Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, February 14, 1948

Port Vale Swindon Town
B.Pointon (65')
HT: 0-0
Attendance:  15,100   Referee:  F.C. Green


1
HEPPELL
2
BUTLER
3
HUBBICK
4
MCGARRY
5
HAYWARD
6
HALLAM
7
ALLEN
8
MARTIN
9
CHEADLE
10
POINTON
11
KEELEY
1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
LLOYD
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
DRYDEN
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
MAGUIRE

Lineups
1
George HEPPELL
                 
Frank BOULTON
1
2
Walter BUTLER
                 
Albert YOUNG
2
3
Harry HUBBICK
                 
Don EMERY
3
4
Bill MCGARRY  
                 
Billy LLOYD
4
5
Basil HAYWARD
                 
Jimmy ITHELL
5
6
Norman HALLAM
                 
Edward PAINTER
6
7
Ronnie ALLEN  
                 
Jackie DRYDEN
7

8
Alan MARTIN
                 
Billy LUCAS
8

9
Tom CHEADLE
                 
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Bill POINTON
               
Morris JONES
10
11
Walter KEELEY
                 
Ted MAGUIRE
11















Results on Saturday, February 14, 1948: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, February 14, 1948:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Queens Park Rangers 26 17 5 4 55 25 2.20 39 
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 28 16 6 6 52 22 2.36 38 
3 Walsall 27 14 7 6 50 28 1.79 35 
4 Port Vale 28 14 6 8 55 38 1.45 34 
5 Swansea Town 29 12 8 9 56 42 1.33 32 
6 Ipswich Town 27 15 2 10 45 38 1.18 32 
7 Southend United 28 12 7 9 38 45 0.84 31 
8 Bristol City 27 14 2 11 59 40 1.48 30 
9 Newport County 28 10 10 8 43 46 0.93 30 
10 Torquay United 26 9 11 6 46 34 1.35 29 
11 Exeter City 26 10 8 8 34 35 0.97 28 
12 Swindon Town 25 7 11 7 29 27 1.07 25 
13 Crystal Palace 27 8 9 10 32 35 0.91 25 
14 Reading 27 9 6 12 37 42 0.88 24 
15 Northampton Town 25 9 6 10 33 38 0.87 24 
16 Aldershot 27 6 11 10 31 38 0.82 23 
17 Notts County 25 8 6 11 35 39 0.90 22 
18 Bristol Rovers 28 7 8 13 47 54 0.87 22 
19 Watford 27 6 7 14 31 56 0.55 19 
20 Leyton Orient 29 7 5 17 33 65 0.51 19 
21 Brighton and Hove Albion 27 5 7 15 27 57 0.47 17 
22 Norwich City 27 5 6 16 32 56 0.57 16 

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