Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, December 3, 1949

Swindon Town Exeter City
J.Simner (5'), M.Owen (6', 16'), J.Bain (42', 55'), H.Lunn (60', 88')
HT: 4-0 D.Smart (89')
Attendance:  10,885   Referee:  L.G. Webb


1
BURTON
2
WHITE
3
YOUNG
4
COWIE
5
ITHELL
6
KAYE
7
LUNN
8
DAWSON
9
OWEN
10
SIMNER
11
BAIN
1
HOYLE
2
JOHNSTONE
3
ROWE
4
DOYLE
5
DAVEY
6
GREENWOOD
7
HARROWER
8
SMART
9
SMITH
10
MCCLELLAND
11
REGAN

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Bert HOYLE
1
2
Alex WHITE
                 
Cyril JOHNSTONE
2
3
Albert YOUNG
                 
Stan ROWE
3
4
Andy COWIE
                 
Les DOYLE
4
5
Jimmy ITHELL
                 
Fred DAVEY
5
6
Harry KAYE
                 
John GREENWOOD
6
7
Harry LUNN
               
Bill HARROWER
7

8
Tom DAWSON
               
Dick SMART
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Archie SMITH
9
10
Joe SIMNER
               
Charlie MCCLELLAND
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
               
Duggie REGAN
11















Results on Saturday, December 3, 1949: League Table

 
  Aldershot 1 - 0 Port Vale  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 2 - 1 Watford  
  Bristol City 2 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Millwall 3 - 1 Leyton Orient  
  Newport County 5 - 0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Northampton Town 2 - 0 Southend United  
  Norwich City 4 - 0 Bristol Rovers  
  Nottingham Forest 1 - 2 Notts County  
  Swindon Town 7 - 1 Exeter City  
  Torquay United 2 - 2 Ipswich Town  
  Walsall 2 - 0 Reading  

Table as at Saturday, December 3, 1949:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Notts County 18 13 4 1 46 16 2.88 30 
2 Northampton Town 19 10 4 5 35 24 1.46 24 
3 Nottingham Forest 19 10 3 6 30 16 1.88 23 
4 Norwich City 19 10 3 6 36 26 1.38 23 
5 Torquay United 19 10 3 6 31 30 1.03 23 
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 20 9 5 6 28 28 1.00 23 
7 Reading 20 9 4 7 38 30 1.27 22 
8 Port Vale 18 8 5 5 20 11 1.82 21 
9 Southend United 17 8 5 4 27 17 1.59 21 
10 Watford 19 7 7 5 18 14 1.29 21 
11 Walsall 18 7 5 6 33 21 1.57 19 
12 Bristol City 19 8 3 8 27 28 0.96 19 
13 Brighton and Hove Albion 19 6 5 8 28 39 0.72 17 
14 Newport County 19 6 4 9 33 48 0.69 16 
15 Swindon Town 18 5 5 8 27 25 1.08 15 
16 Crystal Palace 18 5 4 9 17 27 0.63 14 
17 Leyton Orient 18 4 6 8 24 39 0.62 14 
18 Bristol Rovers 18 6 2 10 16 27 0.59 14 
19 Millwall 19 6 1 12 27 35 0.77 13 
20 Aldershot 18 5 3 10 17 25 0.68 13 
21 Ipswich Town 18 3 6 9 24 34 0.71 12 
22 Exeter City 18 4 3 11 23 45 0.51 11 

Key: Promotion Re-election