Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, September 6, 1947

Swindon Town Crystal Palace

HT: 0-0
Attendance:  17,619   Referee:  G.S. Blackhall


1
BURTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
KAYE
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
MAGUIRE
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
WILLIAMS
11
BAIN
1
GRAHAM
2
HARDING
3
DAWES
4
LEWIS
5
BASSETT
6
MILLBANK
7
MYCOCK
8
KURZ
9
ROBSON
10
REECE
11
LEWIS

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Dick GRAHAM
1
2
Albert YOUNG
                 
Ted HARDING
2
3
Don EMERY
                 
Fred DAWES
3
4
Harry KAYE
                 
Jack LEWIS
4
5
Jimmy ITHELL
                 
Billy BASSETT
5
6
Edward PAINTER
                 
Joe MILLBANK
6
7
Ted MAGUIRE
                 
Albert MYCOCK
7

8
Billy LUCAS
                 
Fred KURZ
8

9
Maurice OWEN
                 
Bert ROBSON
9
10
Gordon WILLIAMS
                 
Tom REECE
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
                 
Glyn LEWIS
11















Results on Saturday, September 6, 1947: League Table

 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 2 - 0 Norwich City  
  Bristol City 3 - 2 Swansea Town  
  Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Leyton Orient 2 - 2 Newport County  
  Port Vale 6 - 4 Aldershot  
  Queens Park Rangers 2 - 0 Northampton Town  
  Reading 3 - 1 Notts County  
  Swindon Town 0 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Torquay United 1 - 2 Exeter City  
  Walsall 6 - 0 Southend United  
  Watford 3 - 2 Bristol Rovers  

Table as at Saturday, September 6, 1947:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Queens Park Rangers 5 5 0 0 13 1 13.00 10 
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 5 4 1 0 8 2 4.00
3 Walsall 5 4 0 1 16 5 3.20
4 Port Vale 5 3 1 1 12 10 1.20
5 Ipswich Town 5 2 2 1 10 5 2.00
6 Bristol City 5 3 0 2 11 6 1.83
7 Reading 5 2 2 1 6 4 1.50
8 Newport County 5 2 2 1 7 5 1.40
9 Crystal Palace 5 2 2 1 4 4 1.00
10 Northampton Town 5 2 1 2 7 7 1.00
11 Exeter City 5 2 1 2 5 8 0.63
12 Torquay United 5 2 0 3 8 7 1.14
13 Bristol Rovers 5 1 2 2 7 7 1.00
14 Watford 5 2 0 3 9 10 0.90
15 Swindon Town 5 0 4 1 4 6 0.67
16 Brighton and Hove Albion 5 2 0 3 5 11 0.45
17 Swansea Town 5 1 1 3 7 9 0.78
18 Aldershot 5 1 1 3 8 11 0.73
19 Leyton Orient 5 0 3 2 5 8 0.63
20 Southend United 5 1 1 3 4 19 0.21
21 Notts County 5 1 0 4 5 10 0.50
22 Norwich City 5 1 0 4 3 9 0.33

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