Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, May 10, 1947

Swindon Town Southend United
B.Stephens (12'), M.Owen (20')
HT: 2-1 A.Smirk (30')
Attendance:  13,498   Referee:  P. Stevens


1
BURTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
LLOYD
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
JONES
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
STEPHENS
11
WILLIAMS
1
DAVIES
2
BELL
3
WALTON
4
HARRIS
5
MONTGOMERY
6
JACKSON
7
SMIRK
8
THOMPSON
9
DUDLEY
10
BROWN
11
PRITCHARD

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Len DAVIES
1
2
Albert YOUNG
                 
Syd BELL
2
3
Don EMERY
                 
Frank WALTON
3
4
Billy LLOYD
                 
Arthur HARRIS
4
5
Jimmy ITHELL
                 
Stan MONTGOMERY
5
6
Edward PAINTER
                 
Bob JACKSON
6
7
Eddie JONES
               
Alf SMIRK
7

8
Billy LUCAS
                 
Cyril THOMPSON
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Frank DUDLEY
9
10
Bill STEPHENS
               
Ernie BROWN
10
11
Gordon WILLIAMS
                 
Jack PRITCHARD
11















Results on Saturday, May 10, 1947: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, May 10, 1947:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Cardiff City 39 27 6 6 87 28 3.11 60 
2 Queens Park Rangers 40 23 10 7 72 37 1.95 56 
3 Bristol City 40 19 10 11 91 55 1.65 48 
4 Swindon Town 41 18 11 12 82 73 1.12 47 
5 Ipswich Town 39 16 12 11 57 48 1.19 44 
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 40 17 7 16 67 50 1.34 41 
7 Southend United 39 16 9 14 66 53 1.25 41 
8 Reading 39 15 10 14 80 72 1.11 40 
9 Bristol Rovers 42 16 8 18 59 69 0.86 40 
10 Walsall 38 14 11 13 67 56 1.20 39 
11 Port Vale 39 15 9 15 59 59 1.00 39 
12 Exeter City 40 15 9 16 59 65 0.91 39 
13 Torquay United 39 14 11 14 50 59 0.85 39 
14 Watford 40 16 5 19 58 71 0.82 37 
15 Notts County 38 13 10 15 59 58 1.02 36 
16 Northampton Town 39 14 8 17 67 71 0.94 36 
17 Crystal Palace 39 13 10 16 47 57 0.82 36 
18 Brighton and Hove Albion 40 12 12 16 50 69 0.72 36 
19 Aldershot 39 10 10 19 44 73 0.60 30 
20 Leyton Orient 37 10 8 19 47 67 0.70 28 
21 Norwich City 41 10 8 23 64 98 0.65 28 
22 Mansfield Town 40 9 10 21 46 90 0.51 28 

Key: Promotion Re-election