Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, October 29, 1949

Bristol Rovers Swindon Town
T.James (5'), V.Lambden (60')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  17,523   Referee:  N.C. Taylor


1
WEARE
2
BAMFORD
3
FOX
4
PITT
5
WARREN
6
MCCOURT
7
BUSH
8
HODGES
9
LAMBDEN
10
JAMES
11
WATLING
1
BOULTON
2
COWIE
3
YOUNG
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
PAINTER
7
WHEELER
8
LUNN
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
SIMNER

Lineups
1
Jack WEARE
                 
Frank BOULTON
1
2
Harry BAMFORD
                 
Andy COWIE
2
3
Geoff FOX view STFC profile
                 
Albert YOUNG
3
4
Jackie PITT
                 
Harry KAYE
4
5
Ray WARREN
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Frank MCCOURT  
                 
Edward PAINTER
6
7
Bryan BUSH
                 
Alf WHEELER
7

8
Len HODGES
                 
Harry LUNN
8

9
Vic LAMBDEN
               
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Tony JAMES
               
Morris JONES
10
11
John 'Josser' WATLING
                 
Joe SIMNER
11















Results on Saturday, October 29, 1949: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, October 29, 1949:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Notts County 14 10 3 1 38 14 2.71 23 
2 Northampton Town 15 8 3 4 27 21 1.29 19 
3 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 16 7 5 4 23 19 1.21 19 
4 Torquay United 15 9 1 5 28 26 1.08 19 
5 Port Vale 14 7 4 3 16 9 1.78 18 
6 Southend United 14 7 4 3 23 13 1.77 18 
7 Watford 15 7 4 4 14 9 1.56 18 
8 Reading 16 8 2 6 31 24 1.29 18 
9 Nottingham Forest 15 7 3 5 23 13 1.77 17 
10 Norwich City 15 8 1 6 29 25 1.16 17 
11 Crystal Palace 14 5 4 5 17 17 1.00 14 
12 Bristol City 15 6 2 7 22 25 0.88 14 
13 Bristol Rovers 14 5 2 7 14 19 0.74 12 
14 Walsall 14 3 5 6 22 20 1.10 11 
15 Swindon Town 14 4 3 7 18 19 0.95 11 
16 Ipswich Town 14 3 5 6 19 22 0.86 11 
17 Aldershot 15 4 3 8 15 22 0.68 11 
18 Exeter City 14 4 3 7 20 31 0.65 11 
19 Leyton Orient 14 3 5 6 18 31 0.58 11 
20 Newport County 15 4 3 8 21 39 0.54 11 
21 Brighton and Hove Albion 15 3 4 8 19 33 0.58 10 
22 Millwall 15 4 1 10 20 26 0.77

Key: Promotion Re-election