Saturday 1947-10-18

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South

Cup and International Matches

Home International						Venue	Gate	Notes
	Wales	0	3	England		Ninian Park, Cardiff	55,000
		Lineups		Lawton, Mortensen, Finney

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	2	0	Sheffield United	Villa Park	47,441
Ford 2	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	1	2	Burnley	Ewood Park	41,635
Venters	Lineups		Morris, OG
Blackpool	1	0	Portsmouth	Bloomfield Road	17,719
Johnston,	Lineups
Chelsea	4	2	Middlesbrough	Stamford Bridge	48,398
Armstrong 2, Goulden, Bowie	Lineups		Walker 2
Derby County	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	Baseball Ground	24,134
Broome, Morrison	Lineups		LofthoUse
Everton	0	1	Charlton Athletic	Goodison Park	40,177
	Lineups		Vaughan
Grimsby Town	1	1	Preston North End	Blundell Park	17,915
Wilson	Lineups		McLaren
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Liverpool	Leeds Road	27,518
Ramsden OG	Lineups		Balmer
Manchester City	3	0	Stoke City	Maine Road	45,017
Smith 2, Herd	Lineups
Sunderland	1	0	Manchester United	Roker Park	37,148
Duns	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Arsenal	Molineux	55,998	Largest home gate 1947-48
Pye	Lineups		Rooke (p)

