Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, October 15, 1949

Crystal Palace Swindon Town
J.Thomas (35', 50')
 HT: 1-2 J.Simner (20'), M.Jones (27' pen)
Attendance:  15,656   Referee:  R.J. Burgess


1
GRAHAM
2
GEORGE
3
EDWARDS
4
LEWIS
5
WATSON
6
CHILVERS
7
BROUGHTON
8
MULHERON
9
ROOKE
10
THOMAS
11
HANLON
1
BOULTON
2
COWIE
3
YOUNG
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
PAINTER
7
WHEELER
8
LUNN
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
SIMNER

Lineups
1
Dick GRAHAM
                 
Frank BOULTON
1
2
Ron GEORGE
                 
Andy COWIE
2
3
Jack EDWARDS
                 
Albert YOUNG
3
4
Jack LEWIS
                 
Harry KAYE
4
5
Jack WATSON
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Geoff CHILVERS
                 
Edward PAINTER
6
7
Ted BROUGHTON
                 
Alf WHEELER
7

8
Peter MULHERON
                 
Harry LUNN
8

9
Ronnie ROOKE
                 
Maurice OWEN
9
10
John THOMAS
             
Morris JONES
10
11
Wally HANLON
               
Joe SIMNER
11















Results on Saturday, October 15, 1949: League Table
 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 - 0 Millwall  
  Bristol Rovers 1 - 1 Walsall  
  Crystal Palace 2 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Exeter City 1 - 3 Northampton Town  
  Ipswich Town 3 - 0 Norwich City  
  Leyton Orient 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest  
  Notts County 4 - 1 Bristol City  
  Port Vale 1 - 0 Newport County  
  Reading 1 - 3 Aldershot  
  Southend United 3 - 2 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Watford 1 - 0 Torquay United  

Table as at Saturday, October 15, 1949:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Notts County 12 9 2 1 34 11 3.09 20 
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 14 7 5 2 21 14 1.50 19 
3 Nottingham Forest 13 7 3 3 22 10 2.20 17 
4 Northampton Town 13 7 3 3 23 18 1.28 17 
5 Port Vale 12 6 4 2 13 7 1.86 16 
6 Southend United 12 6 3 3 19 12 1.58 15 
7 Norwich City 13 7 1 5 26 22 1.18 15 
8 Torquay United 13 7 1 5 25 25 1.00 15 
9 Watford 13 5 4 4 12 9 1.33 14 
10 Reading 14 6 2 6 26 22 1.18 14 
11 Crystal Palace 12 4 4 4 15 15 1.00 12 
12 Bristol City 13 5 1 7 20 25 0.80 11 
13 Aldershot 13 4 3 6 14 19 0.74 11 
14 Leyton Orient 12 3 5 4 17 26 0.65 11 
15 Ipswich Town 12 3 4 5 19 21 0.90 10 
16 Brighton and Hove Albion 13 3 4 6 17 27 0.63 10 
17 Walsall 12 3 3 6 20 18 1.11 9 
18 Swindon Town 12 3 3 6 15 16 0.94 9 
19 Millwall 13 4 1 8 20 22 0.91 9 
20 Bristol Rovers 12 3 2 7 11 19 0.58 8 
21 Exeter City 12 3 2 7 15 27 0.56 8 
22 Newport County 13 3 2 8 17 36 0.47 8 

Key: Promotion Re-election