Football League Division Three (South)
Wednesday, September 3, 1947

Swindon Town Bristol Rovers
G.Williams (??')
 HT: 1-1 K.Wookey (??')
Attendance:  17,674    


1
BURTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
KAYE
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
MAGUIRE
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
WILLIAMS
11
BAIN
1
WEARE
2
BAMFORD
3
WATKINS
4
PITT
5
WARREN
6
MCARTHUR
7
WOOKEY
8
HODGES
9
LEAMON
10
MORGAN
11
CRANFIELD

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Jack WEARE
1
2
Albert YOUNG
                 
Harry BAMFORD
2
3
Don EMERY
                 
Barry WATKINS
3
4
Harry KAYE
                 
Jackie PITT
4
5
Jimmy ITHELL
                 
Ray WARREN
5
6
Edward PAINTER
                 
Wally MCARTHUR
6
7
Ted MAGUIRE
               
Ken WOOKEY
7

8
Billy LUCAS
                 
Len HODGES
8

9
Maurice OWEN
                 
Fred LEAMON
9
10
Gordon WILLIAMS
               
Jimmy MORGAN
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
                 
Harry CRANFIELD
11













Results on Wednesday, September 3, 1947: League Table
 
  Aldershot 2 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 2 - 0 Notts County  
  Bristol City 1 - 0 Newport County  
  Ipswich Town 4 - 0 Southend United  
  Reading 2 - 1 Exeter City  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Bristol Rovers  
  Torquay United 4 - 2 Northampton Town  
  Watford 4 - 1 Swansea Town  

Table as at Wednesday, September 3, 1947:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 4 4 0 0 7 1 7.00 8 
2 Queens Park Rangers 3 3 0 0 9 1 9.00 6 
3 Ipswich Town 4 2 1 1 9 4 2.25 5 
4 Newport County 4 2 1 1 5 3 1.67 5 
5 Northampton Town 4 2 1 1 7 5 1.40 5 
6 Port Vale 4 2 1 1 6 6 1.00 5 
7 Crystal Palace 4 2 1 1 4 4 1.00 5 
8 Bristol City 4 2 0 2 8 4 2.00 4 
9 Walsall 3 2 0 1 9 5 1.80 4 
10 Torquay United 4 2 0 2 7 5 1.40 4 
11 Bristol Rovers 4 1 2 1 5 4 1.25 4 
12 Reading 4 1 2 1 3 3 1.00 4 
13 Swansea Town 4 1 1 2 5 6 0.83 3 
14 Aldershot 4 1 1 2 4 5 0.80 3 
15 Swindon Town 4 0 3 1 4 6 0.67 3 
16 Exeter City 4 1 1 2 3 7 0.43 3 
17 Southend United 4 1 1 2 4 13 0.31 3 
18 Watford 4 1 0 3 6 8 0.75 2 
19 Leyton Orient 3 0 2 1 3 5 0.60 2 
20 Notts County 4 1 0 3 4 7 0.57 2 
21 Norwich City 4 1 0 3 3 7 0.43 2 
22 Brighton and Hove Albion 3 1 0 2 3 9 0.33 2 

Key: Promotion Re-election