Match Centre

Saturday December 17th, 1949

Football League Division Three (South)

Reading

4 - 3

4

B. Allen (53', 84'), M. Edelston (65', 86')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

3

J. Simner (8', 67'), M. Jones (21')
B. Allen (53', 84'), M. Edelston (65', 86')
(HT: 0-2)

Attendance: 16,078

J. Simner (8', 67'), M. Jones (21')
B.M. Griffiths
Elm Park, Reading

Lineups


1
McBRIDE
2
MOYSE
3
WICKS
4
HENLEY
5
BRICE
6
REEVE
7
FISHER
8
EDELSTON
9
BLACKMAN
10
ALLEN
11
AMOR
1
BURTON
2
WHITE
3
YOUNG
4
PAINTER
5
ITHELL
6
KAYE
7
LUNN
8
DAWSON
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
SIMNER
Reading
1John McBRIDE
2Ron MOYSE
3Stan WICKS
4Les HENLEY
5Gordon BRICE
6Fred REEVE
7Freddie FISHER
8Maurice EDELSTON
9Ronnie BLACKMAN
10Bryn ALLEN
11Bill AMOR
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Alex WHITE2
3Albert YOUNG3
4Eddie PAINTER4
5Jimmy ITHELL5
6Harry KAYE6
7Harry LUNN7
8Tommy DAWSON8
~88' 9Maurice OWEN9 ~88'
10Morris JONES10
11Joe SIMNER11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 17th, 1949:

Aldershot Aldershot 1-0 Walsall Walsall
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 4-0 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 2-1 Port Vale Port Vale
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 5-3 Exeter City Exeter City
Northampton Town Northampton Town 4-2 Bristol City Bristol City
Norwich City Norwich City 4-0 Newport County Newport County
Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 0-1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Reading Reading 4-3 Swindon Town Swindon
Southend United Southend United 2-0 Notts County Notts County
Torquay United Torquay United 1-0 Millwall Millwall
Watford Watford 2-1 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 17th, 1949:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Notts County Notts County 19 7 2 0 28 6 6 2 2 18 12 13 4 2 46 18 2.56 30
2 Northampton Town Northampton Town 20 6 2 2 20 10 5 2 3 19 16 11 4 5 39 26 1.50 26
3 Norwich City Norwich City 20 8 1 2 30 9 3 2 4 10 17 11 3 6 40 26 1.54 25
4 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 21 6 3 2 21 9 4 2 4 11 19 10 5 6 32 28 1.14 25
5 Torquay United Torquay United 20 8 3 0 20 9 3 0 6 12 21 11 3 6 32 30 1.07 25
6 Reading Reading 21 8 0 2 26 11 2 4 5 16 22 10 4 7 42 33 1.27 24
7 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 20 7 0 4 20 7 3 3 3 10 10 10 3 7 30 17 1.76 23
8 Southend United Southend United 18 9 1 0 25 5 0 4 4 4 12 9 5 4 29 17 1.71 23
9 Watford Watford 20 5 2 2 11 7 3 5 3 9 8 8 7 5 20 15 1.33 23
10 Port Vale Port Vale 19 6 3 0 15 3 2 2 6 6 10 8 5 6 21 13 1.62 21
11 Walsall Walsall 19 6 3 1 22 8 1 2 6 11 14 7 5 7 33 22 1.50 19
12 Bristol City Bristol City 20 7 2 1 20 7 1 1 8 9 25 8 3 9 29 32 0.91 19
13 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 20 3 4 3 16 17 4 1 5 13 22 7 5 8 29 39 0.74 19
14 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 19 5 2 2 16 13 1 2 7 6 17 6 4 9 22 30 0.73 16
15 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 19 5 2 3 13 12 2 0 7 5 16 7 2 10 18 28 0.64 16
16 Newport County Newport County 20 6 2 2 22 16 0 2 8 11 36 6 4 10 33 52 0.63 16
17 Swindon Town Swindon 19 5 4 1 24 9 0 1 8 6 20 5 5 9 30 29 1.03 15
18 Aldershot Aldershot 19 5 1 4 11 9 1 2 6 7 16 6 3 10 18 25 0.72 15
19 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 19 4 3 1 12 7 0 3 8 13 34 4 6 9 25 41 0.61 14
20 Millwall Millwall 20 6 0 5 22 17 0 1 8 5 19 6 1 13 27 36 0.75 13
21 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 19 2 3 3 14 15 1 3 7 10 23 3 6 10 24 38 0.63 12
22 Exeter City Exeter City 19 2 2 4 14 17 2 1 8 12 33 4 3 12 26 50 0.52 11

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