Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, March 29, 1947

Swindon Town Walsall
B.Stephens (20', ??'), D.Emery (80'), G.Williams (82')
HT: 1-0 W.Walsh (??')
Attendance:  14,454   Referee:  A.T. Ford


1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
LLOYD
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
DENYER
8
LUCAS
9
STEPHENS
10
PATERSON
11
WILLIAMS
1
LEWIS
2
METHLEY
3
SKIDMORE
4
ROBINSON
5
NEWMAN
6
MULLARD
7
MAUND
8
WALSH
9
DARBY
10
LISHMAN
11
WILSHAW

Lineups
1
Frank BOULTON
                 
Jack LEWIS
1
2
Albert YOUNG
                 
Irvin METHLEY
2
3
Don EMERY
               
Billy SKIDMORE
3
4
Billy LLOYD
                 
John ROBINSON
4
5
Jimmy ITHELL
                 
Albert NEWMAN
5
6
Edward PAINTER
                 
Albert MULLARD
6
7
Bertie DENYER
                 
Jack MAUND
7

8
Billy LUCAS
               
Wilf WALSH
8

9
Bill STEPHENS
               
Doug DARBY
9
10
George PATERSON
                 
Doug LISHMAN
10
11
Gordon WILLIAMS
               
  Dennis WILSHAW
11















Results on Saturday, March 29, 1947: League Table

 
  Aldershot 0 - 0 Southend United  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 - 0 Reading  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 0 - 2 Queens Park Rangers  
  Bristol City 1 - 2 Watford  
  Cardiff City 0 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Exeter City 3 - 1 Leyton Orient  
  Northampton Town 1 - 2 Bristol Rovers  
  Norwich City 2 - 0 Torquay United  
  Notts County 5 - 1 Mansfield Town  
  Port Vale 1 - 0 Ipswich Town  
  Swindon Town 4 - 1 Walsall  

Table as at Saturday, March 29, 1947:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Cardiff City 31 23 4 4 77 21 3.67 50 
2 Queens Park Rangers 32 19 7 6 59 29 2.03 45 
3 Bristol City 32 16 7 9 79 47 1.68 39 
4 Swindon Town 33 15 8 10 70 59 1.19 38 
5 Southend United 31 15 7 9 58 42 1.38 37 
6 Ipswich Town 31 12 11 8 42 34 1.24 35 
7 Port Vale 31 14 7 10 50 42 1.19 35 
8 Exeter City 32 14 7 11 54 49 1.10 35 
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 32 13 6 13 51 39 1.31 32 
10 Reading 32 12 8 12 73 63 1.16 32 
11 Bristol Rovers 35 13 6 16 48 61 0.79 32 
12 Torquay United 32 11 9 12 40 53 0.75 31 
13 Walsall 30 11 8 11 47 44 1.07 30 
14 Watford 32 14 2 16 48 59 0.81 30 
15 Crystal Palace 32 12 6 14 39 49 0.80 30 
16 Brighton and Hove Albion 33 10 10 13 42 57 0.74 30 
17 Northampton Town 30 11 4 15 49 54 0.91 26 
18 Notts County 30 10 5 15 48 52 0.92 25 
19 Aldershot 31 8 8 15 39 64 0.61 24 
20 Leyton Orient 29 8 6 15 37 51 0.73 22 
21 Mansfield Town 33 7 8 18 36 77 0.47 22 
22 Norwich City 34 6 6 22 50 90 0.56 18 

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