Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, April 12, 1947

Swindon Town Ipswich Town
B.Lucas (22'), M.Owen (65')
HT: 1-0 T.Pole (??')
Attendance:  13,209   Referee:  G. Clark


1
BURTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
LLOYD
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
STEPHENS
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
STEPHENS
11
WILLIAMS
1
BURNS
2
BELL
3
RUMBOLD
4
PERRETT
5
O'MAHONEY
6
BAIRD
7
LITTLE
8
POLE
9
PARKER
10
PARKER
11
LANG

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Mick BURNS
1
2
Albert YOUNG
                 
Dave BELL
2
3
Don EMERY
                 
George RUMBOLD
3
4
Billy LLOYD
                 
George PERRETT
4
5
Jimmy ITHELL
                 
  Matt O'MAHONEY
5
6
Edward PAINTER
                 
  Harry BAIRD
6
7
Bill STEPHENS
                 
Jackie LITTLE
7

8
Billy LUCAS
             
Ted POLE
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Stan PARKER
9
10
Alf STEPHENS
                 
Tommy PARKER
10
11
Gordon WILLIAMS
                 
Tommy LANG
11















Results on Saturday, April 12, 1947: League Table

 
  Aldershot 1 - 1 Mansfield Town  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 0 - 1 Watford  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 2 Bristol Rovers  
  Bristol City 3 - 0 Leyton Orient  
  Cardiff City 3 - 0 Walsall  
  Exeter City 1 - 5 Southend United  
  Northampton Town 0 - 0 Torquay United  
  Norwich City 0 - 2 Reading  
  Notts County 0 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Port Vale 2 - 2 Queens Park Rangers  
  Swindon Town 2 - 1 Ipswich Town  

Table as at Saturday, April 12, 1947:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Cardiff City 35 24 6 5 82 24 3.42 54 
2 Queens Park Rangers 36 22 8 6 67 32 2.09 52 
3 Bristol City 36 18 8 10 87 52 1.67 44 
4 Swindon Town 37 16 9 12 76 69 1.10 41 
5 Southend United 35 16 8 11 64 47 1.36 40 
6 Reading 36 15 9 12 79 64 1.23 39 
7 Ipswich Town 35 14 11 10 51 43 1.19 39 
8 Exeter City 36 14 9 13 57 58 0.98 37 
9 Bristol Rovers 39 15 7 17 56 66 0.85 37 
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 36 15 6 15 59 46 1.28 36 
11 Walsall 35 13 10 12 62 51 1.22 36 
12 Port Vale 35 14 8 13 56 55 1.02 36 
13 Torquay United 36 12 11 13 46 58 0.79 35 
14 Watford 36 15 4 17 53 65 0.82 34 
15 Crystal Palace 36 12 9 15 43 54 0.80 33 
16 Brighton and Hove Albion 37 10 12 15 46 67 0.69 32 
17 Notts County 34 11 8 15 52 55 0.95 30 
18 Northampton Town 35 12 6 17 59 68 0.87 30 
19 Mansfield Town 37 9 9 19 45 85 0.53 27 
20 Leyton Orient 33 10 6 17 46 63 0.73 26 
21 Aldershot 35 8 10 17 41 69 0.59 26 
22 Norwich City 38 9 6 23 57 93 0.61 24 

Key: Promotion Re-election