Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, October 25, 1947

Swansea Town Swindon Town
L.Comley (52')
HT: 0-0
Attendance:  20,948   Referee:  N.C. Taylor


1
PARRY
2
FISHER
3
KEANE
4
NEWELL
5
WESTON
6
BURNS
7
O'DRISCOLL
8
DODDS
9
RAWCLIFFE
10
COMLEY
11
SCRINE
1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
LLOYD
4
KAYE
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
DRYDEN
8
LUCAS
9
STEPHENS
10
EMERY
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Jack PARRY  
                 
Frank BOULTON
1
2
Charlie FISHER
                 
Albert YOUNG
2
3
Rory KEANE  
                 
Billy LLOYD
3
4
Edgar NEWELL
                 
Harry KAYE
4
5
Reg WESTON
                 
Jimmy ITHELL
5
6
Frank BURNS
                 
Edward PAINTER
6
7
Jack O'DRISCOLL  
                 
Jackie DRYDEN
7

8
Tom DODDS
                 
Billy LUCAS
8

9
Frank RAWCLIFFE
                 
Bill STEPHENS
9
10
Len COMLEY
               
Don EMERY
10
11
Frank SCRINE  
                 
Jimmy BAIN
11















Results on Saturday, October 25, 1947: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, October 25, 1947:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Queens Park Rangers 16 11 2 3 32 14 2.29 24 
2 Bristol City 14 10 0 4 41 12 3.42 20 
3 Walsall 14 9 2 3 29 14 2.07 20 
4 Ipswich Town 14 9 2 3 28 14 2.00 20 
5 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 14 7 4 3 22 12 1.83 18 
6 Swansea Town 16 6 5 5 27 20 1.35 17 
7 Northampton Town 14 6 4 4 18 17 1.06 16 
8 Torquay United 14 4 7 3 20 15 1.33 15 
9 Exeter City 15 5 5 5 14 19 0.74 15 
10 Bristol Rovers 15 4 6 5 26 21 1.24 14 
11 Port Vale 14 5 4 5 25 22 1.14 14 
12 Newport County 14 5 4 5 20 20 1.00 14 
13 Aldershot 14 4 5 5 20 22 0.91 13 
14 Reading 14 4 5 5 14 16 0.88 13 
15 Crystal Palace 14 4 5 5 12 14 0.86 13 
16 Watford 14 5 3 6 21 28 0.75 13 
17 Southend United 15 5 3 7 15 34 0.44 13 
18 Swindon Town 14 2 7 5 11 14 0.79 11 
19 Notts County 14 3 4 7 14 23 0.61 10 
20 Brighton and Hove Albion 15 3 3 9 12 29 0.41
21 Leyton Orient 14 2 4 8 13 32 0.41
22 Norwich City 14 2 2 10 11 33 0.33

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