Match Centre

Saturday April 5th, 1947

Football League Division Three (South)

Watford

1 - 1

1

T. Harris (42')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

B. Lucas (70')
T. Harris (42')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 9,935

B. Lucas (70')
G. Reader

Lineups


1
RIGG
2
MORGAN
3
MALPASS
4
ROSS
5
FARNEN
6
HARPER
7
DAVIES
8
CHASE
9
BECKETT
10
EVANS
11
HARRIS
1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
LLOYD
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
JONES
8
LUCAS
9
STEPHENS
10
PATERSON
11
WILLIAMS

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 5th, 1947:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 5th, 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 33 13 2 0 50 8 10 3 5 28 15 23 5 5 78 23 3.39 51
2 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 34 14 2 3 39 12 7 5 3 23 17 21 7 6 62 29 2.14 49
3 Bristol City Bristol City 34 11 2 4 49 18 6 5 6 34 33 17 7 10 83 51 1.63 41
4 Swindon Town Swindon 35 11 3 1 45 17 4 6 10 28 48 15 9 11 73 65 1.12 39
5 Southend United Southend United 33 9 5 4 34 16 6 3 6 24 27 15 8 10 58 43 1.35 38
6 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 33 8 4 4 26 16 5 7 5 22 24 13 11 9 48 40 1.20 37
7 Exeter City Exeter City 34 10 5 2 33 18 4 3 10 21 33 14 8 12 54 51 1.06 36
8 Reading Reading 34 9 4 4 48 28 4 5 8 28 36 13 9 12 76 64 1.19 35
9 Port Vale Port Vale 33 11 3 3 38 22 3 4 9 16 28 14 7 12 54 50 1.08 35
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 34 10 4 4 37 18 4 2 10 19 26 14 6 14 56 44 1.27 34
11 Walsall Walsall 32 8 4 4 31 18 4 5 7 20 27 12 9 11 51 45 1.13 33
12 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 37 7 5 6 26 24 6 2 11 22 40 13 7 17 48 64 0.75 33
13 Watford Watford 34 10 3 5 35 22 4 1 11 17 41 14 4 16 52 63 0.83 32
14 Torquay United Torquay United 34 8 4 4 27 22 3 6 9 17 36 11 10 13 44 58 0.76 32
15 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 35 7 7 5 29 33 3 5 8 15 26 10 12 13 44 59 0.75 32
16 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 34 9 5 5 27 17 3 2 10 13 34 12 7 15 40 51 0.78 31
17 Notts County Notts County 32 8 3 4 28 14 3 3 11 22 39 11 6 15 50 53 0.94 28
18 Northampton Town Northampton Town 32 7 2 4 30 20 4 3 12 23 39 11 5 16 53 59 0.90 27
19 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 31 10 3 4 37 23 0 3 11 8 31 10 6 15 45 54 0.83 26
20 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 35 8 4 5 28 28 1 4 13 15 54 9 8 18 43 82 0.52 26
21 Aldershot Aldershot 33 5 6 6 21 21 3 3 10 19 46 8 9 16 40 67 0.60 25
22 Norwich City Norwich City 36 4 3 10 31 42 4 3 12 23 49 8 6 22 54 91 0.59 22

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