Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, October 8, 1949

Swindon Town Watford

HT: 0-1 T.Jones (20')
Attendance:  14,298   Referee:  G. Clark


1
BOULTON
2
COWIE
3
YOUNG
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
PAINTER
7
LUNN
8
WHITESIDE
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN
1
MORTON
2
EGGLESTON
3
HARPER
4
PATON
5
HUNT
6
FISHER
7
JONES
8
WORTHINGTON
9
THOMAS
10
BROWN
11
HARTBURN

Lineups
1
Frank BOULTON
                 
Geoff MORTON
1
2
Andy COWIE
                 
Tommy EGGLESTON
2
3
Albert YOUNG
                 
Joe HARPER
3
4
Harry KAYE
                 
Tommy PATON
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
George HUNT
5
6
Edward PAINTER
                 
Ken FISHER
6
7
Harry LUNN
               
Trevor JONES
7

8
Charles WHITESIDE
                 
Eric WORTHINGTON
8

9
Maurice OWEN
                 
Dave THOMAS
9
10
Morris JONES
                 
Tommy BROWN
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
                 
Johnny HARTBURN
11















Results on Saturday, October 8, 1949: League Table

 
  Aldershot 2 - 0 Leyton Orient  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 2 Bristol Rovers  
  Bristol City 1 - 1 Southend United  
  Millwall 2 - 3 Crystal Palace  
  Newport County 1 - 1 Notts County  
  Northampton Town 1 - 2 Ipswich Town  
  Norwich City 0 - 1 Port Vale  
  Nottingham Forest 5 - 0 Exeter City  
  Swindon Town 0 - 1 Watford  
  Torquay United 4 - 2 Reading  
  Walsall 1 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  

Table as at Saturday, October 8, 1949:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Notts County 11 8 2 1 30 10 3.00 18 
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 13 6 5 2 20 14 1.43 17 
3 Nottingham Forest 12 7 2 3 21 9 2.33 16 
4 Norwich City 12 7 1 4 26 19 1.37 15 
5 Northampton Town 12 6 3 3 20 17 1.18 15 
6 Torquay United 12 7 1 4 25 24 1.04 15 
7 Port Vale 11 5 4 2 12 7 1.71 14 
8 Reading 13 6 2 5 25 19 1.32 14 
9 Southend United 11 5 3 3 16 10 1.60 13 
10 Watford 12 4 4 4 11 9 1.22 12 
11 Crystal Palace 11 4 3 4 13 13 1.00 11 
12 Bristol City 12 5 1 6 19 21 0.90 11 
13 Leyton Orient 11 3 4 4 16 25 0.64 10 
14 Brighton and Hove Albion 12 3 4 5 15 24 0.63 10 
15 Millwall 12 4 1 7 20 21 0.95
16 Aldershot 12 3 3 6 11 18 0.61
17 Walsall 11 3 2 6 19 17 1.12
18 Swindon Town 11 3 2 6 13 14 0.93
19 Ipswich Town 11 2 4 5 16 21 0.76
20 Exeter City 11 3 2 6 14 24 0.58
21 Newport County 12 3 2 7 17 35 0.49
22 Bristol Rovers 11 3 1 7 10 18 0.56

Key: Promotion Re-election