Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, September 28, 1946

Port Vale Swindon Town
M.Jones (36')
 HT: 1-0 B.Lloyd (55')
Attendance:  12,889   Referee:  T.S. Norcott


1
HEPPELL
2
PURCELL
3
CHEW
4
HALLAM
5
GRIFFITHS
6
MCGARRY
7
BYRNE
8
LYMAN
9
DAVIES
10
JONES
11
BELLIS
1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
TRIM
4
COUSINS
5
ITHELL
6
BINGHAM
7
JONES
8
LUCAS
9
STEPHENS
10
LLOYD
11
WILLIAMS

Lineups
1
George HEPPELL
                 
Frank BOULTON
1
2
Robert PURCELL
                 
Albert YOUNG
2
3
Jack CHEW
                 
Reg TRIM
3
4
Norman HALLAM
                 
Harry COUSINS
4
5
Harry GRIFFITHS
                 
Jimmy ITHELL
5
6
Bill MCGARRY  
                 
Peter BINGHAM
6
7
Billy BYRNE
                 
Eddie JONES
7

8
Colin LYMAN
                 
Billy LUCAS
8

9
Eddie DAVIES
                 
Bill STEPHENS
9
10
Morris JONES view STFC profile
             
Billy LLOYD
10
11
Alf BELLIS
                 
Gordon WILLIAMS
11















Results on Saturday, September 28, 1946: League Table
 
  Aldershot 3 - 1 Norwich City  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 0 - 4 Cardiff City  
  Bristol Rovers 0 - 3 Bristol City  
  Exeter City 4 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Ipswich Town 2 - 0 Reading  
  Leyton Orient 0 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Northampton Town 2 - 1 Notts County  
  Port Vale 1 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Queens Park Rangers 0 - 0 Torquay United  
  Southend United 1 - 1 Mansfield Town  
  Watford 0 - 2 Walsall  

Table as at Saturday, September 28, 1946:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Queens Park Rangers 8 5 3 0 12 2 6.00 13 
2 Bristol City 8 5 2 1 19 8 2.38 12 
3 Cardiff City 9 6 0 3 20 9 2.22 12 
4 Swindon Town 8 5 1 2 23 14 1.64 11 
5 Exeter City 8 5 1 2 15 10 1.50 11 
6 Crystal Palace 9 5 1 3 12 19 0.63 11 
7 Mansfield Town 8 3 4 1 12 10 1.20 10 
8 Southend United 8 3 4 1 11 11 1.00 10 
9 Reading 8 3 2 3 24 14 1.71 8 
10 Ipswich Town 7 3 2 2 14 9 1.56 8 
11 Port Vale 7 2 3 2 10 8 1.25 7 
12 Northampton Town 8 3 1 4 12 12 1.00 7 
13 Watford 8 3 1 4 12 14 0.86 7 
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 9 3 1 5 8 14 0.57 7 
15 Torquay United 7 1 4 2 7 9 0.78 6 
16 Walsall 8 2 2 4 8 11 0.73 6 
17 Aldershot 8 3 0 5 13 23 0.57 6 
18 Brighton and Hove Albion 8 2 2 4 6 12 0.50 6 
19 Bristol Rovers 8 2 1 5 12 15 0.80 5 
20 Notts County 7 2 1 4 9 13 0.69 5 
21 Leyton Orient 8 1 3 4 5 11 0.45 5 
22 Norwich City 9 1 1 7 11 27 0.41 3 

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