Football League Division Three (South)
Friday, April 4, 1947

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Swindon Town
J.McDonald (??', ??'), C.Burke (??', ??'), F.Rowell (??')
 HT: 2-1 B.Stephens (6'), B.Lucas (90')
Attendance:  13,333    


1
BIRD
2
MARSDEN
3
SANAGHAN
4
TAGG
5
WILSON
6
WOODWARD
7
DICKIE
8
GRAY
9
BURKE
10
ROWELL
11
MCDONALD
1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
LLOYD
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
DENYER
8
LUCAS
9
STEPHENS
10
PATERSON
11
WILLIAMS

Lineups
1
Ken BIRD
                 
Frank BOULTON
1
2
Fred MARSDEN
                 
Albert YOUNG
2
3
Joe SANAGHAN
                 
Don EMERY
3
4
Ernie TAGG
                 
Billy LLOYD
4
5
Fred WILSON
                 
Jimmy ITHELL
5
6
Dai WOODWARD
                 
Edward PAINTER
6
7
Murdoch DICKIE
                 
Bertie DENYER
7

8
Harry GRAY
               
Billy LUCAS
8

9
Charlie BURKE
             
Bill STEPHENS
9
10
Fred ROWELL
               
George PATERSON
10
11
Jack MCDONALD
               
Gordon WILLIAMS
11













Results on Friday, April 4, 1947: League Table
 
  Aldershot 1 - 3 Reading  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 5 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 2 - 2 Northampton Town  
  Bristol City 2 - 1 Cardiff City  
  Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Walsall  
  Leyton Orient 3 - 0 Bristol Rovers  
  Mansfield Town 4 - 3 Ipswich Town  
  Notts County 0 - 0 Exeter City  
  Port Vale 1 - 3 Norwich City  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 0 Southend United  
  Watford 3 - 3 Torquay United  

Table as at Friday, April 4, 1947:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Cardiff City 32 23 4 5 78 23 3.39 50 
2 Queens Park Rangers 33 20 7 6 60 29 2.07 47 
3 Bristol City 33 17 7 9 81 48 1.69 41 
4 Swindon Town 34 15 8 11 72 64 1.13 38 
5 Southend United 32 15 7 10 58 43 1.35 37 
6 Exeter City 33 14 8 11 54 49 1.10 36 
7 Ipswich Town 32 12 11 9 45 38 1.18 35 
8 Port Vale 32 14 7 11 51 45 1.13 35 
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 33 14 6 13 56 41 1.37 34 
10 Reading 33 13 8 12 76 64 1.19 34 
11 Torquay United 33 11 10 12 43 56 0.77 32 
12 Bristol Rovers 36 13 6 17 48 64 0.75 32 
13 Walsall 31 11 9 11 48 45 1.07 31 
14 Watford 33 14 3 16 51 62 0.82 31 
15 Crystal Palace 33 12 7 14 40 50 0.80 31 
16 Brighton and Hove Albion 34 10 11 13 44 59 0.75 31 
17 Northampton Town 31 11 5 15 51 56 0.91 27 
18 Notts County 31 10 6 15 48 52 0.92 26 
19 Leyton Orient 30 9 6 15 40 51 0.78 24 
20 Aldershot 32 8 8 16 40 67 0.60 24 
21 Mansfield Town 34 8 8 18 40 80 0.50 24 
22 Norwich City 35 7 6 22 53 91 0.58 20 

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