Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, February 28, 1948

Swindon Town Southend United

HT: 0-0
Attendance:  14,858   Referee:  W.F. Daly


1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
PAINTER
5
ITHELL
6
WILLIAMS
7
MAGUIRE
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN
1
NASH
2
BEACH
3
LINTON
4
GOODYEAR
5
SHEARD
6
MONTGOMERY
7
TIPPETT
8
DUDLEY
9
THOMPSON
10
BENNETT
11
PRITCHARD

Lineups
1
Frank BOULTON
                 
Paddy NASH
1
2
Albert YOUNG
                 
Doug BEACH
2
3
Don EMERY
                 
Tommy LINTON
3
4
Edward PAINTER
                 
George GOODYEAR
4
5
Jimmy ITHELL
                 
Frank SHEARD
5
6
Gordon WILLIAMS
                 
Stan MONTGOMERY
6
7
Ted MAGUIRE
                 
Tommy TIPPETT
7

8
Billy LUCAS
                 
Frank DUDLEY
8

9
Maurice OWEN
                 
Cyril THOMPSON
9
10
Morris JONES
                 
Ken BENNETT
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
                 
Jack PRITCHARD
11















Results on Saturday, February 28, 1948: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, February 28, 1948:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 30 17 7 6 56 23 2.43 41 
2 Queens Park Rangers 27 17 6 4 55 25 2.20 40 
3 Walsall 29 14 7 8 52 33 1.58 35 
4 Port Vale 30 14 7 9 57 41 1.39 35 
5 Swansea Town 30 13 8 9 58 42 1.38 34 
6 Ipswich Town 28 16 2 10 48 39 1.23 34 
7 Southend United 30 12 9 9 39 46 0.85 33 
8 Bristol City 29 15 2 12 62 44 1.41 32 
9 Torquay United 28 10 11 7 50 36 1.39 31 
10 Exeter City 28 11 8 9 36 38 0.95 30 
11 Newport County 30 10 10 10 45 54 0.83 30 
12 Reading 29 11 6 12 42 44 0.95 28 
13 Swindon Town 27 7 13 7 29 27 1.07 27 
14 Notts County 27 10 6 11 41 41 1.00 26 
15 Northampton Town 27 10 6 11 36 42 0.86 26 
16 Crystal Palace 28 8 9 11 33 37 0.89 25 
17 Bristol Rovers 30 8 8 14 52 58 0.90 24 
18 Aldershot 28 6 12 10 31 38 0.82 24 
19 Watford 29 7 7 15 32 59 0.54 21 
20 Leyton Orient 31 7 7 17 34 66 0.52 21 
21 Brighton and Hove Albion 27 5 7 15 27 57 0.47 17 
22 Norwich City 28 5 6 17 34 59 0.58 16 

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