Match Centre

Saturday March 15th, 1947

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

1 - 0

1

B. Stephens (82' pen)

Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace

0

B. Stephens (82' pen)
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 13,711

P. Smith

Lineups


1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
LLOYD
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
STEPHENS
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
PATERSON
11
WILLIAMS
1
GRAHAM
2
HARDING
3
DAWES
4
LEWIS
5
BASSETT
6
REECE
7
MYCOCK
8
RUSSELL
9
ROBSON
10
LEWIS
11
HOWELLS

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 15th, 1947:

Aldershot Aldershot 0-0 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 5-0 Torquay United Torquay United
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 0-0 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Bristol City Bristol City 5-2 Reading Reading
Cardiff City Cardiff City 5-0 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Exeter City Exeter City 1-0 Watford Watford
Northampton Town Northampton Town 4-4 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Norwich City Norwich City 3-3 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Port Vale Port Vale 2-2 Walsall Walsall
Swindon Town Swindon 1-0 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 15th, 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 29 13 1 0 50 8 10 1 4 27 13 23 2 4 77 21 3.67 48
2 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 30 11 2 3 32 11 6 5 3 21 17 17 7 6 53 28 1.89 41
3 Bristol City Bristol City 30 10 2 3 46 15 6 5 4 32 27 16 7 7 78 42 1.86 39
4 Swindon Town Swindon 31 10 3 1 41 16 4 4 9 22 39 14 7 10 63 55 1.15 35
5 Southend United Southend United 29 8 4 4 30 16 6 2 5 24 26 14 6 9 54 42 1.29 34
6 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 29 6 4 4 21 13 5 7 3 19 19 11 11 7 40 32 1.25 33
7 Port Vale Port Vale 29 10 3 2 36 19 3 4 7 13 21 13 7 9 49 40 1.23 33
8 Exeter City Exeter City 30 9 5 2 30 17 4 2 8 20 29 13 7 10 50 46 1.09 33
9 Reading Reading 30 9 2 4 45 25 3 5 7 25 34 12 7 11 70 59 1.19 31
10 Torquay United Torquay United 30 8 3 3 26 20 3 5 8 14 31 11 8 11 40 51 0.78 30
11 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 31 7 6 4 27 29 3 4 7 14 24 10 10 11 41 53 0.77 30
12 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 30 9 4 3 26 14 3 1 10 13 34 12 5 13 39 48 0.81 29
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 30 8 4 4 31 16 3 2 9 18 23 11 6 13 49 39 1.26 28
14 Walsall Walsall 28 6 4 4 25 18 4 4 6 18 22 10 8 10 43 40 1.08 28
15 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 33 6 4 6 22 23 5 2 10 20 36 11 6 16 42 59 0.71 28
16 Northampton Town Northampton Town 28 7 2 3 29 18 4 2 10 19 30 11 4 13 48 48 1 26
17 Watford Watford 30 9 1 5 29 18 3 1 11 15 40 12 2 16 44 58 0.76 26
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 29 5 5 5 20 18 3 2 9 18 42 8 7 14 38 60 0.63 23
20 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 31 6 3 5 17 19 1 4 12 14 49 7 7 17 31 68 0.46 21
21 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 27 7 3 4 27 19 0 3 10 7 28 7 6 14 34 47 0.72 20
22 Norwich City Norwich City 32 3 3 10 29 42 2 2 12 15 44 5 5 22 44 86 0.51 15