Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, December 17, 1949

Reading Swindon Town
B.Allen 2, M.Edelston 2
 J.Simner 2, M.Jones
Attendance:  16,078    



Lineups
1
John MCBRIDE
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Ron MOYSE
                 
Alex WHITE
2
3
Stan WICKS
                 
Albert YOUNG
3
4
Les HENLEY
                 
Edward PAINTER
4
5
Gordon BRICE
                 
Jimmy ITHELL
5
6
Fred REEVE
                 
Harry KAYE
6
7
Freddie FISHER
                 
Harry LUNN
7

8
Maurice EDELSTON
               
Tom DAWSON
8

9
Ronnie BLACKMAN
                 
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Bryn ALLEN  
             
Morris JONES
10
11
Bill AMOR
               
Joe SIMNER
11













Results on Saturday, December 17, 1949: League Table
 
  AFC Bournemouth 4 - 0 Ipswich Town  
  Aldershot 1 - 0 Walsall  
  Bristol Rovers 2 - 1 Port Vale  
  Crystal Palace 5 - 3 Exeter City  
  Northampton Town 4 - 2 Bristol City  
  Norwich City 4 - 0 Newport County  
  Nottingham Forest 0 - 1 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Reading 4 - 3 Swindon Town  
  Southend United 2 - 0 Notts County  
  Torquay United 1 - 0 Millwall  
  Watford 2 - 1 Leyton Orient  

Table as at Saturday, December 17, 1949:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Notts County 19 13 4 2 46 18 2.56 30 
2 Northampton Town 20 11 4 5 39 26 1.50 26 
3 Norwich City 20 11 3 6 40 26 1.54 25 
4 AFC Bournemouth 21 10 5 6 32 28 1.14 25 
5 Torquay United 20 11 3 6 32 30 1.07 25 
6 Reading 21 10 4 7 42 33 1.27 24 
7 Nottingham Forest 20 10 3 7 30 17 1.76 23 
8 Southend United 18 9 5 4 29 17 1.71 23 
9 Watford 20 8 7 5 20 15 1.33 23 
10 Port Vale 19 8 5 6 21 13 1.62 21 
11 Walsall 19 7 5 7 33 22 1.50 19 
12 Bristol City 20 8 3 9 29 32 0.91 19 
13 Brighton and Hove Albion 20 7 5 8 29 39 0.74 19 
14 Crystal Palace 19 6 4 9 22 30 0.73 16 
15 Bristol Rovers 19 7 2 10 18 28 0.64 16 
16 Newport County 20 6 4 10 33 52 0.63 16 
17 Swindon Town 19 5 5 9 30 29 1.03 15 
18 Aldershot 19 6 3 10 18 25 0.72 15 
19 Leyton Orient 19 4 6 9 25 41 0.61 14 
20 Millwall 20 6 1 13 27 36 0.75 13 
21 Ipswich Town 19 3 6 10 24 38 0.63 12 
22 Exeter City 19 4 3 12 26 50 0.52 11 

Key: Promotion places Re-election