Football League Division Three (South)
Wednesday, September 17, 1947

Brighton and Hove Albion Swindon Town
T.James (~85')
 HT: 0-0
Attendance:  5,741    


1
BALL
2
MARRIOTT
3
WILLEMSE
4
WHENT
5
BOOTH
6
DUGNOLLE
7
NEVINS
8
JAMES
9
VICKERS
10
WILLARD
11
HANLON
1
FERGUSON
2
LLOYD
3
EMERY
4
KAYE
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
MAGUIRE
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
STEPHENS
11
WILLIAMS

Lineups
1
Jack BALL
                 
Alex FERGUSON
1
2
Ernie MARRIOTT
                 
Billy LLOYD
2
3
Stan WILLEMSE
                 
Don EMERY
3
4
Jackie WHENT
                 
Harry KAYE
4
5
Sam BOOTH
                 
Jimmy ITHELL
5
6
Jack DUGNOLLE
                 
Edward PAINTER
6
7
Laurie NEVINS
                 
Ted MAGUIRE
7

8
Tony JAMES
               
Billy LUCAS
8

9
Wilf VICKERS
                 
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Jess WILLARD
                 
Alf STEPHENS
10
11
Wally HANLON
                 
Gordon WILLIAMS
11













Results on Wednesday, September 17, 1947: League Table
 
  Aldershot 1 - 1 Northampton Town  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 5 - 0 Newport County  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Bristol City 6 - 0 Leyton Orient  
  Crystal Palace 0 - 0 Bristol Rovers  
  Ipswich Town 2 - 0 Exeter City  
  Reading 0 - 1 Walsall  
  Torquay United 1 - 1 Norwich City  

Table as at Wednesday, September 17, 1947:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 8 6 2 0 17 4 4.25 14 
2 Queens Park Rangers 7 6 1 0 18 3 6.00 13 
3 Walsall 8 5 1 2 17 6 2.83 11 
4 Ipswich Town 8 4 2 2 17 7 2.43 10 
5 Bristol City 8 5 0 3 19 8 2.38 10 
6 Port Vale 8 4 2 2 20 13 1.54 10 
7 Crystal Palace 8 3 4 1 7 5 1.40 10 
8 Newport County 8 3 3 2 12 12 1.00 9 
9 Bristol Rovers 8 2 4 2 12 9 1.33 8 
10 Reading 8 2 4 2 7 6 1.17 8 
11 Northampton Town 8 3 2 3 10 10 1.00 8 
12 Torquay United 8 2 3 3 11 10 1.10 7 
13 Watford 8 3 1 4 11 18 0.61 7 
14 Brighton and Hove Albion 8 3 1 4 8 16 0.50 7 
15 Exeter City 8 3 1 4 6 13 0.46 7 
16 Swindon Town 8 0 6 2 6 9 0.67 6 
17 Southend United 7 2 2 3 7 21 0.33 6 
18 Swansea Town 7 1 3 3 9 11 0.82 5 
19 Notts County 7 2 1 4 7 11 0.64 5 
20 Aldershot 8 1 2 5 11 18 0.61 4 
21 Norwich City 8 1 2 5 6 16 0.38 4 
22 Leyton Orient 8 0 3 5 6 18 0.33 3 

Key: Promotion Re-election