Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, March 27, 1948

Swindon Town Ipswich Town

HT: 0-1 A.Day (35')
Attendance:  14,440   Referee:  W.E. Dellow


1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
LLOYD
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
DRYDEN
8
PATERSON
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN
1
BROWN
2
RUMBOLD
3
PARRY
4
BELL
5
GREEN
6
BAIRD
7
DAY
8
JENNINGS
9
PARKER
10
PARKER
11
LITTLE

Lineups
1
Frank BOULTON
                 
Tom BROWN
1
2
Albert YOUNG
                 
George RUMBOLD
2
3
Don EMERY
                 
Ossie PARRY
3
4
Billy LLOYD
                 
Dave BELL
4
5
Jimmy ITHELL
                 
Don GREEN
5
6
Edward PAINTER
                 
  Harry BAIRD
6
7
Jackie DRYDEN
               
Albert DAY
7

8
George PATERSON
                 
Bill JENNINGS
8

9
Maurice OWEN
                 
Stan PARKER
9
10
Morris JONES
                 
Tommy PARKER
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
                 
Jackie LITTLE
11















Results on Saturday, March 27, 1948: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, March 27, 1948:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Queens Park Rangers 32 21 6 5 63 27 2.33 48 
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 34 19 8 7 60 26 2.31 46 
3 Walsall 34 15 9 10 54 36 1.50 39 
4 Swansea Town 35 15 9 11 64 48 1.33 39 
5 Port Vale 35 16 7 12 61 48 1.27 39 
6 Ipswich Town 33 18 3 12 53 46 1.15 39 
7 Southend United 35 14 10 11 45 50 0.90 38 
8 Bristol City 34 16 4 14 66 49 1.35 36 
9 Newport County 35 13 10 12 54 63 0.86 36 
10 Exeter City 33 13 9 11 46 45 1.02 35 
11 Northampton Town 33 13 8 12 44 50 0.88 34 
12 Torquay United 33 10 13 10 54 43 1.26 33 
13 Notts County 32 13 7 12 48 46 1.04 33 
14 Swindon Town 33 9 14 10 34 31 1.10 32 
15 Reading 34 12 7 15 47 53 0.89 31 
16 Leyton Orient 36 10 9 17 44 68 0.65 29 
17 Crystal Palace 34 9 10 15 39 45 0.87 28 
18 Aldershot 33 8 12 13 35 48 0.73 28 
19 Watford 34 9 8 17 38 66 0.58 26 
20 Brighton and Hove Albion 32 8 9 15 33 59 0.56 25 
21 Bristol Rovers 35 8 8 19 54 71 0.76 24 
22 Norwich City 33 9 6 18 46 64 0.72 24 

Key: Promotion Re-election