Football League Division Three (South)
Friday, December 26, 1947

Swindon Town Norwich City
B.Lucas (42'), M.Owen (58'), M.Jones (??')
 HT: 1-1 L.Eyre (28', 59')
Attendance:  19,021   Referee:  A. Devine


1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
KAYE
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
DRYDEN
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN
1
NETHERCOTT
2
MANSFIELD
3
MORGAN
4
KINSEY
5
LOW
6
TOBIN
7
CHURCH
8
DUTTON
9
HOLD
10
EYRE
11
JONES

Lineups
1
Frank BOULTON
                 
Ken NETHERCOTT
1
2
Albert YOUNG
                 
Fred MANSFIELD
2
3
Don EMERY
                 
Dennis MORGAN
3
4
Harry KAYE
                 
  Noel KINSEY
4
5
Jimmy ITHELL
                 
view STFC profileNorman LOW
5
6
Edward PAINTER
                 
Maurice TOBIN
6
7
Jackie DRYDEN
                 
John CHURCH
7

8
Billy LUCAS
               
Len DUTTON
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Oscar HOLD
9
10
Morris JONES
             
Les EYRE
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
                 
Sid JONES
11













Results on Friday, December 26, 1947: League Table
 
  Bristol Rovers 0 - 2 Torquay United  
  Exeter City 3 - 1 Bristol City  
  Notts County 5 - 1 Swansea Town  
  Reading 6 - 2 Leyton Orient  
  Southend United 0 - 2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Swindon Town 3 - 2 Norwich City  
  Watford 0 - 1 Queens Park Rangers  

Table as at Friday, December 26, 1947:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Queens Park Rangers 22 15 3 4 42 19 2.21 33 
2 Swansea Town 23 11 6 6 45 31 1.45 28 
3 Walsall 20 12 3 5 41 19 2.16 27 
4 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 21 11 5 5 37 20 1.85 27 
5 Newport County 21 8 8 5 31 26 1.19 24 
6 Exeter City 20 9 6 5 25 23 1.09 24 
7 Bristol City 20 11 1 8 47 26 1.81 23 
8 Port Vale 20 9 4 7 39 28 1.39 22 
9 Ipswich Town 19 10 2 7 33 25 1.32 22 
10 Torquay United 19 7 8 4 30 23 1.30 22 
11 Crystal Palace 21 7 7 7 19 21 0.90 21 
12 Southend United 21 8 5 8 25 39 0.64 21 
13 Swindon Town 20 6 8 6 23 21 1.10 20 
14 Reading 20 7 5 8 26 26 1.00 19 
15 Bristol Rovers 22 5 8 9 35 37 0.95 18 
16 Notts County 19 6 5 8 26 30 0.87 17 
17 Aldershot 19 5 7 7 24 30 0.80 17 
18 Northampton Town 19 6 5 8 22 29 0.76 17 
19 Watford 19 6 3 10 24 36 0.67 15 
20 Leyton Orient 21 3 4 14 19 52 0.37 10 
21 Brighton and Hove Albion 20 3 4 13 14 42 0.33 10 
22 Norwich City 20 3 3 14 19 43 0.44 9 

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