Match Centre

Saturday May 17th, 1947

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 0

2

M. Owen (??', ??')

Leyton Orient

Leyton Orient

0

M. Owen (??', ??')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 12,064

Lineups


1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
LESLIE
4
LLOYD
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
JONES
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
STEPHENS
11
WILLIAMS
1
TOLLIDAY
2
FULLBROOK
3
RITSON
4
BALLARD
5
BARTLETT
6
DAVIDSON
7
SMITH
8
HUNT
9
MORRAD
10
BACON
11
BAYNHAM

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday May 17th, 1947:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday May 17th, 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 40 17 3 0 59 11 11 3 6 30 17 28 6 6 89 28 3.18 62
2 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 41 15 2 3 40 12 8 9 4 32 25 23 11 7 72 37 1.95 57
3 Bristol City Bristol City 41 13 4 4 56 20 7 6 7 38 36 20 10 11 94 56 1.68 50
4 Swindon Town Swindon 42 15 4 2 56 25 4 7 10 28 48 19 11 12 84 73 1.15 49
5 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 40 11 4 5 32 20 5 8 7 26 30 16 12 12 58 50 1.16 44
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 41 12 4 5 43 20 5 4 11 26 32 17 8 16 69 52 1.33 42
7 Southend United Southend United 40 9 7 5 38 22 7 3 9 30 33 16 10 14 68 55 1.24 42
8 Reading Reading 40 11 5 4 52 29 5 5 10 30 43 16 10 14 82 72 1.14 42
9 Walsall Walsall 39 9 6 4 38 23 6 5 9 31 33 15 11 13 69 56 1.23 41
10 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 42 9 6 6 34 26 7 2 12 25 43 16 8 18 59 69 0.86 40
11 Torquay United Torquay United 40 10 5 5 32 23 4 7 9 18 36 14 12 14 50 59 0.85 40
12 Port Vale Port Vale 39 12 4 3 42 25 3 5 12 17 34 15 9 15 59 59 1 39
13 Exeter City Exeter City 41 11 6 4 37 27 4 3 13 22 40 15 9 17 59 67 0.88 39
14 Watford Watford 41 11 4 5 38 23 6 1 14 22 49 17 5 19 60 72 0.83 39
15 Notts County Notts County 39 10 4 4 33 15 4 6 11 28 44 14 10 15 61 59 1.03 38
16 Northampton Town Northampton Town 40 11 3 5 42 29 4 5 12 26 42 15 8 17 68 71 0.96 38
17 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 40 9 6 5 29 19 4 4 12 18 39 13 10 17 47 58 0.81 36
18 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 41 8 7 6 31 35 4 5 11 19 36 12 12 17 50 71 0.70 36
19 Aldershot Aldershot 40 6 7 8 25 26 4 3 12 20 49 10 10 20 45 75 0.60 30
20 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 38 10 5 5 38 25 0 3 15 9 44 10 8 20 47 69 0.68 28
21 Norwich City Norwich City 42 6 3 12 38 48 4 5 12 26 52 10 8 24 64 100 0.64 28
22 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 41 8 5 7 30 35 1 5 15 17 58 9 10 22 47 93 0.51 28

Match Programme