Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, December 24, 1949

Swindon Town Torquay United
M.Jones (85' pen)
HT: 0-1 B.Head (27'), J.Conley (62')
Attendance:  13,751   Referee:  C.P. Jacobs


1
UPRICHARD
2
WHITE
3
YOUNG
4
PAINTER
5
HUDSON
6
KAYE
7
LUNN
8
DAWSON
9
ONSLOW
10
JONES
11
SIMNER
1
DAVIS
2
TOPPING
3
CALLAND
4
STUTTARD
5
HEAD
6
WHITFIELD
7
SHAW
8
LEWIS
9
CONLEY
10
COLLINS
11
CAMERON

Lineups
1
Norman UPRICHARD  
                 
Derek DAVIS
1
2
Alex WHITE
                 
Dave TOPPING
2
3
Albert YOUNG
                 
Ralph CALLAND
3
4
Edward PAINTER
                 
Ellis STUTTARD
4
5
Garth HUDSON
               
view STFC profileBert HEAD
5
6
Harry KAYE
                 
Wilf 'Baggy' WHITFIELD
6
7
Harry LUNN
                 
Ron SHAW
7

8
Tom DAWSON
                 
Dennis LEWIS
8

9
Roy ONSLOW
               
Jack CONLEY
9
10
Morris JONES
               
Sammy COLLINS
10
11
Joe SIMNER
                 
Hugh CAMERON
11















Results on Saturday, December 24, 1949: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, December 24, 1949:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Notts County 20 14 4 2 48 18 2.67 32 
2 Northampton Town 21 12 4 5 41 27 1.52 28 
3 Norwich City 21 12 3 6 42 27 1.56 27 
4 Torquay United 21 12 3 6 34 31 1.10 27 
5 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 22 10 6 6 33 29 1.14 26 
6 Nottingham Forest 21 11 3 7 33 18 1.83 25 
7 Reading 22 10 4 8 43 35 1.23 24 
8 Southend United 18 9 5 4 29 17 1.71 23 
9 Watford 21 8 7 6 21 18 1.17 23 
10 Port Vale 20 8 6 6 22 14 1.57 22 
11 Walsall 20 7 5 8 34 25 1.36 19 
12 Bristol City 21 8 3 10 30 34 0.88 19 
13 Brighton and Hove Albion 21 7 5 9 30 41 0.73 19 
14 Crystal Palace 20 6 5 9 26 34 0.76 17 
15 Leyton Orient 20 5 6 9 27 42 0.64 16 
16 Newport County 20 6 4 10 33 52 0.63 16 
17 Bristol Rovers 20 7 2 11 18 30 0.60 16 
18 Swindon Town 20 5 5 10 31 31 1.00 15 
19 Millwall 21 7 1 13 30 36 0.83 15 
20 Aldershot 20 6 3 11 18 28 0.64 15 
21 Ipswich Town 20 3 7 10 28 42 0.67 13 
22 Exeter City 20 5 3 12 29 51 0.57 13 

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