Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, April 10, 1948

Swindon Town Reading
M.Owen (61')
 HT: 0-0 G.Green (??')
Attendance:  15,876   Referee:  G.S. Blackhall


1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
PAINTER
5
ITHELL
6
WILLIAMS
7
MAGUIRE
8
PATERSON
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN
1
MCBRIDE
2
GOLDBERG
3
GULLIVER
4
GREEN
5
BRICE
6
GLIDDEN
7
FISHER
8
BARNEY
9
BLACKMAN
10
DIX
11
AMOR

Lineups
1
Frank BOULTON
                 
John MCBRIDE
1
2
Albert YOUNG
                 
Les GOLDBERG
2
3
Don EMERY
                 
view STFC profileJeff GULLIVER
3
4
Edward PAINTER
               
George GREEN
4
5
Jimmy ITHELL
                 
Gordon BRICE
5
6
Gordon WILLIAMS
                 
Gilbert GLIDDEN
6
7
Ted MAGUIRE
                 
Freddie FISHER
7

8
George PATERSON
                 
Vic BARNEY
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Ronnie BLACKMAN
9
10
Morris JONES
                 
  Ronnie DIX
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
                 
Bill AMOR
11















Results on Saturday, April 10, 1948: League Table
 
  Aldershot 0 - 3 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 3 - 0 Newport County  
  Bristol Rovers 2 - 0 Notts County  
  Crystal Palace 2 - 1 Ipswich Town  
  Northampton Town 0 - 1 Swansea Town  
  Norwich City 1 - 0 Southend United  
  Port Vale 0 - 1 Walsall  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 2 Leyton Orient  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Reading  
  Torquay United 2 - 3 Bristol City  
  Watford 3 - 1 Exeter City  

Table as at Saturday, April 10, 1948:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Queens Park Rangers 36 23 7 6 68 31 2.19 53 
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 37 21 9 7 65 27 2.41 51 
3 Swansea Town 38 17 10 11 68 50 1.36 44 
4 Walsall 37 17 9 11 57 37 1.54 43 
5 Ipswich Town 36 20 3 13 57 49 1.16 43 
6 Port Vale 39 16 8 15 62 53 1.17 40 
7 Southend United 39 15 10 14 47 54 0.87 40 
8 Newport County 39 14 12 13 58 68 0.85 40 
9 Bristol City 38 17 5 16 71 59 1.20 39 
10 Notts County 36 16 7 13 56 52 1.08 39 
11 Exeter City 37 14 10 13 49 50 0.98 38 
12 Northampton Town 37 13 10 14 48 56 0.86 36 
13 Crystal Palace 38 12 11 15 47 46 1.02 35 
14 Reading 37 13 9 15 51 55 0.93 35 
15 Swindon Town 37 9 16 12 37 37 1.00 34 
16 Torquay United 36 10 13 13 58 50 1.16 33 
17 Watford 38 12 8 18 45 70 0.64 32 
18 Leyton Orient 39 11 9 19 46 72 0.64 31 
19 Brighton and Hove Albion 36 11 9 16 39 61 0.64 31 
20 Aldershot 37 8 13 16 39 62 0.63 29 
21 Bristol Rovers 38 10 8 20 63 73 0.86 28 
22 Norwich City 37 10 8 19 50 69 0.72 28 

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