Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, January 31, 1948

Swindon Town Torquay United
M.Jones (37'), M.Owen (80')
HT: 1-1 M.Hill (20'), D.Lewis (75')
Attendance:  15,392   Referee:  W.T. Strainge


1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
KAYE
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
DRYDEN
8
PATERSON
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
MAGUIRE
1
JOSLIN
2
HEAD
3
STUTTARD
4
TOWERS
5
WHITFIELD
6
PRYDE
7
LEWIS
8
SHAW
9
CONLEY
10
HILL
11
MERCER

Lineups
1
Frank BOULTON
                 
Phil JOSLIN
1
2
Albert YOUNG
                 
view STFC profileBert HEAD
2
3
Don EMERY
                 
Ellis STUTTARD
3
4
Harry KAYE
                 
Bill TOWERS
4
5
Jimmy ITHELL
                 
Bob WHITFIELD
5
6
Edward PAINTER
                 
Dave PRYDE
6
7
Jackie DRYDEN
               
Dennis LEWIS
7

8
George PATERSON
                 
Ron SHAW
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Jack CONLEY
9
10
Morris JONES
             
view STFC profileMidge HILL
10
11
Ted MAGUIRE
                 
Dave MERCER
11















Results on Saturday, January 31, 1948: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, January 31, 1948:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Queens Park Rangers 25 17 4 4 52 22 2.36 38 
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 26 15 5 6 50 22 2.27 35 
3 Walsall 25 14 5 6 49 27 1.81 33 
4 Port Vale 26 13 6 7 54 33 1.64 32 
5 Swansea Town 27 12 7 8 55 40 1.38 31 
6 Newport County 27 10 10 7 42 41 1.02 30 
7 Bristol City 25 13 2 10 54 37 1.46 28 
8 Ipswich Town 25 13 2 10 42 37 1.14 28 
9 Exeter City 24 10 8 6 34 32 1.06 28 
10 Southend United 26 10 7 9 31 44 0.70 27 
11 Torquay United 24 8 10 6 38 31 1.23 26 
12 Swindon Town 24 7 11 6 29 26 1.12 25 
13 Reading 25 9 6 10 36 38 0.95 24 
14 Crystal Palace 26 7 9 10 27 35 0.77 23 
15 Bristol Rovers 26 7 8 11 43 46 0.93 22 
16 Aldershot 25 6 9 10 29 36 0.81 21 
17 Notts County 23 7 6 10 33 35 0.94 20 
18 Northampton Town 23 7 6 10 26 36 0.72 20 
19 Watford 25 6 6 13 30 50 0.60 18 
20 Brighton and Hove Albion 25 5 6 14 26 52 0.50 16 
21 Leyton Orient 27 5 5 17 28 64 0.44 15 
22 Norwich City 25 4 6 15 27 51 0.53 14 

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