Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, December 18, 1948

Swindon Town Brighton and Hove Albion

HT: 0-0
Attendance:  15,823   Referee:  G. Clark


1
BURTON
2
WHITE
3
LLOYD
4
COWIE
5
ITHELL
6
FOXTON
7
LUNN
8
DAWSON
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN
1
BALDWIN
2
SMALL
3
WILLEMSE
4
BRENNAN
5
WHENT
6
DANIELS
7
TENNANT
8
MCNICHOL
9
LEWIS
10
LANCELOTTE
11
KAVANAGH

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Harry BALDWIN
1
2
Alex WHITE
                 
Sam SMALL
2
3
Billy LLOYD
                 
Stan WILLEMSE
3
4
Andy COWIE
                 
Paddy BRENNAN
4
5
Jimmy ITHELL
                 
Jackie WHENT
5
6
Jack FOXTON
                 
Harry DANIELS
6
7
Harry LUNN
                 
Des TENNANT
7

8
Tom DAWSON
                 
Johnny MCNICHOL
8

9
Maurice OWEN
                 
George LEWIS
9
10
Morris JONES
                 
Eric LANCELOTTE
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
                 
Micky KAVANAGH
11















Results on Saturday, December 18, 1948: League Table

 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 - 2 Newport County  
  Bristol City 2 - 1 Southend United  
  Ipswich Town 0 - 1 Bristol Rovers  
  Leyton Orient 1 - 2 Aldershot  
  Northampton Town 4 - 0 Exeter City  
  Notts County 5 - 0 Torquay United  
  Port Vale 1 - 0 Millwall  
  Swindon Town 0 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Walsall 4 - 1 Norwich City  
  Watford 4 - 2 Swansea Town  

Table as at Saturday, December 18, 1948:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Swansea Town 20 13 4 3 45 14 3.21 30 
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 22 12 4 6 32 25 1.28 28 
3 Brighton and Hove Albion 20 9 8 3 24 19 1.26 26 
4 Swindon Town 22 10 5 7 33 35 0.94 25 
5 Bristol Rovers 21 11 2 8 31 29 1.07 24 
6 Millwall 22 8 7 7 39 36 1.08 23 
7 Notts County 21 9 3 9 59 37 1.59 21 
8 Norwich City 20 8 4 8 32 27 1.19 20 
9 Reading 18 9 2 7 34 30 1.13 20 
10 Ipswich Town 19 8 4 7 39 38 1.03 20 
11 Bristol City 19 8 4 7 23 23 1.00 20 
12 Walsall 19 8 3 8 29 28 1.04 19 
13 Leyton Orient 20 6 7 7 34 35 0.97 19 
14 Torquay United 20 7 5 8 26 40 0.65 19 
15 Port Vale 19 7 4 8 23 21 1.10 18 
16 Exeter City 20 7 4 9 29 44 0.66 18 
17 Watford 20 4 9 7 23 26 0.88 17 
18 Northampton Town 20 6 5 9 26 30 0.87 17 
19 Southend United 19 4 8 7 16 17 0.94 16 
20 Aldershot 20 6 3 11 27 32 0.84 15 
21 Newport County 20 4 5 11 37 53 0.70 13 
22 Crystal Palace 19 3 6 10 14 36 0.39 12 

Key: Promotion Re-election