Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, April 3, 1948

Bristol City Swindon Town
A.White (40'), L.Townsend (??' pen)
HT: 1-1 M.Owen (5', 80')
Attendance:  16,859   Referee:  C.J. Wakley


1
CLACK
2
STONE
3
BAILEY
4
MORGAN
5
ROBERTS
6
KEARNEY
7
WILLIAMS
8
WHITE
9
TOWNSEND
10
WILLIAMS
11
FOX
1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
LLOYD
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
MAGUIRE
8
PATERSON
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Frank CLACK
                 
Frank BOULTON
1
2
Fred STONE
                 
Albert YOUNG
2
3
Jack BAILEY
                 
Don EMERY
3
4
Cliff MORGAN
                 
Billy LLOYD
4
5
Dennis ROBERTS
                 
Jimmy ITHELL
5
6
Syd KEARNEY
                 
Edward PAINTER
6
7
Sid WILLIAMS
                 
Ted MAGUIRE
7

8
Arnie WHITE
               
George PATERSON
8

9
Len TOWNSEND
             
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Cyril WILLIAMS view STFC profile
                 
Morris JONES
10
11
Ray FOX
                 
Jimmy BAIN
11















Results on Saturday, April 3, 1948: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, April 3, 1948:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Queens Park Rangers 34 23 6 5 66 28 2.36 52 
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 36 20 9 7 62 27 2.30 49 
3 Ipswich Town 35 20 3 12 56 47 1.19 43 
4 Swansea Town 37 16 10 11 67 50 1.34 42 
5 Walsall 36 16 9 11 56 37 1.51 41 
6 Southend United 37 15 10 12 47 52 0.90 40 
7 Port Vale 37 16 7 14 62 52 1.19 39 
8 Newport County 37 13 12 12 56 65 0.86 38 
9 Bristol City 36 16 5 15 68 53 1.28 37 
10 Notts County 34 15 7 12 53 49 1.08 37 
11 Exeter City 35 14 9 12 48 47 1.02 37 
12 Northampton Town 35 13 9 13 47 54 0.87 35 
13 Reading 36 13 8 15 50 54 0.93 34 
14 Torquay United 35 10 13 12 56 47 1.19 33 
15 Swindon Town 35 9 15 11 36 34 1.06 33 
16 Crystal Palace 36 10 11 15 41 45 0.91 31 
17 Watford 36 11 8 17 41 66 0.62 30 
18 Leyton Orient 38 10 9 19 44 71 0.62 29 
19 Aldershot 35 8 12 15 37 57 0.65 28 
20 Brighton and Hove Albion 34 9 9 16 35 61 0.57 27 
21 Bristol Rovers 37 9 8 20 61 73 0.84 26 
22 Norwich City 35 9 7 19 47 67 0.70 25 

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