Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, September 17, 1949

Swindon Town Northampton Town
H.Lunn (14'), M.Jones (21', 80'), J.Bain (60'), M.Owen (67'), T.Dawson (68')
HT: 2-0 A.McCulloch (89')
Attendance:  15,219   Referee:  E.V. Crook


1
BOULTON
2
COWIE
3
YOUNG
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
FOXTON
7
LUNN
8
DAWSON
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN
1
ANSELL
2
SMALLEY
3
SOUTHAM
4
CANDLIN
5
MCCOY
6
COLEY
7
DUNKLEY
8
SMITH
9
MCCULLOCH
10
MURPHY
11
MITCHELL

Lineups
1
Frank BOULTON
                 
Jack ANSELL
1
2
Andy COWIE
                 
  Tom SMALLEY
2
3
Albert YOUNG
                 
Jack SOUTHAM
3
4
Harry KAYE
                 
Maurice CANDLIN
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Tim MCCOY
5
6
Jack FOXTON
                 
Bill COLEY
6
7
Harry LUNN
               
Maurice DUNKLEY
7

8
Tom DAWSON
               
Dave SMITH
8

9
Maurice OWEN
             
Adam MCCULLOCH
9
10
Morris JONES
               
Eddie MURPHY
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
               
Bert MITCHELL
11















Results on Saturday, September 17, 1949: League Table

 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 2 - 1 Bristol City  
  Bristol Rovers 0 - 0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Exeter City 1 - 0 Aldershot  
  Ipswich Town 4 - 4 Leyton Orient  
  Millwall 1 - 2 Norwich City  
  Notts County 1 - 0 Watford  
  Port Vale 1 - 1 Reading  
  Southend United 0 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Swindon Town 6 - 1 Northampton Town  
  Torquay United 2 - 0 Nottingham Forest  
  Walsall 2 - 0 Newport County  

Table as at Saturday, September 17, 1949:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Notts County 8 6 1 1 21 8 2.63 13 
2 Reading 9 5 2 2 19 11 1.73 12 
3 Norwich City 9 6 0 3 21 17 1.24 12 
4 Torquay United 9 6 0 3 20 18 1.11 12 
5 Northampton Town 9 5 2 2 16 15 1.07 12 
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 9 4 3 2 12 10 1.20 11 
7 Southend United 8 4 2 2 12 6 2.00 10 
8 Port Vale 8 3 4 1 10 6 1.67 10 
9 Nottingham Forest 9 4 2 3 11 8 1.38 10 
10 Brighton and Hove Albion 9 3 3 3 10 16 0.63
11 Bristol City 8 4 0 4 14 13 1.08
12 Leyton Orient 8 2 4 2 14 16 0.88
13 Swindon Town 8 3 1 4 12 8 1.50
14 Millwall 8 3 1 4 12 11 1.09
15 Crystal Palace 8 2 3 3 9 9 1.00
16 Exeter City 8 3 1 4 13 17 0.76
17 Watford 9 1 4 4 7 9 0.78
18 Aldershot 9 2 2 5 9 15 0.60
19 Walsall 8 2 1 5 13 12 1.08
20 Ipswich Town 8 1 3 4 12 17 0.71
21 Bristol Rovers 8 2 1 5 8 14 0.57
22 Newport County 9 2 0 7 11 30 0.37

Key: Promotion Re-election