Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, September 13, 1947

Torquay United Swindon Town
R.Shaw (26')
HT: 1-0 M.Owen (73')
Attendance:  7,174   Referee:  W.T. Strainge


1
JOSLIN
2
HEAD
3
CALLAND
4
TOWERS
5
EVANS
6
PRYDE
7
LEWIS
8
SHAW
9
CONLEY
10
HILL
11
MERCER
1
FERGUSON
2
LLOYD
3
EMERY
4
KAYE
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
MAGUIRE
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
STEPHENS
11
WILLIAMS

Lineups
1
Phil JOSLIN
                 
Alex FERGUSON
1
2
Bert HEAD view STFC profile
                 
Billy LLOYD
2
3
Ralph CALLAND
                 
Don EMERY
3
4
Bill TOWERS
                 
Harry KAYE
4
5
Les EVANS
                 
Jimmy ITHELL
5
6
Dave PRYDE
                 
Edward PAINTER
6
7
Dennis LEWIS
                 
Ted MAGUIRE
7

8
Ron SHAW
               
Billy LUCAS
8

9
Jack CONLEY
               
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Midge HILL view STFC profile
                 
Alf STEPHENS
10
11
Dave MERCER
                 
Gordon WILLIAMS
11















Results on Saturday, September 13, 1947: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, September 13, 1947:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Queens Park Rangers 7 6 1 0 18 3 6.00 13 
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 7 5 2 0 12 4 3.00 12 
3 Walsall 7 4 1 2 16 6 2.67
4 Newport County 7 3 3 1 12 7 1.71
5 Crystal Palace 7 3 3 1 7 5 1.40
6 Ipswich Town 7 3 2 2 15 7 2.14
7 Bristol City 7 4 0 3 13 8 1.63
8 Reading 7 2 4 1 7 5 1.40
9 Port Vale 7 3 2 2 13 13 1.00
10 Bristol Rovers 7 2 3 2 12 9 1.33
11 Watford 7 3 1 3 11 11 1.00
12 Northampton Town 7 3 1 3 9 9 1.00
13 Exeter City 7 3 1 3 6 11 0.55
14 Torquay United 7 2 2 3 10 9 1.11
15 Swindon Town 7 0 6 1 6 8 0.75
16 Southend United 7 2 2 3 7 21 0.33
17 Swansea Town 7 1 3 3 9 11 0.82
18 Notts County 7 2 1 4 7 11 0.64
19 Brighton and Hove Albion 7 2 1 4 7 16 0.44
20 Aldershot 7 1 1 5 10 17 0.59
21 Leyton Orient 7 0 3 4 6 12 0.50
22 Norwich City 7 1 1 5 5 15 0.33

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