Match Centre

Saturday December 4th, 1948

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

5 - 2

5

M. Jones (32', 76'), T. Dawson (33'), M. Owen (75'), J. Bain (87')

Newport County

Newport County

2

R. Parker (73'), E. Carr (~90')
M. Jones (32', 76'), T. Dawson (33'), M. Owen (75'), J. Bain (87')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 14,893

R. Parker (73'), E. Carr (~90')
J.M. Wiltshire

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
WHITE
3
LLOYD
4
COWIE
5
ITHELL
6
FOXTON
7
LUNN
8
DAWSON
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN
1
GRANT
2
BRADFORD
3
WILCOX
4
MORRALL
5
ROFFI
6
NEWALL
7
WILLIAMS
8
COMLEY
9
PARKER
10
CARR
11
HARPER

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 4th, 1948:

Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 3-2 Notts County Notts County
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 1-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Millwall Millwall 4-0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Northampton Town Northampton Town 0-0 Torquay United Torquay United
Norwich City Norwich City 3-0 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Swindon Town Swindon 5-2 Newport County Newport County

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 4th, 1948:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Swansea Town Swansea Town 19 10 0 0 31 2 3 4 2 12 8 13 4 2 43 10 4.30 30
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 21 9 1 1 22 6 3 3 4 9 17 12 4 5 31 23 1.35 28
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 19 6 3 1 14 10 3 4 2 10 9 9 7 3 24 19 1.26 25
4 Swindon Town Swindon 21 7 2 1 23 12 3 2 6 10 23 10 4 7 33 35 0.94 24
5 Millwall Millwall 21 6 3 1 26 13 2 4 5 13 22 8 7 6 39 35 1.11 23
6 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 20 7 1 2 20 11 3 1 6 10 18 10 2 8 30 29 1.03 22
7 Norwich City Norwich City 19 7 2 2 21 7 1 2 5 10 16 8 4 7 31 23 1.35 20
8 Reading Reading 18 7 0 2 25 12 2 2 5 9 18 9 2 7 34 30 1.13 20
9 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 18 5 1 2 21 12 3 3 4 18 25 8 4 6 39 37 1.05 20
10 Notts County Notts County 20 7 1 1 35 8 1 2 8 19 29 8 3 9 54 37 1.46 19
11 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 19 5 2 3 23 18 1 5 3 10 15 6 7 6 33 33 1 19
12 Torquay United Torquay United 19 4 2 3 14 16 3 3 4 12 19 7 5 7 26 35 0.74 19
13 Bristol City Bristol City 18 6 2 1 15 5 1 2 6 6 17 7 4 7 21 22 0.95 18
14 Exeter City Exeter City 19 6 2 2 23 14 1 2 6 6 26 7 4 8 29 40 0.73 18
15 Walsall Walsall 18 3 3 2 14 11 4 0 6 11 16 7 3 8 25 27 0.93 17
16 Port Vale Port Vale 18 4 1 4 11 8 2 3 4 11 13 6 4 8 22 21 1.05 16
17 Southend United Southend United 18 2 5 3 5 6 2 3 3 10 9 4 8 6 15 15 1 16
18 Watford Watford 19 2 6 2 12 10 1 3 5 7 14 3 9 7 19 24 0.79 15
19 Northampton Town Northampton Town 19 3 5 2 12 10 2 0 7 10 20 5 5 9 22 30 0.73 15
20 Aldershot Aldershot 19 3 1 5 14 13 2 2 6 11 18 5 3 11 25 31 0.81 13
21 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 19 2 5 2 10 11 1 1 8 4 25 3 6 10 14 36 0.39 12
22 Newport County Newport County 19 3 4 2 21 17 0 1 9 14 35 3 5 11 35 52 0.67 11

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