Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, October 9, 1948

Swindon Town Bristol Rovers
J.Bain (78')
 HT: 0-0 J.Watling (57')
Attendance:  20,720   Referee:  C.J. Wakley


1
BOULTON
2
HUNT
3
YOUNG
4
COWIE
5
HUDSON
6
DAWSON
7
LUNN
8
BAYNHAM
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN
1
WEARE
2
BAMFORD
3
FOX
4
PITT
5
WARREN
6
MCARTHUR
7
PETHERBRIDGE
8
HODGES
9
LAMBDEN
10
MORGAN
11
WATLING

Lineups
1
Frank BOULTON
                 
Jack WEARE
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Harry BAMFORD
2
3
Albert YOUNG
                 
view STFC profileGeoff FOX
3
4
Andy COWIE
                 
Jackie PITT
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Ray WARREN
5
6
Tom DAWSON
                 
Wally MCARTHUR
6
7
Harry LUNN
                 
George PETHERBRIDGE
7

8
John BAYNHAM
                 
Len HODGES
8

9
Maurice OWEN
                 
Vic LAMBDEN
9
10
Morris JONES
                 
Jimmy MORGAN
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
             
John 'Josser' WATLING
11















Results on Saturday, October 9, 1948: League Table
 
  Aldershot 3 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 0 - 0 Watford  
  Bristol City 0 - 2 Torquay United  
  Exeter City 2 - 1 Walsall  
  Leyton Orient 5 - 2 Newport County  
  Millwall 1 - 1 Reading  
  Northampton Town 1 - 1 Ipswich Town  
  Norwich City 3 - 0 Notts County  
  Port Vale 0 - 2 Swansea Town  
  Southend United 0 - 0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Bristol Rovers  

Table as at Saturday, October 9, 1948:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Swansea Town 13 9 3 1 32 8 4.00 21 
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 14 8 3 3 17 13 1.31 19 
3 Exeter City 13 6 3 4 24 18 1.33 15 
4 Millwall 14 4 7 3 22 21 1.05 15 
5 Bristol Rovers 13 7 1 5 21 20 1.05 15 
6 Swindon Town 14 6 3 5 19 25 0.76 15 
7 Notts County 13 5 3 5 35 24 1.46 13 
8 Port Vale 12 5 3 4 16 11 1.45 13 
9 Ipswich Town 12 5 3 4 30 27 1.11 13 
10 Brighton and Hove Albion 12 4 5 3 11 14 0.79 13 
11 Torquay United 12 5 3 4 16 22 0.73 13 
12 Aldershot 13 5 2 6 21 17 1.24 12 
13 Southend United 12 3 6 3 10 9 1.11 12 
14 Walsall 12 5 2 5 16 18 0.89 12 
15 Norwich City 12 4 3 5 17 15 1.13 11 
16 Leyton Orient 12 3 5 4 19 22 0.86 11 
17 Northampton Town 12 4 3 5 16 19 0.84 11 
18 Reading 12 4 2 6 24 24 1.00 10 
19 Watford 13 2 6 5 14 18 0.78 10 
20 Bristol City 12 3 3 6 11 17 0.65 9 
21 Crystal Palace 12 2 3 7 10 26 0.38 7 
22 Newport County 12 1 4 7 19 32 0.59 6 

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