Match Centre

Saturday January 1st, 1949

Football League Division Three (South)

Southend United

3 - 4

3

F. Morris (21'), T. Tippett (24'), F. Dudley (26')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

4

M. Owen (4', 50'), M. Jones (12'), J. Bain (41')
F. Morris (21'), T. Tippett (24'), F. Dudley (26')
(HT: 3-3)

Attendance: 6,763

M. Owen (4', 50'), M. Jones (12'), J. Bain (41')
A.C. Williams
Southend Stadium, Southend-on-Sea

Lineups


1
HANKEY
2
LINDSAY
3
LINTON
4
FRENCH
5
SHEARD
6
PRITCHARD
7
GRANT
8
McALINDEN
9
DUDLEY
10
MORRIS
11
TIPPETT
1
BURTON
2
WHITE
3
YOUNG
4
COWIE
5
ITHELL
6
FOXTON
7
LUNN
8
DAWSON
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN
Southend United
1Ted HANKEY
2David LINDSAY
3Tommy LINTON
4Jackie FRENCH
5Frank SHEARD
6Jack PRITCHARD
7Cyril GRANT
8Jimmy McALINDEN
9Frank DUDLEY
10Freddie MORRIS
11Tommy TIPPETT
Manager/Head Coach
Harry WARREN
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Alex WHITE2
3Albert YOUNG3
4Andy COWIE4
5Jimmy ITHELL5
6Jack FOXTON6
7Harry LUNN7
8Tommy DAWSON8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Morris JONES10
11Jimmy BAIN11
Manager/Head Coach
Louis PAGE

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday January 1st, 1949:

Aldershot Aldershot 0-1 Port Vale Port Vale
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 3-1 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 3-2 Notts County Notts County
Millwall Millwall 1-0 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Newport County Newport County 3-0 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Northampton Town Northampton Town 3-1 Bristol City Bristol City
Norwich City Norwich City 3-0 Exeter City Exeter City
Reading Reading 3-1 Watford Watford
Southend United Southend United 3-4 Swindon Town Swindon
Swansea Town Swansea Town 2-0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Torquay United Torquay United 5-1 Walsall Walsall

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday January 1st, 1949:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Swansea Town Swansea Town 23 12 0 0 35 3 4 4 3 16 12 16 4 3 51 15 3.40 36
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 23 8 3 1 19 11 3 6 2 11 10 11 9 3 30 21 1.43 31
3 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 25 10 1 2 28 8 3 4 5 10 20 13 5 7 38 28 1.36 31
4 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 24 9 1 2 26 14 4 2 6 11 18 13 3 8 37 32 1.16 29
5 Swindon Town Swindon 25 8 3 1 25 12 4 2 7 15 29 12 5 8 40 41 0.98 29
6 Millwall Millwall 25 8 3 1 30 14 2 4 7 13 25 10 7 8 43 39 1.10 27
7 Notts County Notts County 24 9 1 1 42 8 2 2 9 23 33 11 3 10 65 41 1.59 25
8 Norwich City Norwich City 23 9 2 2 27 7 1 3 6 13 22 10 5 8 40 29 1.38 25
9 Port Vale Port Vale 22 6 1 4 15 8 3 3 5 12 15 9 4 9 27 23 1.17 22
10 Reading Reading 21 8 0 3 28 15 2 2 6 10 20 10 2 9 38 35 1.09 22
11 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 22 6 1 3 24 15 3 3 6 19 30 9 4 9 43 45 0.96 22
12 Bristol City Bristol City 22 7 3 1 18 7 1 3 7 7 20 8 6 8 25 27 0.93 22
13 Torquay United Torquay United 23 5 3 3 20 18 3 3 6 12 29 8 6 9 32 47 0.68 22
14 Walsall Walsall 22 5 3 2 20 13 4 0 8 14 24 9 3 10 34 37 0.92 21
15 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 23 6 2 4 26 20 1 5 5 11 21 7 7 9 37 41 0.90 21
16 Newport County Newport County 23 5 4 2 29 17 2 1 9 17 36 7 5 11 46 53 0.87 19
17 Northampton Town Northampton Town 23 5 5 3 20 13 2 0 8 10 22 7 5 11 30 35 0.86 19
18 Exeter City Exeter City 23 6 3 2 24 15 1 2 9 6 35 7 5 11 30 50 0.60 19
19 Watford Watford 23 3 7 2 16 12 1 3 7 9 20 4 10 9 25 32 0.78 18
20 Aldershot Aldershot 23 3 2 6 14 14 3 3 6 14 20 6 5 12 28 34 0.82 17
21 Southend United Southend United 22 2 6 4 10 12 2 3 5 11 14 4 9 9 21 26 0.81 17
22 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 22 2 5 3 10 12 1 1 10 4 31 3 6 13 14 43 0.33 12

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