Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, October 18, 1947

Swindon Town Notts County
T.Maguire (19')
 HT: 1-0 J.Marsh (67')
Attendance:  18,198   Referee:  H. Bryan


1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
LLOYD
4
KAYE
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
MAGUIRE
8
LUCAS
9
STEPHENS
10
EMERY
11
BAIN
1
BROWN
2
SOUTHWELL
3
HOWE
4
GANNON
5
BAXTER
6
CORKHILL
7
FREEMAN
8
LYMAN
9
MARSH
10
SEWELL
11
CUMNER

Lineups
1
Frank BOULTON
                 
Harry BROWN
1
2
Albert YOUNG
                 
Aubrey SOUTHWELL
2
3
Billy LLOYD
                 
Bert HOWE
3
4
Harry KAYE
                 
  Eddie GANNON
4
5
Jimmy ITHELL
                 
Bill BAXTER
5
6
Edward PAINTER
                 
Billy CORKHILL
6
7
Ted MAGUIRE
               
Tony FREEMAN
7

8
Billy LUCAS
                 
Colin LYMAN
8

9
Bill STEPHENS
               
Jack MARSH
9
10
Don EMERY
                 
  Jackie SEWELL
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
                 
  Horace CUMNER
11















Results on Saturday, October 18, 1947: League Table
 
  Aldershot 0 - 0 Exeter City  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 0 - 2 Bristol City  
  Bristol Rovers 2 - 3 Walsall  
  Crystal Palace 2 - 1 Newport County  
  Northampton Town 1 - 1 Leyton Orient  
  Norwich City 2 - 1 Reading  
  Port Vale 1 - 1 Swansea Town  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Notts County  
  Torquay United 4 - 1 Southend United  
  Watford 2 - 3 Ipswich Town  

Table as at Saturday, October 18, 1947:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Queens Park Rangers 15 11 2 2 32 13 2.46 24 
2 Bristol City 13 10 0 3 40 10 4.00 20 
3 Walsall 13 8 2 3 26 12 2.17 18 
4 Ipswich Town 13 8 2 3 27 14 1.93 18 
5 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 13 6 4 3 19 12 1.58 16 
6 Swansea Town 15 5 5 5 26 20 1.30 15 
7 Northampton Town 13 6 3 4 17 16 1.06 15 
8 Torquay United 13 4 6 3 20 15 1.33 14 
9 Port Vale 13 5 4 4 25 19 1.32 14 
10 Exeter City 14 5 4 5 13 18 0.72 14 
11 Newport County 13 5 3 5 18 18 1.00 13 
12 Crystal Palace 13 4 5 4 11 12 0.92 13 
13 Bristol Rovers 14 3 6 5 22 19 1.16 12 
14 Aldershot 13 4 4 5 18 20 0.90 12 
15 Swindon Town 13 2 7 4 11 13 0.85 11 
16 Reading 13 3 5 5 13 16 0.81 11 
17 Watford 13 4 3 6 19 27 0.70 11 
18 Southend United 14 4 3 7 13 33 0.39 11 
19 Notts County 13 3 3 7 14 23 0.61 9 
20 Brighton and Hove Albion 14 3 3 8 12 28 0.43 9 
21 Leyton Orient 13 2 4 7 11 28 0.39 8 
22 Norwich City 13 2 2 9 9 30 0.30 6 

Key: Promotion Re-election