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Arsenal	12	6	1	0	17	2	3	2	0	8	4	4.167	21	D	W	D	W	W	1947-10-25	Everton	H
2	0	Preston North End	13	5	1	0	9	4	4	1	2	11	11	1.333	20	D	W	W	W	L	1947-10-25	Sunderland	H
3	0	Blackpool	13	4	2	1	12	4	3	1	2	5	5	1.889	17	W	L	D	W	L	1947-10-25	Bolton Wanderers	A
4	2	Burnley	12	3	1	2	6	3	2	4	0	7	5	1.625	15	W	W	D	L	D	1947-10-25	Manchester City	H
5	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12	4	1	1	17	6	2	2	2	12	12	1.611	15	D	L	D	W	W	1947-10-25	Sheffield United	A
6	-2	Portsmouth	12	4	1	1	13	2	2	1	3	5	8	1.8	14	L	D	D	W	W	1947-10-25	Blackburn Rovers	H
7	2	Chelsea	12	5	2	0	15	7	1	0	4	4	12	1	14	W	L	W	L	W	1947-10-25	Charlton Athletic	A
8	3	Derby County	13	3	3	1	9	6	1	2	3	5	6	1.167	13	W	D	W	D	L	1947-10-25	Liverpool	A
9	6	Aston Villa	13	4	1	1	10	3	1	2	4	5	12	1	13	W	L	L	W	W	1947-10-25	Manchester United	A
10	4	Charlton Athletic	12	4	1	2	17	9	2	0	3	5	15	0.917	13	W	W	W	L	D	1947-10-25	Chelsea	H
11	-4	Sheffield United	13	3	2	1	12	8	2	1	4	5	16	0.708	13	L	W	D	D	W	1947-10-25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
12	4	Manchester City	13	4	1	2	14	9	0	3	3	3	6	1.133	12	W	L	D	L	D	1947-10-25	Burnley	A
13	-5	Middlesbrough	12	3	1	2	11	7	2	1	3	10	12	1.105	12	L	L	W	W	L	1947-10-25	Huddersfield Town	H
14	-2	Liverpool	13	2	3	0	9	4	2	1	5	8	12	1.063	12	D	W	L	W	D	1947-10-25	Derby County	H
15	-2	Huddersfield Town	13	3	2	2	13	8	1	2	3	7	11	1.053	12	D	W	D	L	L	1947-10-25	Middlesbrough	A
16	-6	Everton	13	2	2	3	7	8	3	0	3	6	9	0.765	12	L	W	D	L	L	1947-10-25	Arsenal	A
17	2	Sunderland	13	2	2	2	8	7	1	2	4	7	14	0.714	10	W	L	D	D	W	1947-10-25	Preston North End	A
18	-1	Manchester United	12	2	1	2	12	8	0	4	3	6	9	1.059	9	L	L	D	L	D	1947-10-25	Aston Villa	H
19	2	Grimsby Town	13	3	1	3	8	9	1	0	5	9	28	0.459	9	D	W	L	L	L	1947-10-25	Stoke City	A
20	-2	Blackburn Rovers	12	1	2	3	10	9	2	0	4	6	10	0.842	8	L	L	L	W	W	1947-10-25	Portsmouth	A
21	-1	Stoke City	13	2	1	3	5	7	1	1	5	4	14	0.429	8	L	W	D	D	L	1947-10-25	Grimsby Town	H
22	0	Bolton Wanderers	12	1	0	4	7	11	0	2	5	3	10	0.476	4	L	L	L	L	D	1947-10-25	Blackpool	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford	0	2	Leicester City	Park Avenue	16,406
	Lineups		Griffiths, Stephen OG
Brentford	0	0	Cardiff City	Griffin Park	34,483	Largest home gate 1947-48
	Lineups
Bury	3	5	Newcastle United	Gigg Lane	23,827
Carter 3	Lineups		Shackleton, Bickerstaffe OG, Milburn 3
Chesterfield	0	2	West Bromwich Albion	Saltergate Recreation Ground	15,502
	Lineups		Elliott, Walsh
Doncaster Rovers	0	1	Fulham	Belle Vue	22,183
	Lineups		Taylor
Millwall	3	3	Barnsley	The Den, New Cross	23,627
Simmonds 2, Woodward	Lineups		Baxter (p), Smith, Bennett
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Leeds United	City Ground	22,380
Johnston	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Luton Town	Hillsborough	40,297
Dailey	Lineups
Southampton	3	1	Coventry City	The Dell	21,767
Wrigglesworth, Bates, Ramsey	Lineups		Roberts (p)
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Plymouth Argyle	White Hart Lane	35,249
Duquemin, Bennett	Lineups
West Ham United	0	0	Birmingham City	Upton Park	32,228
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	West Bromwich Albion	13	6	1	0	15	8	3	2	1	6	3	1.909	21	W	W	W	D	W	1947-10-25	West Ham United	H
2	0	Birmingham City	13	3	3	1	9	6	4	1	1	7	2	2	18	D	D	W	W	W	1947-10-25	Bury	H
3	0	Cardiff City	13	5	1	1	13	4	2	3	1	8	7	1.909	18	D	W	W	W	W	1947-10-25	Leicester City	A
4	1	Newcastle United	13	5	1	1	15	6	2	2	2	9	10	1.5	17	W	W	D	L	W	1947-10-25	Southampton	H
5	1	Sheffield Wednesday	13	5	1	1	16	10	3	0	3	7	11	1.095	17	W	W	W	W	L	1947-10-25	Brentford	A
6	-2	Bradford	13	5	1	1	19	6	2	0	4	5	10	1.5	15	L	L	D	L	W	1947-10-25	Leeds United	A
7	0	West Ham United	13	4	3	0	11	3	1	2	3	6	10	1.308	15	D	L	W	W	W	1947-10-25	West Bromwich Albion	A
8	1	Southampton	13	4	2	1	14	7	2	1	3	6	12	1.053	15	W	W	D	L	W	1947-10-25	Newcastle United	A
9	1	Tottenham Hotspur	13	4	2	0	16	6	1	2	4	6	8	1.571	14	W	L	D	W	L	1947-10-25	Luton Town	A
10	-2	Barnsley	13	4	0	2	11	4	2	2	3	13	18	1.091	14	D	W	W	D	W	1947-10-25	Chesterfield	H
11	4	Leicester City	13	3	2	1	11	9	2	1	4	5	8	0.941	13	W	W	L	D	L	1947-10-25	Cardiff City	H
12	4	Fulham	13	3	0	3	11	6	3	0	4	9	12	1.111	12	W	L	L	W	L	1947-10-25	Nottingham Forest	H
13	-2	Bury	13	3	1	3	12	11	1	3	2	7	8	1	12	L	D	D	W	L	1947-10-25	Birmingham City	A
14	-2	Coventry City	13	3	1	2	10	5	1	2	4	8	11	1.125	11	L	D	D	L	W	1947-10-25	Doncaster Rovers	H
15	-2	Leeds United	13	4	1	1	14	4	1	0	6	8	16	1.1	11	L	D	L	L	L	1947-10-25	Bradford	H
16	-2	Luton Town	13	3	2	0	8	3	1	1	6	9	16	0.895	11	L	L	D	D	L	1947-10-25	Tottenham Hotspur	H
17	0	Doncaster Rovers	13	2	3	2	9	7	1	1	4	5	13	0.7	10	L	D	L	L	D	1947-10-25	Coventry City	A
18	0	Millwall	12	2	2	2	9	7	0	3	3	6	12	0.789	9	D	L	D	W	D	1947-10-25	Plymouth Argyle	A
19	2	Nottingham Forest	13	4	0	3	9	8	0	0	6	5	15	0.609	8	W	L	L	L	W	1947-10-25	Fulham	A
20	-1	Chesterfield	12	0	0	5	1	9	3	2	2	8	10	0.474	8	L	D	L	L	L	1947-10-25	Barnsley	A
21	-1	Plymouth Argyle	13	2	2	2	2	5	0	2	5	3	19	0.208	8	L	L	D	D	L	1947-10-25	Millwall	H
22	0	Brentford	13	2	2	3	10	14	0	1	5	2	14	0.429	7	D	W	D	D	L	1947-10-25	Sheffield Wednesday	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Carlisle United	1	2	Barrow	Brunton Park	14,237
Connor	Lineups		Miller 2
Chester	0	0	Halifax Town	Sealand Road	6,402
	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	0	Wrexham	Gresty Road	13,025	Largest home gate 1947-48
Meaney J	Lineups
Darlington	3	1	Accrington Stanley	Feethams Ground	6,638
Bower, Sinclair 2	Lineups		Mercer
Gateshead	0	1	Hull City	Redheugh Park	7,684
	Lineups		Moore
Hartlepools United	0	0	Stockport County	Victoria Park	6,903
	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	1	Rochdale	Field Mill	12,268
Oscroft	Lineups		O'Donnell
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Southport	Boundary Park	12,615
Gemmell	Lineups		Wyles
Rotherham United	4	1	Bradford City	Millmoor	13,449
Armitage 2, Ardron, Mosby	Lineups		Brannan
Tranmere Rovers	1	4	Lincoln City	Prenton Park	11,985
Bridges	Lineups		Marlow, Hutchinson, McCormick, Walshaw
York City	3	1	New Brighton	Bootham Crescent	8,218
Allen 2, Patrick M	Lineups		Pritchard

