Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, September 18, 1948

Exeter City Swindon Town
D.Regan (35'), A.Smith (47', 87')
 HT: 1-0 M.Owen (77')
Attendance:  11,596   Referee:  E.S. Vickery


1
HOYLE
2
JOHNSTONE
3
ROWE
4
BARTHOLOMEW
5
WALKER
6
EVANS
7
DYMOND
8
MACKAY
9
SMITH
10
HARROWER
11
REGAN
1
BOULTON
2
HUNT
3
YOUNG
4
COWIE
5
ITHELL
6
KAYE
7
LUNN
8
PATERSON
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Bert HOYLE
                 
Frank BOULTON
1
2
Cyril JOHNSTONE
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Stan ROWE
                 
Albert YOUNG
3
4
Harry BARTHOLOMEW
                 
Andy COWIE
4
5
Steve WALKER
                 
Jimmy ITHELL
5
6
Harry EVANS
                 
Harry KAYE
6
7
Bill DYMOND
                 
Harry LUNN
7

8
Angus MACKAY
                 
George PATERSON
8

9
Archie SMITH
             
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Bill HARROWER
                 
Morris JONES
10
11
Duggie REGAN
               
Jimmy BAIN
11















Results on Saturday, September 18, 1948: League Table
 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 0 - 4 Aldershot  
  Bristol Rovers 3 - 1 Bristol City  
  Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Ipswich Town  
  Exeter City 3 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Newport County 1 - 2 Torquay United  
  Northampton Town 2 - 2 Port Vale  
  Norwich City 0 - 0 Leyton Orient  
  Reading 1 - 4 Notts County  
  Southend United 2 - 1 Millwall  
  Swansea Town 3 - 1 Walsall  
  Watford 0 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  

Table as at Saturday, September 18, 1948:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Swansea Town 9 5 3 1 17 8 2.13 13 
2 Port Vale 9 5 2 2 15 7 2.14 12 
3 Ipswich Town 9 5 2 2 26 20 1.30 12 
4 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 9 5 2 2 11 10 1.10 12 
5 Exeter City 9 4 3 2 18 10 1.80 11 
6 Torquay United 9 4 3 2 14 14 1.00 11 
7 Notts County 9 4 2 3 28 17 1.65 10 
8 Southend United 9 3 4 2 10 8 1.25 10 
9 Bristol Rovers 9 5 0 4 15 13 1.15 10 
10 Swindon Town 9 4 2 3 13 14 0.93 10 
11 Millwall 9 2 5 2 15 14 1.07 9 
12 Brighton and Hove Albion 9 3 3 3 10 14 0.71 9 
13 Aldershot 9 3 2 4 17 14 1.21 8 
14 Norwich City 9 3 2 4 13 13 1.00 8 
15 Northampton Town 9 3 2 4 11 15 0.73 8 
16 Walsall 9 3 2 4 10 15 0.67 8 
17 Reading 9 3 1 5 19 21 0.90 7 
18 Leyton Orient 9 1 5 3 9 15 0.60 7 
19 Bristol City 9 2 3 4 7 13 0.54 7 
20 Crystal Palace 9 2 3 4 8 15 0.53 7 
21 Watford 9 1 3 5 10 15 0.67 5 
22 Newport County 9 0 4 5 12 23 0.52 4 

Key: Promotion Re-election