Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, August 20, 1949

Swindon Town Reading
T.Dawson (18'), M.Owen (55')
 HT: 1-0
Attendance:  25,038   Referee:  B.M. Griffiths


1
BOULTON
2
COWIE
3
YOUNG
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
FOXTON
7
LUNN
8
DAWSON
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN
1
MARKS
2
CLOVER
3
GULLIVER
4
HENLEY
5
BRICE
6
MOYSE
7
FISHER
8
EDELSTON
9
BLACKMAN
10
ALLEN
11
ALLISON

Lineups
1
Frank BOULTON
                 
George MARKS
1
2
Andy COWIE
                 
Bill CLOVER
2
3
Albert YOUNG
                 
view STFC profileJeff GULLIVER
3
4
Harry KAYE
                 
Les HENLEY
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Gordon BRICE
5
6
Jack FOXTON
                 
Ron MOYSE
6
7
Harry LUNN
                 
Freddie FISHER
7

8
Tom DAWSON
               
Maurice EDELSTON
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Ronnie BLACKMAN
9
10
Morris JONES
                 
  Bryn ALLEN
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
                 
Jack ALLISON
11















Results on Saturday, August 20, 1949: League Table
 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 2 - 2 Nottingham Forest  
  Bristol City 3 - 1 Northampton Town  
  Exeter City 2 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Ipswich Town 1 - 2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Leyton Orient 0 - 0 Watford  
  Millwall 1 - 3 Torquay United  
  Newport County 3 - 2 Norwich City  
  Notts County 2 - 0 Southend United  
  Port Vale 1 - 0 Bristol Rovers  
  Swindon Town 2 - 0 Reading  
  Walsall 0 - 0 Aldershot  

Table as at Saturday, August 20, 1949:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Notts County 1 1 0 0 2 0 ∞ 2 
2 Swindon Town 1 1 0 0 2 0 ∞ 2 
3 Port Vale 1 1 0 0 1 0 ∞ 2 
4 Bristol City 1 1 0 0 3 1 3.00 2 
5 Torquay United 1 1 0 0 3 1 3.00 2 
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 1 0 0 2 1 2.00 2 
7 Exeter City 1 1 0 0 2 1 2.00 2 
8 Newport County 1 1 0 0 3 2 1.50 2 
9 Aldershot 1 0 1 0 0 0 ∞ 1 
10 Leyton Orient 1 0 1 0 0 0 ∞ 1 
11 Walsall 1 0 1 0 0 0 ∞ 1 
12 Watford 1 0 1 0 0 0 ∞ 1 
13 Brighton and Hove Albion 1 0 1 0 2 2 1.00 1 
14 Nottingham Forest 1 0 1 0 2 2 1.00 1 
15 Norwich City 1 0 0 1 2 3 0.67 0 
16 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0 
17 Ipswich Town 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0 
18 Millwall 1 0 0 1 1 3 0.33 0 
19 Northampton Town 1 0 0 1 1 3 0.33 0 
20 Bristol Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 0 
21 Reading 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.00 0 
22 Southend United 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.00 0 

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