Football League Division Three (South)
Monday, April 7, 1947

Swindon Town Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
B.Lloyd (??')
HT: 0-2 C.Burke (??'), H.Gray (??'), J.McDonald (??')
Attendance:  20,051    


1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
LLOYD
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
STEPHENS
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
PATERSON
11
JONES
1
BIRD
2
MARSDEN
3
SANAGHAN
4
TAGG
5
WILSON
6
WOODWARD
7
DICKIE
8
GRAY
9
BURKE
10
ROWELL
11
MCDONALD

Lineups
1
Frank BOULTON
                 
Ken BIRD
1
2
Albert YOUNG
                 
Fred MARSDEN
2
3
Don EMERY
                 
Joe SANAGHAN
3
4
Billy LLOYD
               
Ernie TAGG
4
5
Jimmy ITHELL
                 
Fred WILSON
5
6
Edward PAINTER
                 
Dai WOODWARD
6
7
Bill STEPHENS
                 
Murdoch DICKIE
7

8
Billy LUCAS
               
Harry GRAY
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Charlie BURKE
9
10
George PATERSON
                 
Fred ROWELL
10
11
Eddie JONES
               
Jack MCDONALD
11













Results on Monday, April 7, 1947: League Table

 
  Bristol Rovers 6 - 1 Leyton Orient  
  Cardiff City 1 - 1 Bristol City  
  Exeter City 2 - 2 Notts County  
  Ipswich Town 2 - 1 Mansfield Town  
  Northampton Town 6 - 1 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Norwich City 3 - 0 Port Vale  
  Reading 1 - 0 Aldershot  
  Southend United 1 - 3 Queens Park Rangers  
  Swindon Town 1 - 3 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Torquay United 2 - 0 Watford  
  Walsall 3 - 3 Crystal Palace  

Table as at Monday, April 7, 1947:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Cardiff City 34 23 6 5 79 24 3.29 52 
2 Queens Park Rangers 35 22 7 6 65 30 2.17 51 
3 Bristol City 35 17 8 10 84 52 1.62 42 
4 Ipswich Town 34 14 11 9 50 41 1.22 39 
5 Swindon Town 36 15 9 12 74 68 1.09 39 
6 Southend United 34 15 8 11 59 46 1.28 38 
7 Reading 35 14 9 12 77 64 1.20 37 
8 Exeter City 35 14 9 12 56 53 1.06 37 
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 35 15 6 14 59 45 1.31 36 
10 Port Vale 34 14 7 13 54 53 1.02 35 
11 Bristol Rovers 38 14 7 17 54 65 0.83 35 
12 Walsall 33 12 10 11 54 48 1.13 34 
13 Torquay United 35 12 10 13 46 58 0.79 34 
14 Watford 35 14 4 17 52 65 0.80 32 
15 Crystal Palace 35 12 8 15 43 54 0.80 32 
16 Brighton and Hove Albion 36 10 12 14 45 65 0.69 32 
17 Northampton Town 33 12 5 16 59 60 0.98 29 
18 Notts County 33 11 7 15 52 55 0.95 29 
19 Leyton Orient 32 10 6 16 46 60 0.77 26 
20 Mansfield Town 36 9 8 19 44 84 0.52 26 
21 Aldershot 34 8 9 17 40 68 0.59 25 
22 Norwich City 37 9 6 22 57 91 0.63 24 

Key: Promotion Re-election