Football League Division Three (South)
Friday, March 26, 1948

Swindon Town Watford
M.Jones (36'), J.Bain (38'), M.Owen (??')
 HT: 2-0
Attendance:  15,000    


1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
LLOYD
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
DRYDEN
8
PATERSON
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN
1
RIGG
2
HARRIS
3
JONES
4
EGGLESTON
5
FARNEN
6
OSBORNE
7
DAVIES
8
HARTLEY
9
THOMAS
10
NOLAN
11
CHENEY

Lineups
1
Frank BOULTON
                 
Tommy RIGG
1
2
Albert YOUNG
                 
Tommy HARRIS
2
3
Don EMERY
                 
Jimmy JONES
3
4
Billy LLOYD
                 
Tommy EGGLESTON
4
5
Jimmy ITHELL
                 
Les FARNEN
5
6
Edward PAINTER
                 
Johnny OSBORNE
6
7
Jackie DRYDEN
                 
Taffy DAVIES
7

8
George PATERSON
                 
Tom HARTLEY
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Dave THOMAS
9
10
Morris JONES
               
Phil NOLAN
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
               
Denis CHENEY
11













Results on Friday, March 26, 1948: League Table
 
  Aldershot 2 - 0 Bristol Rovers  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 2 - 1 Torquay United  
  Bristol City 0 - 0 Walsall  
  Exeter City 1 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Leyton Orient 1 - 1 Ipswich Town  
  Norwich City 3 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Notts County 2 - 1 Southend United  
  Port Vale 0 - 2 Queens Park Rangers  
  Reading 1 - 1 Northampton Town  
  Swansea Town 3 - 0 Newport County  
  Swindon Town 3 - 0 Watford  

Table as at Friday, March 26, 1948:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Queens Park Rangers 31 20 6 5 61 27 2.26 46 
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 33 18 8 7 59 26 2.27 44 
3 Walsall 33 15 9 9 54 34 1.59 39 
4 Swansea Town 34 15 9 10 64 44 1.45 39 
5 Southend United 34 14 10 10 45 48 0.94 38 
6 Port Vale 34 15 7 12 60 48 1.25 37 
7 Ipswich Town 32 17 3 12 52 46 1.13 37 
8 Bristol City 33 16 4 13 66 48 1.38 36 
9 Exeter City 32 13 9 10 46 42 1.10 35 
10 Newport County 34 12 10 12 51 61 0.84 34 
11 Torquay United 32 10 13 9 54 42 1.29 33 
12 Notts County 31 13 7 11 48 45 1.07 33 
13 Swindon Town 32 9 14 9 34 30 1.13 32 
14 Northampton Town 32 12 8 12 42 50 0.84 32 
15 Reading 33 12 7 14 47 51 0.92 31 
16 Leyton Orient 35 10 8 17 44 68 0.65 28 
17 Crystal Palace 33 8 10 15 35 45 0.78 26 
18 Aldershot 32 7 12 13 34 48 0.71 26 
19 Bristol Rovers 34 8 8 18 52 68 0.76 24 
20 Brighton and Hove Albion 31 8 8 15 33 59 0.56 24 
21 Watford 33 8 8 17 36 66 0.55 24 
22 Norwich City 32 8 6 18 43 64 0.67 22 

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