Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, October 4, 1947

Queens Park Rangers Swindon Town

HT: 0-1 M.Owen (28', 53')
Attendance:  25,092   Referee:  L.E. Gibbs


1
ALLEN
2
DUDLEY
3
REAY
4
POWELL
5
SMITH
6
CHAPMAN
7
HARTBURN
8
MILLS
9
DURRANT
10
HATTON
11
PATTISON
1
FERGUSON
2
YOUNG
3
LLOYD
4
KAYE
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
STEPHENS
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
EMERY
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Reg ALLEN
                 
Alex FERGUSON
1
2
Reg DUDLEY
                 
Albert YOUNG
2
3
Ted REAY
                 
Billy LLOYD
3
4
Ivor POWELL  
                 
Harry KAYE
4
5
George SMITH
                 
Jimmy ITHELL
5
6
Reg CHAPMAN
                 
Edward PAINTER
6
7
Johnny HARTBURN
                 
Bill STEPHENS
7

8
Don MILLS
                 
Billy LUCAS
8

9
Fred DURRANT
               
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Cyril HATTON
                 
Don EMERY
10
11
Johnny PATTISON
                 
Jimmy BAIN
11















Results on Saturday, October 4, 1947: League Table
 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Bristol Rovers 1 - 2 Northampton Town  
  Exeter City 3 - 1 Swansea Town  
  Leyton Orient 2 - 0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Newport County 3 - 1 Notts County  
  Norwich City 0 - 1 Aldershot  
  Port Vale 2 - 1 Southend United  
  Queens Park Rangers 0 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Reading 2 - 7 Bristol City  
  Walsall 1 - 2 Ipswich Town  
  Watford 2 - 2 Torquay United  

Table as at Saturday, October 4, 1947:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Queens Park Rangers 13 10 2 1 30 10 3.00 22 
2 Bristol City 11 8 0 3 32 10 3.20 16 
3 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 11 6 3 2 18 10 1.80 15 
4 Walsall 11 6 2 3 21 10 2.10 14 
5 Ipswich Town 11 6 2 3 20 12 1.67 14 
6 Northampton Town 11 6 2 3 16 13 1.23 14 
7 Port Vale 11 5 3 3 23 16 1.44 13 
8 Newport County 11 5 3 3 17 15 1.13 13 
9 Swansea Town 13 4 4 5 22 18 1.22 12 
10 Bristol Rovers 12 3 5 4 20 16 1.25 11 
11 Crystal Palace 11 3 5 3 9 9 1.00 11 
12 Exeter City 12 4 3 5 11 18 0.61 11 
13 Torquay United 11 2 6 3 15 14 1.07 10 
14 Swindon Town 11 2 6 3 10 11 0.91 10 
15 Reading 11 3 4 4 12 14 0.86 10 
16 Watford 11 4 2 5 16 23 0.70 10 
17 Aldershot 11 3 3 5 15 20 0.75 9 
18 Brighton and Hove Albion 12 3 3 6 12 22 0.55 9 
19 Southend United 12 3 3 6 11 29 0.38 9 
20 Leyton Orient 11 2 3 6 10 24 0.42 7 
21 Notts County 11 2 2 7 11 21 0.52 6 
22 Norwich City 11 1 2 8 7 23 0.30 4 

Key: Promotion Re-election