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245 Saturday, 9 April 1949
Home International Championship 1948-49 (54th) Match
   England 1 Scotland 3 [0-1]		 Match Summary
 
 
Domestic Football Results                                                            Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England
Football League Division One: 
 
Arsenal 1 Middlesbrough 1
   Highbury, London (51,540)
 Lishman 42 ~ Mannion 83
  
Aston Villa 2 Preston North End 0
   Villa Park, Birmingham (37,526)
 Smith 13, Ford 63
Preston were without Tom Finney
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Blackpool 1 Portsmouth 0
   Bloomfield Road, Blackpool (18,723)
 Adams 53
Blackpool were without Stan Matthews & Stan Mortensen
  
Bolton Wanderers 2 Charlton Athletic 2
   Burnden Park, Bolton (20,371)
 Bradley (2) ~ Lumley, Fenton
  
Derby County 2 Newcastle United 4
   Baseball Ground, Derby (24,076)
 Morris 11, Stamps (pen) 44 ~
Robledo 29, 51, Sibley 60, Harvey 73
Derby were without Jack Howe, Leon Leuty & Billy Steel
Newcastle were without Jackie Milburn
   
Huddersfield Town 0 Birmingham City 0
   Leeds Road, Huddersfield (18,856)
  
Liverpool 0 Manchester City 1
   Anfield, Liverpool (31,389)
 Smith 50
City were without Frank Swift
  
Manchester United 1 Chelsea 1
   Maine Road, Manchester (30,123)
Mitten (pen) 80 ~ McInnes 74
United were without Jack Aston, Henry Cockburn & Stan Pearson
Chelsea were without Roy Bentley
  
Sheffield United 1 Everton 1
   Bramall Lane, Sheffield (29,473)
 Hagan 12 ~ McIntosh 72
  
Sunderland 0 Burnley 0
   Roker Park, Sunderland (34,410)
  
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 Stoke City 1
   Molineux, Wolverhampton (39,066)
 Wilshaw 45, 74, Dunn 76 ~ Steele 86
Wolves were without Billy Wright
Stoke were without Neil Franklin
 
Portsmouth's defeat at Blackpool allowed Newcastle to close the gap to three points, but it was merely a blip for the south-coast club, who secured their first league title, just two weeks later.
Division One Table
Team P Home Away F A ₧
W D L W D L
Portsmouth 35 15 3 0 6 5 6 68 31 50
 
Newcastle United 36 11 4 3 8 5 5 65 50 47
Charlton Athletic 36 10 5 3 5 6 7 59 53 41
Derby County 34 13 1 2 3 7 8 53 48 40
Manchester City 36 9 7 2 5 5 8 43 44 40
Arsenal 35 10 5 2 4 6 8 62 39 39
Manchester United 32 7 6 2 7 4 6 60 34 38
Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 11 3 3 3 6 7 65 50 37
Stoke City 35 12 3 3 2 5 10 57 56 36
Burnley 36 9 6 3 2 6 10 39 42 34
Blackpool 36 8 5 5 3 7 8 48 58 34
Liverpool 35 5 9 4 5 4 8 45 36 33
Chelsea 35 10 5 3 1 6 10 64 59 33
Birmingham City 36 8 6 4 2 7 9 30 31 33
Bolton Wanderers 35 9 3 5 4 4 10 54 59 33
Sunderland 35 7 8 3 3 5 9 42 54 33
Aston Villa 35 9 4 5 4 2 11 51 71 32
Everton 36 10 3 4 1 5 13 36 60 30
Sheffield United 35 8 6 4 2 2 13 52 65 28
Middlesbrough 34 8 5 4 1 4 12 37 48 27
 
Huddersfield Town 35 4 6 7 5 3 10 33 60 27
Preston North End 35 6 5 7 2 4 11 52 67 25

 
Division One Leading Goalscorers
23 - Willie Moir (Bolton) - 2 pens
20 - Roy Bentley (Chelsea), Frank Bowyer (Stoke)
     
Football League Division Two: 
 
Barnsley 4 Tottenham Hotspur 1
   Oakwell, Barnsley (16,796)
 Kelly, Smith, Baxter (2)
    
Blackburn Rovers 2 Sheffield Wednesday 1
   Ewood Park, Blackburn (17,666)
 Bell, Priday ~ Jordan
 
Bradford 4 Bury 1
   Park Avenue, Bradford (13,064)
 Henry (3), Ainsley ~ Massart
 
Cardiff City 3 Lincoln City 1
   Ninian Park, Cardiff (32,585)
 Stevenson (2), Edwards ~ Smedley
    
Fulham 1 Leeds United 0
   Craven Cottage, Fulham (23,961)
 Rowley
    
Grimsby Town 3 Brentford 0
   Blundell Park, Cleethorpes (15,695)
 Briggs, McStay, Cairns
    
