Football League Division Three (South)
Friday, April 15, 1949

Leyton Orient Swindon Town
F.Neary (66' pen)
HT: 0-0 A.Cowie (60')
Attendance:  12,304   Referee:  J.M. Wiltshire


1
GERULA
2
BANNER
3
DAVIDSON
4
BACON
5
ROONEY
6
STROUD
7
NEARY
8
CONNELLY
9
PULLEN
10
NAYLOR
11
MCGEACHY
1
BOULTON
2
LLOYD
3
YOUNG
4
COWIE
5
HUDSON
6
KAYE
7
LUNN
8
DAWSON
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Stan GERULA
                 
Frank BOULTON
1
2
Arthur BANNER
                 
Billy LLOYD
2
3
Dave DAVIDSON
                 
Albert YOUNG
3
4
Cyril BACON
               
Andy COWIE
4
5
Bob ROONEY
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Billy STROUD
                 
Harry KAYE
6
7
Frank NEARY
               
Harry LUNN
7

8
Eddie CONNELLY
                 
Tom DAWSON
8

9
Wally PULLEN
                 
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Bill NAYLOR
                 
Morris JONES
10
11
Joe MCGEACHY
                 
Jimmy BAIN
11













Results on Friday, April 15, 1949: League Table

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

Table as at Friday, April 15, 1949:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Swansea Town 36 23 7 6 79 31 2.55 53 
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 37 19 7 11 60 42 1.43 45 
3 Reading 36 21 3 12 67 48 1.40 45 
4 Bristol Rovers 37 18 8 11 53 44 1.20 44 
5 Brighton and Hove Albion 37 14 16 7 46 44 1.05 44 
6 Swindon Town 37 15 13 9 58 55 1.05 43 
7 Ipswich Town 37 17 8 12 70 63 1.11 42 
8 Millwall 37 16 9 12 58 55 1.05 41 
9 Notts County 37 18 4 15 95 57 1.67 40 
10 Norwich City 37 15 9 13 63 45 1.40 39 
11 Torquay United 36 13 10 13 51 66 0.77 36 
12 Port Vale 37 13 9 15 45 46 0.98 35 
13 Walsall 36 14 7 15 51 55 0.93 35 
14 Exeter City 36 12 9 15 51 68 0.75 33 
15 Newport County 35 12 8 15 61 81 0.75 32 
16 Bristol City 36 10 11 15 39 56 0.70 31 
17 Leyton Orient 36 10 10 16 51 66 0.77 30 
18 Aldershot 36 10 9 17 43 51 0.84 29 
19 Northampton Town 37 10 8 19 46 54 0.85 28 
20 Watford 37 7 14 16 35 50 0.70 28 
21 Southend United 36 6 15 15 30 39 0.77 27 
22 Crystal Palace 36 6 10 20 32 68 0.47 22 

Key: Promotion Re-election