Match Centre

Saturday March 1st, 1947

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

6 - 1

6

M. Owen (14', 22', 35', 85'), G. Paterson (65'), B. Lucas (??')

Mansfield Town

Mansfield Town

1

E. Bryant (24')
M. Owen (14', 22', 35', 85'), G. Paterson (65'), B. Lucas (??')
(HT: 3-1)

Attendance: 12,257

E. Bryant (24')

Lineups


1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
LLOYD
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
STEPHENS
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
PATERSON
11
WILLIAMS
1
WRIGHT
2
FOX
3
CHESSELL
4
BAIRD
5
BARKE
6
BINNIE
7
CALVERLEY
8
COPESTAKE
9
BRYANT
10
OSCROFT
11
BETTS
Swindon Town
1Frank BOULTON
2Albert YOUNG
3Don EMERY
4Billy LLOYD
5Jimmy ITHELL
6Eddie PAINTER
7Bill STEPHENS
8Billy LUCAS
9Maurice OWEN
10George PATERSON
11Gordon WILLIAMS
Mansfield Town
1Dennis WRIGHT1
2Walter FOX2
3Sammy CHESSELL3
4Gordon BAIRD4
5Lloyd BARKE5
6Laurie BINNIE6
7Alf CALVERLEY7
8Oliver COPESTAKE8
9Eric BRYANT9
10Harry OSCROFT10
11Eric BETTS11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 1st, 1947:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1-3 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 2-0 Walsall Walsall
Bristol City Bristol City 5-0 Torquay United Torquay United
Cardiff City Cardiff City 3-1 Southend United Southend United
Exeter City Exeter City 1-3 Reading Reading
Norwich City Norwich City 0-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Swindon Town Swindon 6-1 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 1st, 1947:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Cardiff City Cardiff City 27 12 1 0 45 8 10 1 3 27 12 22 2 3 72 20 3.60 46
2 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 27 10 2 3 28 10 6 4 2 17 10 16 6 5 45 20 2.25 38
3 Bristol City Bristol City 29 9 2 3 41 13 6 5 4 32 27 15 7 7 73 40 1.83 37
4 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 28 6 4 4 21 13 5 6 3 19 19 11 10 7 40 32 1.25 32
5 Southend United Southend United 28 7 4 4 27 16 6 2 5 24 26 13 6 9 51 42 1.21 32
6 Reading Reading 28 9 2 3 45 23 3 5 6 23 29 12 7 9 68 52 1.31 31
7 Swindon Town Swindon 29 9 3 1 40 16 3 4 9 17 38 12 7 10 57 54 1.06 31
8 Exeter City Exeter City 28 7 5 2 26 17 4 2 8 20 29 11 7 10 46 46 1 29
9 Torquay United Torquay United 27 8 3 2 25 15 3 4 7 14 26 11 7 9 39 41 0.95 29
10 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 29 9 4 3 26 14 3 1 9 13 33 12 5 12 39 47 0.83 29
11 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 30 7 5 4 27 29 3 4 7 14 24 10 9 11 41 53 0.77 29
12 Port Vale Port Vale 26 9 2 2 33 17 2 4 7 11 21 11 6 9 44 38 1.16 28
13 Walsall Walsall 27 6 4 4 25 18 4 3 6 16 20 10 7 10 41 38 1.08 27
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 28 7 4 4 26 16 3 2 8 18 22 10 6 12 44 38 1.16 26
15 Watford Watford 29 9 1 5 29 18 3 1 10 15 39 12 2 15 44 57 0.77 26
16 Northampton Town Northampton Town 26 7 1 3 25 14 4 2 9 18 28 11 3 12 43 42 1.02 25
17 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 31 5 4 6 21 23 5 1 10 17 33 10 5 16 38 56 0.68 25
18 Notts County Notts County 27 7 2 4 23 13 2 3 9 18 30 9 5 13 41 43 0.95 23
19 Aldershot Aldershot 27 5 3 5 20 18 3 2 9 18 42 8 5 14 38 60 0.63 21
20 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 30 6 3 5 17 19 1 4 11 14 44 7 7 16 31 63 0.49 21
21 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 25 6 3 4 25 18 0 2 10 7 28 6 5 14 32 46 0.70 17
22 Norwich City Norwich City 30 3 2 10 26 39 2 2 11 15 41 5 4 21 41 80 0.51 14

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