Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, October 1, 1949

Swindon Town Newport County
H.Lunn (29')
HT: 1-0 G.Roffi (74')
Attendance:  15,284   Referee:  E.S. Vickery


1
BOULTON
2
COWIE
3
YOUNG
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
FOXTON
7
LUNN
8
DAWSON
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN
1
FEARNLEY
2
STANSFIELD
3
AMPHLETT
4
ROFFI
5
DEPEAR
6
NEWALL
7
COMLEY
8
GARDNER
9
PARKER
10
CARR
11
HARPER

Lineups
1
Frank BOULTON
                 
Harry FEARNLEY
1
2
Andy COWIE
                 
  Fred STANSFIELD
2
3
Albert YOUNG
                 
Ray AMPHLETT
3
4
Harry KAYE
               
George ROFFI
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Roly DEPEAR
5
6
Jack FOXTON
                 
Danny NEWALL
6
7
Harry LUNN
               
Len COMLEY
7

8
Tom DAWSON
                 
Fred GARDNER
8

9
Maurice OWEN
                 
Reg PARKER
9
10
Morris JONES
                 
Eddie CARR
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
                 
Bobby HARPER
11















Results on Saturday, October 1, 1949: League Table

 
  Aldershot 0 - 0 Northampton Town  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 2 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Bristol Rovers 0 - 2 Watford  
  Ipswich Town 1 - 2 Nottingham Forest  
  Millwall 3 - 1 Bristol City  
  Notts County 7 - 1 Leyton Orient  
  Port Vale 1 - 0 Exeter City  
  Southend United 3 - 2 Reading  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Newport County  
  Torquay United 1 - 1 Norwich City  
  Walsall 4 - 2 Brighton and Hove Albion  

Table as at Saturday, October 1, 1949:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Notts County 10 8 1 1 29 9 3.22 17 
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 12 6 4 2 19 13 1.46 16 
3 Norwich City 11 7 1 3 26 18 1.44 15 
4 Northampton Town 11 6 3 2 19 15 1.27 15 
5 Nottingham Forest 11 6 2 3 16 9 1.78 14 
6 Reading 12 6 2 4 23 15 1.53 14 
7 Torquay United 11 6 1 4 21 22 0.95 13 
8 Southend United 10 5 2 3 15 9 1.67 12 
9 Port Vale 10 4 4 2 11 7 1.57 12 
10 Watford 11 3 4 4 10 9 1.11 10 
11 Bristol City 11 5 0 6 18 20 0.90 10 
12 Leyton Orient 10 3 4 3 16 23 0.70 10 
13 Brighton and Hove Albion 11 3 4 4 14 22 0.64 10 
14 Millwall 11 4 1 6 18 18 1.00
15 Crystal Palace 10 3 3 4 10 11 0.91
16 Swindon Town 10 3 2 5 13 13 1.00
17 Exeter City 10 3 2 5 14 19 0.74
18 Walsall 10 3 1 6 18 16 1.13
19 Aldershot 11 2 3 6 9 18 0.50
20 Newport County 11 3 1 7 16 34 0.47
21 Ipswich Town 10 1 4 5 14 20 0.70
22 Bristol Rovers 10 2 1 7 8 17 0.47

Key: Promotion Re-election