Match Centre

Saturday August 31st, 1946

Football League Division Three (South)

Northampton Town

4 - 1

4

S. Heaselgrave (30', ??'), A. Morrall (??', ??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

G. Williams (??')
S. Heaselgrave (30', ??'), A. Morrall (??', ??')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 12,013

G. Williams (??')
G. Johnson
County Ground, Northampton

Lineups


1
JONES
2
SMALLEY
3
BARRON
4
SANKEY
5
DENNISON
6
BLUNT
7
ROBERTS
8
SMITH
9
MORRALL
10
HEASELGRAVE
11
FOWLER
1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
TRIM
4
LLOYD
5
ITHELL
6
BINGHAM
7
JONES
8
LUCAS
9
STEPHENS
10
STEPHENS
11
WILLIAMS
Northampton Town
1John JONES
2Tom SMALLEY
3Bill BARRON
4Jack SANKEY
5Bob DENNISON
6Eddie BLUNT
7Gordon ROBERTS
8Dave SMITH
9Alf MORRALL
10Sammy HEASELGRAVE
11Tommy FOWLER
Manager/Head Coach
Tom SMITH
Swindon Town
1Frank BOULTON1
2Albert YOUNG2
3Reg TRIM3
4Billy LLOYD4
5Jimmy ITHELL5
6Peter BINGHAM6
7Eddie JONES7
8Billy LUCAS8
9Bill STEPHENS9
10Alf STEPHENS10
11Gordon WILLIAMS11
Manager/Head Coach
Louis PAGE

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday August 31st, 1946:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday August 31st, 1946:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Northampton Town Northampton Town 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 4 2
2 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 2
3 Southend United Southend United 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 2
4 Norwich City Norwich City 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 2
5 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 2
6 Aldershot Aldershot 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 1.33 2
7 Notts County Notts County 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
8 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1
9 Exeter City Exeter City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1
10 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 1
11 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1
12 Reading Reading 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 1
13 Torquay United Torquay United 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1
14 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Port Vale Port Vale 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 Bristol City Bristol City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 1 3 4 0.75 0
17 Cardiff City Cardiff City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0
18 Watford Watford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0
19 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 0.33 0
20 Walsall Walsall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 0.33 0
21 Swindon Town Swindon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 4 0.25 0
22 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

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