Football League Division Three (South)
Monday, August 25, 1947

Bristol Rovers Swindon Town
J.Pitt (1', 15'), F.Leamon (??')
 HT: 2-1 M.Owen (14')
Attendance:  19,372    


1
WEARE
2
BAMFORD
3
WATKINS
4
PITT
5
WARREN
6
MCARTHUR
7
WOOKEY
8
HODGES
9
LEAMON
10
MORGAN
11
CRANFIELD
1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
LLOYD
4
KAYE
5
ITHELL
6
NUNN
7
MAGUIRE
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
STEPHENS
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Jack WEARE
                 
Frank BOULTON
1
2
Harry BAMFORD
                 
Albert YOUNG
2
3
Barry WATKINS
                 
Billy LLOYD
3
4
Jackie PITT
               
Harry KAYE
4
5
Ray WARREN
                 
Jimmy ITHELL
5
6
Wally MCARTHUR
                 
Walter NUNN
6
7
Ken WOOKEY
                 
Ted MAGUIRE
7

8
Len HODGES
                 
Billy LUCAS
8

9
Fred LEAMON
             
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Jimmy MORGAN
                 
Bill STEPHENS
10
11
Harry CRANFIELD
                 
Jimmy BAIN
11













Results on Monday, August 25, 1947: League Table
 
  Bristol Rovers 3 - 1 Swindon Town  

Table as at Monday, August 25, 1947:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol Rovers 2 1 1 0 4 2 2.00 3 
2 Bristol City 1 1 0 0 6 0 ∞ 2 
3 Walsall 1 1 0 0 4 0 ∞ 2 
4 Ipswich Town 1 1 0 0 2 0 ∞ 2 
5 Torquay United 1 1 0 0 2 0 ∞ 2 
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 1 0 0 1 0 ∞ 2 
7 Queens Park Rangers 1 1 0 0 3 1 3.00 2 
8 Brighton and Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 3 2 1.50 2 
9 Newport County 1 0 1 0 0 0 ∞ 1 
10 Northampton Town 1 0 1 0 0 0 ∞ 1 
11 Reading 1 0 1 0 0 0 ∞ 1 
12 Crystal Palace 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.00 1 
13 Leyton Orient 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.00 1 
14 Port Vale 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.00 1 
15 Swindon Town 2 0 1 1 1 3 0.33 1 
16 Watford 1 0 0 1 2 3 0.67 0 
17 Norwich City 1 0 0 1 1 3 0.33 0 
18 Swansea Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 0 
19 Aldershot 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.00 0 
20 Notts County 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.00 0 
21 Exeter City 1 0 0 1 0 4 0.00 0 
22 Southend United 1 0 0 1 0 6 0.00 0 

Key: Promotion Re-election