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division North	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Hull City	13	3	2	1	13	6	4	2	1	8	3	2.333	18	W	W	D	W	W	1947-10-25	Darlington	H
2	2	Lincoln City	12	5	0	2	17	8	3	2	0	8	3	2.273	18	W	W	W	W	W	1947-10-25	Oldham Athletic	H
3	-2	Wrexham	13	5	1	0	16	5	2	2	3	5	6	1.909	17	L	W	D	D	L	1947-10-25	Carlisle United	H
4	2	Rotherham United	14	5	2	1	18	7	1	3	2	13	12	1.632	17	W	D	L	W	W	1947-10-25	Barrow	A
5	-3	Accrington Stanley	13	5	0	1	17	8	3	1	3	10	11	1.421	17	L	W	W	W	D	1947-10-25	Tranmere Rovers	H
6	1	Barrow	13	2	1	3	4	5	4	3	0	11	7	1.25	16	W	W	W	L	W	1947-10-25	Rotherham United	H
7	2	York City	12	5	1	1	18	5	1	2	2	5	9	1.643	15	W	L	W	D	L	1947-10-25	Southport	A
8	-3	Tranmere Rovers	12	4	0	3	12	10	3	1	1	11	6	1.438	15	L	W	L	W	W	1947-10-25	Accrington Stanley	A
9	-1	Carlisle United	12	3	2	1	16	8	2	2	2	12	17	1.12	14	L	D	L	W	W	1947-10-25	Wrexham	A
10	3	Crewe Alexandra	13	4	2	1	11	8	2	0	4	7	14	0.818	14	W	L	W	L	D	1947-10-25	Halifax Town	A
11	-1	Chester	13	4	3	0	13	5	1	0	5	6	10	1.267	13	D	L	W	L	W	1947-10-25	Rochdale	A
12	0	Rochdale	12	4	1	1	11	7	0	4	2	3	10	0.824	13	D	W	L	W	D	1947-10-25	Chester	H
13	-2	Bradford City	13	3	2	1	9	6	2	0	5	9	16	0.818	12	L	D	L	W	L	1947-10-25	Hartlepools United	H
14	0	Gateshead	12	1	1	3	4	7	3	2	2	5	6	0.692	11	L	L	W	D	W	1947-10-25	Stockport County	A
15	0	Mansfield Town	12	2	1	4	11	13	1	3	1	4	4	0.882	10	D	D	W	L	L	1947-10-25	New Brighton	A
16	0	Southport	13	3	1	3	11	11	1	1	4	7	12	0.783	10	D	L	W	L	W	1947-10-25	York City	H
17	1	Darlington	12	1	1	3	5	11	3	1	3	9	11	0.636	10	W	L	W	L	W	1947-10-25	Hull City	A
18	-1	New Brighton	12	0	3	2	3	6	2	1	4	9	16	0.545	8	L	D	L	L	L	1947-10-25	Mansfield Town	H
19	0	Stockport County	13	1	3	2	7	8	1	1	5	6	16	0.542	8	D	D	L	L	L	1947-10-25	Gateshead	H
20	0	Hartlepools United	12	1	3	1	4	4	1	1	5	5	17	0.429	8	D	L	L	W	L	1947-10-25	Bradford City	A
21	0	Oldham Athletic	12	0	3	4	4	12	1	1	3	10	9	0.667	6	D	D	L	W	L	1947-10-25	Lincoln City	A
22	0	Halifax Town	13	1	1	4	6	7	1	1	5	4	15	0.455	6	D	D	L	L	L	1947-10-25	Crewe Alexandra	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	0	0	Exeter City	Recreation Ground	7,748
	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	2	Bristol City	Goldstone Ground	11,820
	Lineups		Clark, Townsend
Bristol Rovers	2	3	Walsall	Eastville	17,573
Hodges, McArthur	Lineups		Lishman 2, Massart
Crystal Palace	2	1	Newport County	Selhurst Park	16,353
Kurz, Robson	Lineups		Williams
Northampton Town	1	1	Leyton Orient	County Ground	9,419
Garrett	Lineups		Smith
Norwich City	2	1	Reading	Carrow Road	14,283
Church, Eyre	Lineups		Green
Port Vale	1	1	Swansea Town	Recreation Ground	14,355
Smith J	Lineups		Rawcliffe
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Loftus Road	21,639
Durrant	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	1	Notts County	County Ground	18,198
Maguire	Lineups		Marsh
Torquay United	4	1	Southend United	Plainmoor	7,432
Conley 3, Lewis	Lineups		Thompson
Watford	2	3	Ipswich Town	Vicarage Road	10,716
Dunderdale, Hicklin	Lineups		Parker S 2, Jennings

