Match Centre

Saturday March 8th, 1947

Football League Division Three (South)

Torquay United

1 - 5

1

J. Conley (87')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

5

B. Lucas (10'), B. Stephens (20', 60', 75'), M. Owen (22')
J. Conley (87')
(HT: 0-3)

Attendance: 6,385

B. Lucas (10'), B. Stephens (20', 60', 75'), M. Owen (22')
W.T. Strainge
Plainmoor, Torquay

Lineups


1
MATIER
2
KEETON
3
CALLAND
4
TOWERS
5
HEAD
6
PRYDE
7
SMITH
8
SHAW
9
CONLEY
10
COTHLIFF
11
MERCER
1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
LLOYD
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
STEPHENS
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
PATERSON
11
WILLIAMS
Torquay United
1Gerry MATIER
2Bob KEETON
3Ralph CALLAND
4Bill TOWERS
5Bert HEAD
6Dave PRYDE
7Charlie SMITH
8Ron SHAW
9Jack CONLEY
10Harold COTHLIFF
11Dave MERCER
Swindon Town
1Frank BOULTON1
2Albert YOUNG2
3Don EMERY3
4Billy LLOYD4
5Jimmy ITHELL5
6Eddie PAINTER6
7Bill STEPHENS7
8Billy LUCAS8
9Maurice OWEN9
10George PATERSON10
11Gordon WILLIAMS11

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 8th, 1947:

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 1-0 Cardiff City Cardiff City
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 2-1 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 4-1 Notts County Notts County
Reading Reading 0-2 Port Vale Port Vale
Southend United Southend United 3-0 Norwich City Norwich City
Torquay United Torquay United 1-5 Swindon Town Swindon

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 8th, 1947:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Cardiff City Cardiff City 28 12 1 0 45 8 10 1 4 27 13 22 2 4 72 21 3.43 46
2 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 29 11 2 3 32 11 6 4 3 17 13 17 6 6 49 24 2.04 40
3 Bristol City Bristol City 29 9 2 3 41 13 6 5 4 32 27 15 7 7 73 40 1.83 37
4 Southend United Southend United 29 8 4 4 30 16 6 2 5 24 26 14 6 9 54 42 1.29 34
5 Swindon Town Swindon 30 9 3 1 40 16 4 4 9 22 39 13 7 10 62 55 1.13 33
6 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 28 6 4 4 21 13 5 6 3 19 19 11 10 7 40 32 1.25 32
7 Reading Reading 29 9 2 4 45 25 3 5 6 23 29 12 7 10 68 54 1.26 31
8 Exeter City Exeter City 29 8 5 2 29 17 4 2 8 20 29 12 7 10 49 46 1.07 31
9 Port Vale Port Vale 27 9 2 2 33 17 3 4 7 13 21 12 6 9 46 38 1.21 30
10 Torquay United Torquay United 28 8 3 3 26 20 3 4 7 14 26 11 7 10 40 46 0.87 29
11 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 29 9 4 3 26 14 3 1 9 13 33 12 5 12 39 47 0.83 29
12 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 30 7 5 4 27 29 3 4 7 14 24 10 9 11 41 53 0.77 29
13 Walsall Walsall 27 6 4 4 25 18 4 3 6 16 20 10 7 10 41 38 1.08 27
14 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 32 6 4 6 22 23 5 1 10 17 33 11 5 16 39 56 0.70 27
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 28 7 4 4 26 16 3 2 8 18 22 10 6 12 44 38 1.16 26
16 Watford Watford 29 9 1 5 29 18 3 1 10 15 39 12 2 15 44 57 0.77 26
17 Northampton Town Northampton Town 27 7 1 3 25 14 4 2 10 19 30 11 3 13 44 44 1 25
18 Notts County Notts County 28 7 2 4 23 13 2 3 10 19 34 9 5 14 42 47 0.89 23
19 Aldershot Aldershot 27 5 3 5 20 18 3 2 9 18 42 8 5 14 38 60 0.63 21
20 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 30 6 3 5 17 19 1 4 11 14 44 7 7 16 31 63 0.49 21
21 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 26 7 3 4 27 19 0 2 10 7 28 7 5 14 34 47 0.72 19
22 Norwich City Norwich City 31 3 2 10 26 39 2 2 12 15 44 5 4 22 41 83 0.49 14

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