Match Centre

Saturday March 29th, 1947

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

4 - 1

4

B. Stephens (20', ??'), D. Emery (80'), G. Williams (82')

Walsall

Walsall

1

W. Walsh (??')
B. Stephens (20', ??'), D. Emery (80'), G. Williams (82')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 14,454

W. Walsh (??')
A.T. Ford
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
LLOYD
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
DENYER
8
LUCAS
9
STEPHENS
10
PATERSON
11
WILLIAMS
1
LEWIS
2
METHLEY
3
SKIDMORE
4
ROBINSON
5
NEWMAN
6
MULLARD
7
MAUND
8
WALSH
9
DARBY
10
LISHMAN
11
WILSHAW
Swindon Town
1Frank BOULTON
2Albert YOUNG
3Don EMERY
4Billy LLOYD
5Jimmy ITHELL
6Eddie PAINTER
7Bertie DENYER
8Billy LUCAS
9Bill STEPHENS
10George PATERSON
11Gordon WILLIAMS
Manager/Head Coach
Louis PAGE
Walsall
1Jack LEWIS1
2Irvin METHLEY2
3Billy SKIDMORE3
4John ROBINSON4
5Albert NEWMAN5
6Albert MULLARD6
7Jack MAUND7
8Wilf WALSH8
9Doug DARBY9
10Doug LISHMAN10
11Dennis WILSHAW11
Manager/Head Coach
Harry HIBBS

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 29th, 1947:

Aldershot Aldershot 0-0 Southend United Southend United
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1-0 Reading Reading
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 0-2 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Bristol City Bristol City 1-2 Watford Watford
Cardiff City Cardiff City 0-0 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Exeter City Exeter City 3-1 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient
Northampton Town Northampton Town 1-2 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Norwich City Norwich City 2-0 Torquay United Torquay United
Notts County Notts County 5-1 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Port Vale Port Vale 1-0 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Swindon Town Swindon 4-1 Walsall Walsall

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 29th, 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 31 13 2 0 50 8 10 2 4 27 13 23 4 4 77 21 3.67 50
2 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 32 12 2 3 36 12 7 5 3 23 17 19 7 6 59 29 2.03 45
3 Bristol City Bristol City 32 10 2 4 47 17 6 5 5 32 30 16 7 9 79 47 1.68 39
4 Swindon Town Swindon 33 11 3 1 45 17 4 5 9 25 42 15 8 10 70 59 1.19 38
5 Southend United Southend United 31 9 4 4 34 16 6 3 5 24 26 15 7 9 58 42 1.38 37
6 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 31 7 4 4 23 14 5 7 4 19 20 12 11 8 42 34 1.24 35
7 Port Vale Port Vale 31 11 3 2 37 19 3 4 8 13 23 14 7 10 50 42 1.19 35
8 Exeter City Exeter City 32 10 5 2 33 18 4 2 9 21 31 14 7 11 54 49 1.10 35
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 32 9 4 4 32 16 4 2 9 19 23 13 6 13 51 39 1.31 32
10 Reading Reading 32 9 3 4 48 28 3 5 8 25 35 12 8 12 73 63 1.16 32
11 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 35 7 4 6 26 24 6 2 10 22 37 13 6 16 48 61 0.79 32
12 Torquay United Torquay United 32 8 4 3 26 20 3 5 9 14 33 11 9 12 40 53 0.75 31
13 Walsall Walsall 30 7 4 4 28 18 4 4 7 19 26 11 8 11 47 44 1.07 30
14 Watford Watford 32 10 1 5 31 18 4 1 11 17 41 14 2 16 48 59 0.81 30
15 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 32 9 4 4 26 15 3 2 10 13 34 12 6 14 39 49 0.80 30
16 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 33 7 6 5 27 31 3 4 8 15 26 10 10 13 42 57 0.74 30
17 Northampton Town Northampton Town 30 7 2 4 30 20 4 2 11 19 34 11 4 15 49 54 0.91 26
18 Notts County Notts County 30 8 2 4 28 14 2 3 11 20 38 10 5 15 48 52 0.92 25
19 Aldershot Aldershot 31 5 6 5 20 18 3 2 10 19 46 8 8 15 39 64 0.61 24
20 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 29 8 3 4 29 20 0 3 11 8 31 8 6 15 37 51 0.73 22
21 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 33 6 4 5 21 23 1 4 13 15 54 7 8 18 36 77 0.47 22
22 Norwich City Norwich City 34 4 3 10 31 42 2 3 12 19 48 6 6 22 50 90 0.56 18

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