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division South	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Queens Park Rangers	15	8	0	1	19	7	3	2	1	13	6	2.462	24	W	L	L	W	D	1947-10-25	Ipswich Town	A
2	0	Bristol City	13	6	0	0	26	2	4	0	3	14	8	4	20	W	W	W	W	W	1947-10-25	Watford	H
3	0	Walsall	13	5	1	1	18	4	3	1	2	8	8	2.167	18	W	W	L	D	W	1947-10-25	Norwich City	H
4	0	Ipswich Town	13	5	1	0	14	1	3	1	3	13	13	1.929	18	W	W	W	W	L	1947-10-25	Queens Park Rangers	H
5	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	13	4	2	0	12	2	2	2	3	7	10	1.583	16	L	D	L	D	L	1947-10-25	Port Vale	H
6	0	Swansea Town	15	4	2	0	16	3	1	3	5	10	17	1.3	15	D	W	L	W	W	1947-10-25	Swindon Town	H
7	0	Northampton Town	13	4	1	1	9	4	2	2	3	8	12	1.063	15	D	L	W	W	W	1947-10-25	Exeter City	A
8	4	Torquay United	13	3	3	1	14	8	1	3	2	6	7	1.333	14	W	W	D	D	D	1947-10-25	Notts County	A
9	-1	Port Vale	13	4	3	0	20	8	1	1	4	5	11	1.316	14	D	L	W	L	D	1947-10-25	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
10	0	Exeter City	14	4	2	0	8	2	1	2	5	5	16	0.722	14	D	W	W	D	L	1947-10-25	Northampton Town	H
11	-2	Newport County	13	4	1	1	13	6	1	2	4	5	12	1	13	L	L	W	L	W	1947-10-25	Aldershot	H
12	3	Crystal Palace	13	4	1	1	8	4	0	4	3	3	8	0.917	13	W	L	D	L	L	1947-10-25	Southend United	A
13	-2	Bristol Rovers	14	2	2	4	13	13	1	4	1	9	6	1.158	12	L	D	L	L	D	1947-10-25	Leyton Orient	A
14	-1	Aldershot	13	1	4	1	7	8	3	0	4	11	12	0.9	12	D	W	W	D	W	1947-10-25	Newport County	A
15	3	Swindon Town	13	1	5	1	5	5	1	2	3	6	8	0.846	11	D	L	W	W	L	1947-10-25	Swansea Town	A
16	-2	Reading	13	3	2	2	10	10	0	3	3	3	6	0.813	11	L	D	L	L	W	1947-10-25	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
17	-1	Watford	13	2	2	3	15	14	2	1	3	4	13	0.704	11	L	D	D	W	L	1947-10-25	Bristol City	A
18	-1	Southend United	14	4	2	0	9	5	0	1	7	4	28	0.394	11	L	W	L	L	W	1947-10-25	Crystal Palace	H
19	1	Notts County	13	3	2	1	9	6	0	1	6	5	17	0.609	9	D	W	L	D	L	1947-10-25	Torquay United	H
20	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	14	2	1	5	6	14	1	2	3	6	14	0.429	9	L	L	D	L	D	1947-10-25	Reading	A
21	0	Leyton Orient	13	2	2	3	7	10	0	2	4	4	18	0.393	8	D	L	W	L	W	1947-10-25	Bristol Rovers	H
22	0	Norwich City	13	2	1	4	7	15	0	1	5	2	15	0.3	6	W	L	L	L	L	1947-10-25	Walsall	A