Match Centre

Saturday April 3rd, 1948

Football League Division Three (South)

Bristol City

2 - 2

2

A. White (40'), L. Townsend (??' pen)

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

M. Owen (5', 80')
A. White (40'), L. Townsend (??' pen)
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 16,859

M. Owen (5', 80')
C.J. Wakley
Ashton Gate, Bristol

Lineups


1
CLACK
2
STONE
3
BAILEY
4
MORGAN
5
ROBERTS
6
KEARNEY
7
WILLIAMS
8
WHITE
9
TOWNSEND
10
WILLIAMS
11
FOX
1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
LLOYD
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
MAGUIRE
8
PATERSON
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN
Bristol City
1Frank CLACK
2Fred STONE
3Jack BAILEY
4Cliff MORGAN
5Dennis ROBERTS
6Syd KEARNEY
7Sid WILLIAMS
8Arnie WHITE
9Len TOWNSEND
10Cyril WILLIAMS
11Ray FOX
Swindon Town
1Frank BOULTON1
2Albert YOUNG2
3Don EMERY3
4Billy LLOYD4
5Jimmy ITHELL5
6Eddie PAINTER6
7Ted MAGUIRE7
8George PATERSON8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Morris JONES10
11Jimmy BAIN11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 3rd, 1948:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 3rd, 1948:

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. 34 15 2 1 42 15 8 4 4 24 13 23 6 5 66 28 2.36 52
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 36 12 5 1 39 9 8 4 6 23 18 20 9 7 62 27 2.30 49
3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 35 14 1 3 35 12 6 2 9 21 35 20 3 12 56 47 1.19 43
4 Swansea Town Swansea Town 37 14 5 0 48 13 2 5 11 19 37 16 10 11 67 50 1.34 42
5 Walsall Walsall 36 11 5 3 35 12 5 4 8 21 25 16 9 11 56 37 1.51 41
6 Southend United Southend United 37 11 6 2 30 14 4 4 10 17 38 15 10 12 47 52 0.90 40
7 Port Vale Port Vale 37 14 3 2 47 16 2 4 12 15 36 16 7 14 62 52 1.19 39
8 Newport County Newport County 37 8 7 3 33 24 5 5 9 23 41 13 12 12 56 65 0.86 38
9 Bristol City Bristol City 36 10 3 5 42 21 6 2 10 26 32 16 5 15 68 53 1.28 37
10 Notts County Notts County 34 11 3 3 36 21 4 4 9 17 28 15 7 12 53 49 1.08 37
11 Exeter City Exeter City 35 10 5 2 31 13 4 4 10 17 34 14 9 12 48 47 1.02 37
12 Northampton Town Northampton Town 35 9 4 4 27 18 4 5 9 20 36 13 9 13 47 54 0.87 35
13 Reading Reading 36 9 3 6 35 28 4 5 9 15 26 13 8 15 50 54 0.93 34
14 Torquay United Torquay United 35 6 6 6 34 22 4 7 6 22 25 10 13 12 56 47 1.19 33
15 Swindon Town Swindon 35 5 9 3 17 13 4 6 8 19 21 9 15 11 36 34 1.06 33
16 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 36 9 4 4 24 12 1 7 11 17 33 10 11 15 41 45 0.91 31
17 Watford Watford 36 5 5 8 25 31 6 3 9 16 35 11 8 17 41 66 0.62 30
18 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 38 7 4 8 27 31 3 5 11 17 40 10 9 19 44 71 0.62 29
19 Aldershot Aldershot 35 4 8 5 18 20 4 4 10 19 37 8 12 15 37 57 0.65 28
20 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 34 6 4 7 20 25 3 5 9 15 36 9 9 16 35 61 0.57 27
21 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 37 5 3 10 34 32 4 5 10 27 41 9 8 20 61 73 0.84 26
22 Norwich City Norwich City 35 6 3 8 26 29 3 4 11 21 38 9 7 19 47 67 0.70 25

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