Match Centre

Saturday December 6th, 1947

Football League Division Three (South)

Leyton Orient

0 - 3

0

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

3

M. Jones (17', 34'), J. Dryden (81')
(HT: 0-2)

Attendance: 8,000

M. Jones (17', 34'), J. Dryden (81')
P.C. Annette

Lineups


1
TOLLIDAY
2
BROWN
3
RITSON
4
WALLER
5
DAVIDSON
6
STROUD
7
BAYNHAM
8
BACON
9
NEARY
10
NAYLOR
11
PULLEN
1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
KAYE
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
DRYDEN
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 6th, 1947:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 3-0 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 0-3 Swindon Town Swindon
Newport County Newport County 0-0 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Swansea Town Swansea Town 3-2 Norwich City Norwich City
Walsall Walsall 1-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 6th, 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 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 21 10 0 1 23 8 4 3 3 18 11 14 3 4 41 19 2.16 31
2 Swansea Town Swansea Town 21 8 2 0 27 6 2 4 5 14 18 10 6 5 41 24 1.71 26
3 Walsall Walsall 19 7 2 2 25 9 4 1 3 13 10 11 3 5 38 19 2 25
4 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 19 7 3 0 25 5 3 2 4 8 12 10 5 4 33 17 1.94 25
5 Bristol City Bristol City 18 7 0 2 30 7 4 1 4 16 12 11 1 6 46 19 2.42 23
6 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 18 7 1 1 18 2 3 1 5 14 20 10 2 6 32 22 1.45 22
7 Exeter City Exeter City 19 6 3 0 14 4 2 3 5 8 18 8 6 5 22 22 1 22
8 Port Vale Port Vale 18 6 3 0 25 9 2 1 6 8 17 8 4 6 33 26 1.27 20
9 Torquay United Torquay United 18 4 4 1 18 9 2 4 3 10 14 6 8 4 28 23 1.22 20
10 Newport County Newport County 19 4 5 1 18 11 2 3 4 8 14 6 8 5 26 25 1.04 20
11 Southend United Southend United 19 6 3 0 14 7 1 2 7 7 30 7 5 7 21 37 0.57 19
12 Swindon Town Swindon 19 1 6 2 7 8 4 2 4 13 11 5 8 6 20 19 1.05 18
13 Reading Reading 18 5 2 3 16 15 1 3 4 4 7 6 5 7 20 22 0.91 17
14 Aldershot Aldershot 18 1 5 2 8 12 4 2 4 16 15 5 7 6 24 27 0.89 17
15 Northampton Town Northampton Town 18 4 2 2 11 7 2 3 5 11 21 6 5 7 22 28 0.79 17
16 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 19 5 2 1 11 5 0 5 6 5 16 5 7 7 16 21 0.76 17
17 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 20 2 3 5 16 17 2 5 3 17 17 4 8 8 33 34 0.97 16
18 Notts County Notts County 18 4 3 2 13 10 1 2 6 8 19 5 5 8 21 29 0.72 15
19 Watford Watford 18 3 2 4 17 16 3 1 5 7 19 6 3 9 24 35 0.69 15
20 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 19 3 2 6 12 21 0 2 6 5 23 3 4 12 17 44 0.39 10
21 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 19 2 1 7 6 19 1 3 5 8 18 3 4 12 14 37 0.38 10
22 Norwich City Norwich City 19 3 1 5 11 17 0 2 8 6 23 3 3 13 17 40 0.43 9

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