potton United 26
15 2 9
78 56
32
5. Arlesey Town 26
11 7 8
45 41
29
6. Marston Shelton Rovers 26
10 5 11
49 50
25
7. Wootton Blue Cross 26
11 3
12 53
61 25
8. Vauxhall Motors Reserves 26
10 4
12 66 71
24
9. Rushden Town Reserves 26
10 4 12
60 65
24
10. Wolverton Town Reserves 26
10 4 12
53 64
24
11. Luton Town Colts 26
9 5
12 60 73
23
12. Kempston Rovers 26
8 4
14 39 65
20
13. St. Neots & District 26
7 1
18 51 65
15
14. Stewartby Works 26
3 7
16 33 69
13
(364 155 54 155 816 816 364)
Division 1
1. Luton Hitchin Road Old Boys 26
22 2 2
108 42 46
2. Stony Stratford Sports 26
20 2 4
112 40 42
3. Bletchley Town 26
17 5 4
90 40
39
4. Baldock Town 26
16 3 7
97 55
35
5. Waterlows (Dunstable) 26
9 7 10
57 68
25
6. Bedford Queens Works 26
8 8 10
64 62
25
7. Letchworth Town Reserves 26
9 5 12
77 79
25
8. A.C. Sphinx 26
10 3 13
54 61
25
9. St. Neots St. Mary’s 26
10 3 13
55 73
25
10. Biggleswade Town Reserves
26 9 2
15 40 58
20
11. London Brick (Bletchley)
26
9 1 16
44 76
19
12. Luton Percival Athletic 26
8 2 16
66 105 18
13. Bedford Avenue Reserves 26
7 3 16
55 76
17
14. Luton Old Boys
26 3 4
19 43 127
10
(364 157 50 157 962 962 371)
Division 2
1. Lynton Works 25
22 1 2
128 34
45
2. Luton Davis Athletic 26
21 0 5
105 39 42
3. Bedford Corinthians 26
19 3 4
105 36 41
4. Baldock Town Reserves 26
19 0 7
97 47
38
5. Vauxhall Motors 'A' 26
15 2 9
95 54
32
6. Luton Amateurs Reserves
26 12 3 11
61 63
27
7. Leighton United Reserves
24 12 2 10
72 60
26
8. Wootton Blue Cross Reserves
26 10 3 13
59 87
23
9. Electrolux 26
7 3 16
58 81
17
10. Luton Skefco Athletic 25
7 2 16
50 80
16
11. A.C. Sphinx Reserves 26
5 4 17
53 101
14
12. Stewartby Works Reserves 26
5 4 17
47 107 14
13. Marston Shelton Rovers Reserves
26 6
1 19 48
120 13
14. Bedford Queen’s Works Reserves
26 5
2 19
43 112 12
(360 165 30 165 1021 1021 360
1949-1950
Premier Division
1. Rushden Town Reserves 30
19 3 8
84 54
41
2. Wootton Blue Cross 30
18 4 8
68 45
40
3. Potton United 30
17 5 8
76 43
39
4. Luton Hitchin Road Old Boys 30
16 4 10
74 67
36
5. Vauxhall Motors Reserves 30
14 7 9
79 49
35
6. Wolverton Town Reserves 30
14 7 9
62 52
35
7. Arlesey Town 30
15 4 11
60 47 34
8. Cambridge Town Reserves
30 13 6
11 63 57
32
9. Luton Town Colts 30
12 7 11
74 52
31
10. Bletchley Town 30
14 3 13
85 79
31
11. Peartree Old Boys 30
10 6 14
61 80
26
12. Bedford St. Cuthbert’s
30 11 3
16 53 60
25
13. Stony Stratford Sports
30 10 5
15 70 82
25
14. Kempston Rovers 30
10 2 18
46 98
22
15. Marston Shelton Rovers 30
8 4 18
39 67
20
16. Stewartby Works 30
4 0 26
44 106 8
(480 205 70 205 1038 1038 480)
Division 1
1. Baldock Town
26 21 3
2 93
26 45
2. Letchworth Town Reserves 26
18 4 4
75 36
40
3. Shefford Town 26
18 1 7
83 46
37
4. Luton Kents Athletic 26
12 6 8
75 57
30
5. Bedford Corinthians 26
12 6 8
64 68
30
6. Bedford Queen’s Works 26
11 7 8
61 53
29
7. Luton Percival Athletic
26 9 6
11 57 65
24
8. A.C. Sphinx 26
8 7 11
68 78
23
9. Lynton Works 26
8 6 12
71 71
22
10. Waterlows (Dunstable) 26
9 2 15
59 73
20
11. St. Neots St. Mary’s 26
8 3 15
63 77
19
12. Biggleswade Town Reserves 26
8 3 15
57 85
19
13. St. Neots & District Reserves
26 7
5 14 45
73 19
14. Luton Davis Athletic 26
2 3 21
33 96
7
(364 151 62 151 904 904 364)
Division 2A
1. Houghton Rangers 24
23 1 0
109 26 47
2. Vauxhall Motors 'A' 24
13 6 5
85 46
32
3. Baldock Town Reserves 24
11 5 8
85 56
27
4. Electrolux 24
11 4
9 65 55
26
5. Luton Amateurs Reserves 24
12 2 10
55 53
26
6. Leighton United Reserves
24 8 5
11 53 54
21
7. Luton Skefco Athletic 24
7 4 13
47 77
18
8. Peartree Old Boys Reserves
24 3 5
16 32 84
11
9. A.C. Sphinx Reserves
24 3 2
19 30 110
8
(216 91 34 91 561 561 216)
Division 2B
1. Cranfield United 20
20 0 0
92 18
40
2. Harrold United 20
17 0 3
115 19 34
3. Bedford North End 20
11 2 7
52 54
24
4. Bedford Town 'A' 20
11 1 8
69 31
23
5. Wootton Blue Cross Reserves 20
8 1 11
42 50
17
6. Bedford Queen’s Works Reserves
20 6
4 10 39
55 16
7. Marston Sports 20
5 5 10
33 70 15
8. Bedford St. Cuthbert’s Reserves
20 6
2 12 45
61 14
9. Stewartby Works Reserves 20
4 6 10
25 58
14
10. Marston Shelton Rovers Reserves
20 4
5 11 33
73 13
11. St. Neots St. Mary’s Reserves
20 4 2
14 27 83
10
(220 96 28 96 572 572 220)
In the Division 2 play-off, Cranfield United
beat Houghton Rangers 5-3 over 2 legs (3-2
& 2-1)
