Match Centre

Saturday April 26th, 1947

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

3 - 2

3

M. Owen (35'), B. Stephens (46'), B. Lucas (75')

Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers

2

C. Hatton (10'), F. Durrant (??')
M. Owen (35'), B. Stephens (46'), B. Lucas (75')
(HT: 1-2)

Attendance: 20,884

C. Hatton (10'), F. Durrant (??')
G.H. Hann
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
LLOYD
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
STEPHENS
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
STEPHENS
11
WILLIAMS
1
ALLEN
2
DUDLEY
3
JEFFERSON
4
SMITH
5
POWELL
6
CHAPMAN
7
McEWAN
8
PARKINSON
9
DURRANT
10
HATTON
11
BOXSHALL
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2Albert YOUNG
3Don EMERY
4Billy LLOYD
5Jimmy ITHELL
6Eddie PAINTER
7Bill STEPHENS
8Billy LUCAS
9Maurice OWEN
10Alf STEPHENS
11Gordon WILLIAMS
Manager/Head Coach
Louis PAGE
Queens Park Rangers
1Reg ALLEN1
2Reg DUDLEY2
3Arthur JEFFERSON3
4Albert SMITH4
5Ivor POWELL5
6Reg CHAPMAN6
7Billy McEWAN7
8Alf PARKINSON8
9Fred DURRANT9
10Cyril HATTON10
11Danny BOXSHALL11
Manager/Head Coach
Dave MANGNALL

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 26th, 1947:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 26th, 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 37 15 3 0 57 11 10 3 6 28 17 25 6 6 85 28 3.04 56
2 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 38 15 2 3 40 12 8 6 4 30 23 23 8 7 70 35 2 54
3 Bristol City Bristol City 38 13 2 4 54 18 6 6 7 35 35 19 8 11 89 53 1.68 46
4 Swindon Town Swindon 39 13 3 2 51 23 4 7 10 28 48 17 10 12 79 71 1.11 44
5 Southend United Southend United 37 9 6 5 36 20 7 3 7 29 30 16 9 12 65 50 1.30 41
6 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 37 10 4 4 30 18 5 7 7 25 29 15 11 11 55 47 1.17 41
7 Reading Reading 38 10 5 4 50 29 5 5 9 30 40 15 10 13 80 69 1.16 40
8 Port Vale Port Vale 37 12 4 3 42 25 3 5 10 17 32 15 9 13 59 57 1.04 39
9 Exeter City Exeter City 38 11 6 3 37 25 4 3 11 21 34 15 9 14 58 59 0.98 39
10 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 41 9 5 6 33 25 7 2 12 25 43 16 7 18 58 68 0.85 39
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 38 11 4 5 39 19 5 2 11 23 29 16 6 16 62 48 1.29 38
12 Walsall Walsall 37 8 6 4 36 23 5 5 9 29 33 13 11 13 65 56 1.16 37
13 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 38 9 6 5 29 19 4 4 10 18 37 13 10 15 47 56 0.84 36
14 Watford Watford 38 11 3 5 37 22 5 1 13 20 47 16 4 18 57 69 0.83 36
15 Torquay United Torquay United 37 9 4 5 29 23 3 7 9 17 36 12 11 14 46 59 0.78 35
16 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 38 7 7 6 30 35 4 5 9 19 32 11 12 15 49 67 0.73 34
17 Notts County Notts County 36 9 4 4 31 15 3 5 11 25 42 12 9 15 56 57 0.98 33
18 Northampton Town Northampton Town 37 9 3 5 40 29 4 4 12 25 41 13 7 17 65 70 0.93 33
19 Aldershot Aldershot 37 5 7 7 22 24 4 3 11 20 47 9 10 18 42 71 0.59 28
20 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 35 10 4 4 37 23 0 3 14 9 42 10 7 18 46 65 0.71 27
21 Norwich City Norwich City 40 6 3 11 38 46 4 4 12 25 51 10 7 23 63 97 0.65 27
22 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 39 8 4 6 28 31 1 5 15 17 58 9 9 21 45 89 0.51 27

Match Programme