Luton Town 0 West Bromwich Albion 1
   Kenilworth Road, Luton (16,651)
 Morrow
    
Nottingham Forest 2 Leicester City 1
   City Ground, Nottingham (30,724)
Love, Scott ~ Gager OG
    
Plymouth Argyle 2 Coventry City 3
   Home Park, Plymouth (17,083)
 Tadman, Taylor ~ Marsh (3)
 
Queen's Park Rangers 1 Chesterfield 1
   Loftus Road, Shepherd's Bush (17,898)
 Hill ~ Hudson
 
Southampton 0 West Ham United 1
   The Dell, Southampton (25,644)
 Robinson
  		 
Southampton had been eight points clear with seven games left, thanks to the division's top scorer, Charlie Wayman's 32 goals, but he pulled a thigh muscle at Tottenham, and the team scored only two goals in their remaining matches, one of which was a penalty. They finished third and missed out on promotion by a point. It would be another 17 years before they finally made it to the top flight.
Division Two Table
Team P Home Away F A ₧
W D L W D L
Southampton 37 16 2 1 6 5 7 67 33 51
West Bromwich Albion 35 13 3 2 7 4 6 55 35 47
 
Fulham 36 13 4 1 6 4 8 62 33 46
Cardiff City 36 12 3 3 5 7 6 55 43 44
Tottenham Hotspur 36 12 3 3 2 10 6 56 38 41
West Ham United 35 11 4 2 5 4 9 48 45 40
Chesterfield 36 7 6 5 5 8 5 46 43 38
Sheffield Wednesday 35 12 3 2 2 5 11 57 51 36
Bradford 36 8 6 3 5 3 11 61 62 35
Luton Town 35 9 6 3 3 5 9 44 47 35
Barnsley 36 8 7 3 3 5 10 56 54 34
Coventry City 36 11 2 5 3 4 11 53 56 34
Grimsby Town 35 7 5 5 5 4 9 63 64 33
Leeds United 37 10 5 4 1 6 11 53 58 33
Bury 35 9 4 3 5 1 13 54 67 33
Queen's Park Rangers 36 9 4 5 3 5 10 37 54 33
Blackburn Rovers 36 10 4 4 2 3 13 47 57 31
Brentford 35 6 8 4 4 3 10 34 42 31
Plymouth Argyle 35 10 3 5 1 6 10 41 51 31
Leicester City 33 5 9 3 2 4 10 52 64 27
 
Nottingham Forest 36 7 5 6 3 1 14 37 49 26
Lincoln City 37 6 6 7 1 5 12 50 82 25
 
 
Division Two Leading Goalscorers
32 - Charlie Wayman (Southampton)
21 - Tommy Briggs (Grimsby)
     
Football League Division Three (South): 
Aldershot 1 Torquay United 3
   Recreation Ground, Aldershot (6,625)
 White ~ Shaw (2), Cameron
    
Brighton & Hove Albion 2 Bristol Rovers 1
   Goldstone Ground, Hove (14,829)
 Roberts, McCurley ~ Warren (pen)
 
Bristol City 1 Watford 1
   Ashton Gate, Bristol (12,459)
 Boxshall ~ Davies
 
Exeter City 3 Crystal Palace 1
   St James Park, Exeter (7,656)
Mackay, Durrant, Hutchings ~ Kurz
    
Leyton Orient 1 Ipswich Town 1
   Brisbane Road, Leyton (9,298)
 Pullen ~ Little
    
Millwall 2 Walsall 1
   The Den, New Cross (17,527)
Sutcliffe, Constantine ~ Crutchley
    
Northampton Town 0 Swansea Town 1
   County Ground, Northampton (10,194)
 Richards
    
Norwich City 1 Reading 2
   Carrow Road, Norwich (21,969)
 Hollis ~ Glidden, Allison
      
Port Vale 1 Notts County 0
   Recreation Ground, Stoke-on-Trent (12,198)
Martin
 
Southend United 0 Newport County 1
   Southend Stadium, Southend-on-Sea (7,865)
 Lewis
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Swindon Town 2 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 2
   County Ground, Swindon (14,154)
 Bain, Jones ~ Blakeman (2)
Swansea were now on the home straight and would clinch promotion, two weeks later, after two seasons in the third division.
Division Three (South) Table
Team P Home Away F A ₧
W D L W D L
Swansea Town 35 17 1 0 5 6 6 74 29 51
         
