Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, January 25, 1947

Exeter City Swindon Town
B.Owen (46')
HT: 0-0 G.Paterson (56')
Attendance:  8,000   Referee:  C.J. Wakley


1
HOYLE
2
THOMPSON
3
BLOOD
4
CUTTING
5
HANFORD
6
WALKER
7
GRANVILLE
8
OWEN
9
EBDON
10
WRIGHT
11
WARDLE
1
BOULTON
2
LLOYD
3
YOUNG
4
LOVESEY
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
STEPHENS
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
PATERSON
11
WILLIAMS

Lineups
1
Bert HOYLE
                 
Frank BOULTON
1
2
George THOMPSON
                 
Billy LLOYD
2
3
Jack BLOOD
                 
Albert YOUNG
3
4
Stan CUTTING
                 
William LOVESEY
4
5
Harry HANFORD view STFC profile 
                 
Jimmy ITHELL
5
6
Steve WALKER
                 
Edward PAINTER
6
7
Trevor GRANVILLE
                 
Bill STEPHENS
7

8
Billy OWEN
               
Billy LUCAS
8

9
Dick EBDON
                 
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Ray WRIGHT
               
George PATERSON
10
11
George WARDLE
                 
Gordon WILLIAMS
11















Results on Saturday, January 25, 1947: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, January 25, 1947:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Cardiff City 25 20 2 3 65 19 3.42 42 
2 Queens Park Rangers 24 14 6 4 40 16 2.50 34 
3 Bristol City 24 12 6 6 60 37 1.62 30 
4 Southend United 25 12 6 7 47 36 1.31 30 
5 Reading 25 11 7 7 63 46 1.37 29 
6 Ipswich Town 25 10 8 7 36 30 1.20 28 
7 Torquay United 25 11 6 8 39 36 1.08 28 
8 Walsall 25 10 7 8 40 33 1.21 27 
9 Swindon Town 25 10 7 8 48 46 1.04 27 
10 Exeter City 25 10 7 8 42 41 1.02 27 
11 Port Vale 24 10 6 8 41 35 1.17 26 
12 Brighton and Hove Albion 27 9 8 10 36 46 0.78 26 
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 26 10 5 11 43 35 1.23 25 
14 Northampton Town 25 11 3 11 43 41 1.05 25 
15 Watford 26 10 2 14 39 53 0.74 22 
16 Crystal Palace 25 9 4 12 33 46 0.72 22 
17 Mansfield Town 27 7 7 13 29 53 0.55 21 
18 Notts County 25 8 4 13 39 42 0.93 20 
19 Aldershot 25 7 4 14 34 57 0.60 18 
20 Bristol Rovers 26 6 5 15 26 48 0.54 17 
21 Leyton Orient 23 5 5 13 29 44 0.66 15 
22 Norwich City 25 5 3 17 35 67 0.52 13 

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