Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, March 5, 1949

Bristol Rovers Swindon Town
R.Warren (25' pen)
 HT: 1-1 M.Owen (30')
Attendance:  13,366   Referee:  C.J. Wakley


1
WEARE
2
BAMFORD
3
FOX
4
PITT
5
WARREN
6
MCARTHUR
7
PETHERBRIDGE
8
HODGES
9
LAMBDEN
10
MORGAN
11
WATLING
1
BURTON
2
WHITE
3
YOUNG
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
FOXTON
7
LUNN
8
DAWSON
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Jack WEARE
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Harry BAMFORD
                 
Alex WHITE
2
3
Geoff FOX view STFC profile
                 
Albert YOUNG
3
4
Jackie PITT
                 
Harry KAYE
4
5
Ray WARREN
               
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Wally MCARTHUR
                 
Jack FOXTON
6
7
George PETHERBRIDGE
                 
Harry LUNN
7

8
Len HODGES
                 
Tom DAWSON
8

9
Vic LAMBDEN
               
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Jimmy MORGAN
                 
Morris JONES
10
11
John 'Josser' WATLING
                 
Jimmy BAIN
11















Results on Saturday, March 5, 1949: League Table
 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 3 - 2 Southend United  
  Bristol Rovers 1 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Crystal Palace 2 - 1 Aldershot  
  Ipswich Town 4 - 2 Northampton Town  
  Newport County 3 - 2 Leyton Orient  
  Notts County 2 - 1 Norwich City  
  Reading 2 - 0 Millwall  
  Swansea Town 3 - 1 Port Vale  
  Torquay United 0 - 2 Bristol City  
  Walsall 4 - 3 Exeter City  
  Watford 0 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  

Table as at Saturday, March 5, 1949:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Swansea Town 30 20 5 5 68 23 2.96 45 
2 Bristol Rovers 31 16 6 9 46 38 1.21 38 
3 Brighton and Hove Albion 31 13 12 6 40 38 1.05 38 
4 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 31 16 5 10 51 38 1.34 37 
5 Notts County 31 16 4 11 89 47 1.89 36 
6 Norwich City 31 14 7 10 57 36 1.58 35 
7 Ipswich Town 30 15 5 10 60 54 1.11 35 
8 Swindon Town 30 13 9 8 47 46 1.02 35 
9 Reading 29 16 2 11 52 42 1.24 34 
10 Millwall 31 12 8 11 48 50 0.96 32 
11 Walsall 29 13 4 12 45 45 1.00 30 
12 Port Vale 30 11 7 12 37 35 1.06 29 
13 Bristol City 29 9 8 12 32 43 0.74 26 
14 Exeter City 30 9 8 13 42 61 0.69 26 
15 Torquay United 29 10 6 13 39 61 0.64 26 
16 Northampton Town 31 9 7 15 45 49 0.92 25 
17 Leyton Orient 30 9 7 14 46 58 0.79 25 
18 Newport County 27 9 6 12 53 68 0.78 24 
19 Watford 31 5 13 13 31 44 0.70 23 
20 Aldershot 29 7 8 14 34 40 0.85 22 
21 Southend United 29 5 11 13 24 33 0.73 21 
22 Crystal Palace 31 5 8 18 25 62 0.40 18 

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