Reading 35 14 0 3 7 3 8 66 44 45
Bournemouth & Boscombe A. 36 13 2 3 5 5 8 58 41 43
Brighton & Hove Albion 36 10 4 4 4 11 3 46 44 43
Bristol Rovers 36 11 4 3 6 4 8 49 43 42
Swindon Town 36 9 8 1 6 4 8 57 54 42
Ipswich Town 36 13 2 3 4 5 9 69 62 41
Notts County 36 14 2 2 4 2 12 94 55 40
Norwich City 36 11 4 3 4 5 9 62 41 39
Millwall 36 11 5 2 4 4 10 56 54 39
Torquay United 36 9 5 4 4 5 9 51 66 36
Walsall 35 8 5 3 6 2 11 51 53 35
Port Vale 36 9 2 7 3 7 8 41 44 33
Exeter City 35 10 5 2 2 4 12 40 66 33
Newport County 34 8 6 3 4 2 11 59 76 32
Bristol City 35 7 6 4 3 5 10 37 52 31
Leyton Orient 35 9 4 5 1 5 11 50 65 29
Northampton Town 36 8 5 6 2 2 13 46 54 27
Aldershot 35 5 4 9 4 5 8 39 50 27
Southend United 35 4 8 6 2 6 9 29 38 26
       
Watford 36 4 9 5 2 5 11 33 50 26
Crystal Palace 36 5 8 5 1 2 15 32 68 22

 
Division Three (South) Leading Goalscorers
24 - Tom Johnston (Notts C.), Morris Jones (Swindon) - 3 pens, Stan Richards (Swansea)
     
Football League Division Three (North): 
Carlisle United 2 Tranmere Rovers 2
   Brunton Park, Carlisle (7,014)
 Walshaw, Turner ~ Atkinson (2)
 
Chester 1 Doncaster Rovers 2
   Sealand Road, Chester (6,220)
 Foulds ~ Todd, Barritt
 
Crewe Alexandra 0 Rotherham United 3
   Gresty Road, Crewe (6,889)
 Selkirk (pen), Guest, Ardron
    
Darlington 3 Wrexham 1
    Feethams, Darlington (6,977)
 Bower, Davison (2 pens) ~ Beynon
        
Gateshead 0 Mansfield Town 0
   Redheugh Park, Gateshead (3,958)
    
Hartlepools United 1 Barrow 0
   Victoria Ground, Hartlepool (5,435)
 Summerbee OG
    
New Brighton 1 Bradford City 0
   Tower Athletic Ground, New Brighton (4,999)
 Eaves
 
Rochdale 1 Halifax Town 0
   Spotland, Rochdale (6,885)
 Connor
    
Southport 0 Hull City 0
   Haig Avenue, Southport (10,010)
 
Stockport County 1 Oldham Athletic 2
   Edgeley Park, Stockport (16,898)
 Swinscoe ~ Spurdle, Haddington
 
York City 1 Accrington Stanley 1
   Bootham Crescent, York (8,409)
 M.Patrick ~ Rothwell
 
The two-horse race at the top of the table was reaching its climax, but it was Hull's games in hand that proved crucial and they won the title by three points.
Division Three (North) Table
Team P Home Away F A ₧
W D L W D L
                     
Rotherham United 36 14 3 1 11 1 6 82 41 54
 
Hull City 34 14 1 2 8 8 1 73 23 53
Doncaster Rovers 35 9 7 2 9 1 7 49 31 44
Darlington 36 9 2 7 10 2 6 77 65 42
Stockport County 35 11 5 2 3 5 9 51 44 38
York City 36 11 2 5 4 6 8 71 63 38
Gateshead 34 9 5 4 5 4 7 59 46 37
Oldham Athletic 34 10 1 5 6 4 8 62 56 37
Rochdale 35 11 3 4 4 4 9 47 47 37
Wrexham 36 11 4 3 4 3 11 51 56 37
Tranmere Rovers 35 7 7 3 5 5 8 41 47 36
Barrow 35 8 7 3 4 4 9 35 34 35
Carlisle United 36 11 5 2 2 3 13 54 72 34
Mansfield Town 36 10 6 2 0 7 11 44 45 33
Hartlepools United 37 8 5 6 4 4 10 40 52 33
Crewe Alexandra 35 11 2 4 2 5 11 45 64 33
Chester 36 8 7 3 1 5 12 47 48 30
Accrington Stanley 36 9 3 5 1 5 13 43 55 28
Halifax Town 35 7 4 7 2 5 10 46 54 27
New Brighton 35 7 3 7 3 4 11 33 50 27
 
Bradford City 35 6 5 7 2 3 12 38 61 24
Southport 34 2 5 9 3 4 11 32 56 19

 
Division Three (North) Leading Goalscorers
28 - Wally Ardron (Rotherham)
25 - Alf Patrick (York)
     
Source Notes  
The Football League Match by Match 1948/49 (editor: Tony Brown): SoccerData 2001
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