Match Centre

Saturday August 30th, 1947

Football League Division Three (South)

Aldershot

2 - 2

2

T. Smith (7'), B. Whitehead (80')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

T. Maguire (9'), J. Bain (11')
T. Smith (7'), B. Whitehead (80')
(HT: 1-2)

Attendance: 7,033

T. Maguire (9'), J. Bain (11')
A.H. Blythe
Recreation Ground, Aldershot

Lineups


1
GAGE
2
ROGERS
3
JALES
4
SCOTT
5
ROWLAND
6
FITZGERALD
7
HASSELL
8
SEARS
9
SMITH
10
McNICHOL
11
WHITEHEAD
1
BURTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
KAYE
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
MAGUIRE
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
PATERSON
11
BAIN
Aldershot
1Larry GAGE
2Alf ROGERS
3Dick JALES
4Billy SCOTT
5Alf ROWLAND
6Alf FITZGERALD
7Tommy HASSELL
8Doug SEARS
9Ted SMITH
10Alex McNICHOL
11Billy WHITEHEAD
Manager/Head Coach
Billy McCRACKEN
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Albert YOUNG2
3Don EMERY3
4Harry KAYE4
5Jimmy ITHELL5
6Eddie PAINTER6
7Ted MAGUIRE7
8Billy LUCAS8
9Maurice OWEN9
10George PATERSON10
11Jimmy BAIN11
Manager/Head Coach
Louis PAGE

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday August 30th, 1947:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday August 30th, 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 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 3 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 6 0 3 0 0 9 1 9 6
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 5 1 5 6
3 Northampton Town Northampton Town 3 2 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 1 5 5
4 Newport County Newport County 3 2 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 2 2.50 5
5 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 4 2 2 5
6 Walsall Walsall 3 2 0 0 7 1 0 0 1 2 4 2 0 1 9 5 1.80 4
7 Swansea Town Swansea Town 3 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 3
8 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 3 1 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 1.33 3
9 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 5 4 1.25 3
10 Port Vale Port Vale 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 5 1 1 1 4 6 0.67 3
11 Southend United Southend United 3 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 6 1 1 1 4 9 0.44 3
12 Exeter City Exeter City 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 1 2 5 0.40 3
13 Bristol City Bristol City 3 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 2 7 4 1.75 2
14 Torquay United Torquay United 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 3 3 1 2
15 Notts County Notts County 3 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 4 5 0.80 2
16 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 2 1 3 5 0.60 2
17 Norwich City Norwich City 3 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 3 5 0.60 2
18 Swindon Town Swindon 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 5 0 2 1 3 5 0.60 2
19 Reading Reading 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 2 0.50 2
20 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 3 0 0 2 0 7 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 3 9 0.33 2
21 Aldershot Aldershot 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 2 5 0.40 1
22 Watford Watford 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 3 2 7 0.29 0

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