Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, May 17, 1947

Swindon Town Leyton Orient
M.Owen (??', ??')
 HT: 0-0
Attendance:  12,064    


1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
LESLIE
4
LLOYD
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
JONES
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
STEPHENS
11
WILLIAMS
1
TOLLIDAY
2
FULLBROOK
3
RITSON
4
BALLARD
5
BARTLETT
6
DAVIDSON
7
SMITH
8
HUNT
9
MORRAD
10
BACON
11
BAYNHAM

Lineups
1
Frank BOULTON
                 
Stan TOLLIDAY
1
2
Albert YOUNG
                 
John FULLBROOK
2
3
Maurice LESLIE
                 
Ledger RITSON
3
4
Billy LLOYD
                 
Ted BALLARD
4
5
Jimmy ITHELL
                 
Fred BARTLETT
5
6
Edward PAINTER
                 
Dave DAVIDSON
6
7
Eddie JONES
                 
Jim SMITH
7

8
Billy LUCAS
                 
Doug HUNT
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Frank MORRAD
9
10
Bill STEPHENS
                 
Cyril BACON
10
11
Gordon WILLIAMS
                 
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Results on Saturday, May 17, 1947: League Table
 
  Aldershot 1 - 2 Watford  
  Exeter City 0 - 2 Cardiff City  
  Ipswich Town 1 - 2 Notts County  
  Mansfield Town 1 - 3 Bristol City  
  Northampton Town 1 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Norwich City 0 - 2 Walsall  
  Reading 2 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Southend United 2 - 2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Swindon Town 2 - 0 Leyton Orient  
  Torquay United 0 - 0 Queens Park Rangers  

Table as at Saturday, May 17, 1947:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Cardiff City 40 28 6 6 89 28 3.18 62 
2 Queens Park Rangers 41 23 11 7 72 37 1.95 57 
3 Bristol City 41 20 10 11 94 56 1.68 50 
4 Swindon Town 42 19 11 12 84 73 1.15 49 
5 Ipswich Town 40 16 12 12 58 50 1.16 44 
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 41 17 8 16 69 52 1.33 42 
7 Southend United 40 16 10 14 68 55 1.24 42 
8 Reading 40 16 10 14 82 72 1.14 42 
9 Walsall 39 15 11 13 69 56 1.23 41 
10 Bristol Rovers 42 16 8 18 59 69 0.86 40 
11 Torquay United 40 14 12 14 50 59 0.85 40 
12 Port Vale 39 15 9 15 59 59 1.00 39 
13 Exeter City 41 15 9 17 59 67 0.88 39 
14 Watford 41 17 5 19 60 72 0.83 39 
15 Notts County 39 14 10 15 61 59 1.03 38 
16 Northampton Town 40 15 8 17 68 71 0.96 38 
17 Crystal Palace 40 13 10 17 47 58 0.81 36 
18 Brighton and Hove Albion 41 12 12 17 50 71 0.70 36 
19 Aldershot 40 10 10 20 45 75 0.60 30 
20 Leyton Orient 38 10 8 20 47 69 0.68 28 
21 Norwich City 42 10 8 24 64 100 0.64 28 
22 Mansfield Town 41 9 10 22 47 93 0.51 28 

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