Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, April 2, 1949

Ipswich Town Swindon Town
B.Jennings (15'), S.Parker (16'), H.Baird (82'), G.Rumbold (89' pen)
HT: 2-0 T.Dawson (64'), M.Jones (70')
Attendance:  12,908   Referee:  H.C. Williams


1
BROWN
2
RUMBOLD
3
PARRY
4
PERRETT
5
BELL
6
BAIRD
7
BROWN
8
PARKER
9
JENNINGS
10
PARKER
11
LITTLE
1
BURTON
2
WHITE
3
YOUNG
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
FOXTON
7
LUNN
8
DAWSON
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Tom BROWN
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
George RUMBOLD
               
Alex WHITE
2
3
Ossie PARRY
                 
Albert YOUNG
3
4
George PERRETT
                 
Harry KAYE
4
5
Dave BELL
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Harry BAIRD  
               
Jack FOXTON
6
7
Jackie BROWN  
                 
Harry LUNN
7

8
Stan PARKER
             
Tom DAWSON
8

9
Bill JENNINGS
               
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Tommy PARKER
               
Morris JONES
10
11
Jackie LITTLE
                 
Jimmy BAIN
11















Results on Saturday, April 2, 1949: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, April 2, 1949:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Swansea Town 34 21 7 6 73 29 2.52 49 
2 Reading 33 20 2 11 63 42 1.50 42 
3 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 35 18 6 11 56 39 1.44 42 
4 Bristol Rovers 35 17 8 10 48 41 1.17 42 
5 Brighton and Hove Albion 35 13 15 7 44 43 1.02 41 
6 Notts County 35 18 4 13 94 54 1.74 40 
7 Ipswich Town 34 17 6 11 68 59 1.15 40 
8 Swindon Town 34 15 10 9 54 51 1.06 40 
9 Norwich City 35 15 9 11 61 39 1.56 39 
10 Millwall 35 14 9 12 54 53 1.02 37 
11 Walsall 33 14 7 12 50 49 1.02 35 
12 Torquay United 35 12 10 13 48 65 0.74 34 
13 Port Vale 35 11 9 15 40 44 0.91 31 
14 Exeter City 34 11 9 14 47 65 0.72 31 
15 Newport County 32 11 8 13 58 74 0.78 30 
16 Leyton Orient 34 10 8 16 49 64 0.77 28 
17 Bristol City 33 9 10 14 34 51 0.67 28 
18 Northampton Town 35 10 7 18 46 53 0.87 27 
19 Aldershot 33 8 9 16 36 47 0.77 25 
20 Watford 35 6 13 16 32 49 0.65 25 
21 Southend United 33 5 14 14 27 37 0.73 24 
22 Crystal Palace 35 6 10 19 31 65 0.48 22 

Key: Promotion Re-election