Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, August 27, 1949

Torquay United Swindon Town
H.Cameron (29')
 HT: 1-0
Attendance:  10,863   Referee:  B.T. Jacobs


1
DAVIS
2
TOPPING
3
CALLAND
4
TOWERS
5
WINTERS
6
LESTER
7
SHAW
8
LEWIS
9
CONLEY
10
MILLS
11
CAMERON
1
BOULTON
2
COWIE
3
YOUNG
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
FOXTON
7
LUNN
8
WHEELER
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Derek DAVIS
                 
Frank BOULTON
1
2
Dave TOPPING
                 
Andy COWIE
2
3
Ralph CALLAND
                 
Albert YOUNG
3
4
Bill TOWERS
                 
Harry KAYE
4
5
Frank WINTERS
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Danny LESTER
                 
Jack FOXTON
6
7
Ron SHAW
                 
Harry LUNN
7

8
Dennis LEWIS
                 
Alf WHEELER
8

9
Jack CONLEY
                 
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Don MILLS
                 
Morris JONES
10
11
Hugh CAMERON
               
Jimmy BAIN
11















Results on Saturday, August 27, 1949: League Table
 
  Aldershot 2 - 1 Millwall  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 2 - 2 Port Vale  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 1 Northampton Town  
  Bristol Rovers 0 - 3 Notts County  
  Crystal Palace 2 - 0 Ipswich Town  
  Norwich City 3 - 0 Bristol City  
  Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 Walsall  
  Reading 5 - 1 Leyton Orient  
  Southend United 6 - 0 Newport County  
  Torquay United 1 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Watford 1 - 2 Exeter City  

Table as at Saturday, August 27, 1949:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Torquay United 3 3 0 0 6 2 3.00 6 
2 Nottingham Forest 3 2 1 0 6 2 3.00 5 
3 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 3 2 1 0 6 3 2.00 5 
4 Southend United 3 2 0 1 7 2 3.50 4 
5 Notts County 3 2 0 1 8 4 2.00 4 
6 Norwich City 3 2 0 1 9 6 1.50 4 
7 Brighton and Hove Albion 3 1 2 0 4 3 1.33 4 
8 Exeter City 3 2 0 1 4 4 1.00 4 
9 Reading 3 1 1 1 6 4 1.50 3 
10 Swindon Town 3 1 1 1 3 2 1.50 3 
11 Crystal Palace 3 1 1 1 4 3 1.33 3 
12 Port Vale 3 1 1 1 3 3 1.00 3 
13 Aldershot 3 1 1 1 2 2 1.00 3 
14 Northampton Town 3 1 1 1 6 7 0.86 3 
15 Watford 3 0 2 1 2 3 0.67 2 
16 Newport County 3 1 0 2 6 12 0.50 2 
17 Bristol Rovers 3 1 0 2 2 4 0.50 2 
18 Bristol City 3 1 0 2 3 7 0.43 2 
19 Leyton Orient 3 0 2 1 2 6 0.33 2 
20 Millwall 3 0 1 2 3 6 0.50 1 
21 Walsall 3 0 1 2 1 3 0.33 1 
22 Ipswich Town 3 0 0 3 1 6 0.17 0 

Key: Promotion Re-election