Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, January 4, 1947

Aldershot Swindon Town
O.Hold (3'), T.Hassell (35')
HT: 2-0
Attendance:  4,796   Referee:  G.V. Searle


1
GAGE
2
ROGERS
3
SHEPPARD
4
FITZGERALD
5
ROWLAND
6
BRINTON
7
HOBBS
8
WHITE
9
HOLD
10
GRIFFITHS
11
HASSELL
1
BOULTON
2
LLOYD
3
EMERY
4
COUSINS
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
JONES
8
LUCAS
9
STEPHENS
10
PATERSON
11
WILLIAMS

Lineups
1
Larry GAGE
                 
Frank BOULTON
1
2
Alf ROGERS
                 
Billy LLOYD
2
3
Hedley SHEPPARD
                 
Don EMERY
3
4
Alf FITZGERALD
                 
Harry COUSINS
4
5
Alf ROWLAND
                 
Jimmy ITHELL
5
6
Ernie BRINTON
                 
Edward PAINTER
6
7
Ronnie HOBBS
                 
Eddie JONES
7

8
Jack WHITE
                 
Billy LUCAS
8

9
Oscar HOLD
               
Bill STEPHENS
9
10
Steve GRIFFITHS
                 
George PATERSON
10
11
Tommy HASSELL
               
Gordon WILLIAMS
11















Results on Saturday, January 4, 1947: League Table

 
  Aldershot 2 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 1 Bristol City  
  Bristol Rovers 2 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Exeter City 1 - 1 Port Vale  
  Leyton Orient 3 - 1 Watford  
  Mansfield Town 1 - 0 Torquay United  
  Northampton Town 2 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Norwich City 0 - 1 Ipswich Town  
  Notts County 1 - 1 Cardiff City  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 0 Walsall  
  Southend United 0 - 2 Reading  

Table as at Saturday, January 4, 1947:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Cardiff City 22 17 2 3 55 17 3.24 36 
2 Queens Park Rangers 22 14 6 2 39 13 3.00 34 
3 Bristol City 22 12 5 5 57 33 1.73 29 
4 Southend United 22 11 6 5 43 32 1.34 28 
5 Reading 22 10 6 6 59 40 1.48 26 
6 Exeter City 22 10 5 7 38 35 1.09 25 
7 Ipswich Town 22 8 8 6 32 26 1.23 24 
8 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 23 10 3 10 38 29 1.31 23 
9 Walsall 22 8 7 7 33 28 1.18 23 
10 Swindon Town 22 9 5 8 40 43 0.93 23 
11 Port Vale 22 8 6 8 35 33 1.06 22 
12 Torquay United 21 8 6 7 32 34 0.94 22 
13 Northampton Town 22 9 3 10 37 35 1.06 21 
14 Mansfield Town 24 7 7 10 28 45 0.62 21 
15 Watford 23 9 2 12 36 44 0.82 20 
16 Crystal Palace 23 8 4 11 31 42 0.74 20 
17 Brighton and Hove Albion 23 7 6 10 29 42 0.69 20 
18 Notts County 22 7 3 12 33 37 0.89 17 
19 Aldershot 22 7 3 12 32 52 0.62 17 
20 Bristol Rovers 23 4 5 14 23 45 0.51 13 
21 Leyton Orient 19 4 4 11 21 35 0.60 12 
22 Norwich City 23 5 2 16 33 64 0.52 12 

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