Match Centre

Friday December 26th, 1947

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

3 - 2

3

B. Lucas (42'), M. Owen (58'), M. Jones (??')

Norwich City

Norwich City

2

L. Eyre (28', 59')
B. Lucas (42'), M. Owen (58'), M. Jones (??')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 19,021

L. Eyre (28', 59')
A. Devine

Lineups


1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
KAYE
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
DRYDEN
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN
1
NETHERCOTT
2
MANSFIELD
3
MORGAN
4
KINSEY
5
LOW
6
TOBIN
7
CHURCH
8
DUTTON
9
HOLD
10
EYRE
11
JONES

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Friday December 26th, 1947:

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 0-2 Torquay United Torquay United
Exeter City Exeter City 3-1 Bristol City Bristol City
Notts County Notts County 5-1 Swansea Town Swansea Town
Reading Reading 6-2 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient
Southend United Southend United 0-2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Swindon Town Swindon 3-2 Norwich City Norwich City
Watford Watford 0-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Friday December 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 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 22 10 0 1 23 8 5 3 3 19 11 15 3 4 42 19 2.21 33
2 Swansea Town Swansea Town 23 9 2 0 30 8 2 4 6 15 23 11 6 6 45 31 1.45 28
3 Walsall Walsall 20 8 2 2 28 9 4 1 3 13 10 12 3 5 41 19 2.16 27
4 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 21 7 3 0 25 5 4 2 5 12 15 11 5 5 37 20 1.85 27
5 Newport County Newport County 21 6 5 1 23 12 2 3 4 8 14 8 8 5 31 26 1.19 24
6 Exeter City Exeter City 20 7 3 0 17 5 2 3 5 8 18 9 6 5 25 23 1.09 24
7 Bristol City Bristol City 20 7 0 2 30 7 4 1 6 17 19 11 1 8 47 26 1.81 23
8 Port Vale Port Vale 20 7 3 0 30 9 2 1 7 9 19 9 4 7 39 28 1.39 22
9 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 19 7 1 1 18 2 3 1 6 15 23 10 2 7 33 25 1.32 22
10 Torquay United Torquay United 19 4 4 1 18 9 3 4 3 12 14 7 8 4 30 23 1.30 22
11 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 21 7 2 1 14 5 0 5 6 5 16 7 7 7 19 21 0.90 21
12 Southend United Southend United 21 7 3 1 18 9 1 2 7 7 30 8 5 8 25 39 0.64 21
13 Swindon Town Swindon 20 2 6 2 10 10 4 2 4 13 11 6 8 6 23 21 1.10 20
14 Reading Reading 20 6 2 3 22 17 1 3 5 4 9 7 5 8 26 26 1 19
15 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 22 3 3 6 18 20 2 5 3 17 17 5 8 9 35 37 0.95 18
16 Notts County Notts County 19 5 3 2 18 11 1 2 6 8 19 6 5 8 26 30 0.87 17
17 Aldershot Aldershot 19 1 5 2 8 12 4 2 5 16 18 5 7 7 24 30 0.80 17
18 Northampton Town Northampton Town 19 4 2 2 11 7 2 3 6 11 22 6 5 8 22 29 0.76 17
19 Watford Watford 19 3 2 5 17 17 3 1 5 7 19 6 3 10 24 36 0.67 15
20 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 21 3 2 6 12 21 0 2 8 7 31 3 4 14 19 52 0.37 10
21 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 20 2 1 7 6 19 1 3 6 8 23 3 4 13 14 42 0.33 10
22 Norwich City Norwich City 20 3 1 5 11 17 0 2 9 8 26 3 3 14 19 43 0.44 9

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