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236 Saturday, 18 October 1947
Home International Championship 1947-48 (53rd) Match

   Wales 0 England 3 [0-3]
Match Summary
 
 
Domestic Football Results                                                            Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England
Football League Division One: 
 
Aston Villa 2 Sheffield United 0
   Villa Park, Birmingham (47,441)
Ford 7, 69
  
Blackburn Rovers 1 Burnley 2
   Ewood Park, Blackburn (41,635)
Venters 64 ~ Tomlinson
OG 6, Morris 56
  
Blackpool 1 Portsmouth 0
   Bloomfield Road, Blackpool (17,719)
Johnston 27
Blackpool were without Stan Matthews & Stan Mortensen
  
Chelsea 4 Middlesbrough 2
   Stamford Bridge, Fulham (48,398)
Armstrong 55, 80, Goulden 74, Bowie 78 ~ Walker 33, (pen) 53
Chelsea were without Tommy Lawton
Middlesbrough were without George Hardwick & Wilf Mannion
  
Derby County 2 Bolton Wanderers 1
   Baseball Ground, Derby (24,134)
Broome 55, Morrison 67 ~ Lofthouse 86
Derby were without Tim Ward
   
Everton 0 Charlton Athletic 1
   Goodison Park, Liverpool (40,177)
Vaughan 71
Everton were without Tommy Jones
  
Grimsby Town 1 Preston North End 1
   Blundell Park, Cleethorpes (17,915)
Wilson ~ McLaren
Preston were without Tom Finney
  
Huddersfield Town 1 Liverpool 1
   Leeds Road, Huddersfield (27,518)
Ramsden OG 76 ~ Balmer 28
Liverpool were without Phil Taylor, Ray Lambert & Cyril Sidlow
  
Manchester City 3 Stoke City 0
   Maine Road, Manchester (36,931)
Smith 54, 81, Herd 62
Manchester City were without Frank Swift
Stoke were without Neil Franklin
  
Sunderland 1 Manchester United 0
   Roker Park, Sunderland (37,148)
Duns 79
  
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Arsenal 1
   Molineux, Wolverhampton (55,998)
Pye 44 ~ Rooke (pen) 52
Wolves were without Billy Wright
Arsenal were without Lawrie Scott, Walley Barnes & Bryn Jones
 
After a poor first post-war season (by their pre-war standards), Arsenal tightened up their defence and suddenly became almost unstoppable again. Freddie Pye's goal for Wolves was the first conceded by the Gunners in seven games, but they were without both of their regular full-backs. Arsenal remained undefeated for the first 17 games.
Division One Table
Team P Home Away F A
W D L W D L
Arsenal 12 6 1 0 3 2 0 25 6 21
 
Preston North End 13 5 1 0 4 1 2 20 15 20
Blackpool 13 4 2 1 3 1 2 17 9 17
Burnley 12 3 1 2 2 4 0 13 8 15
Wolverhampton Wanderers 12 4 1 1 2 2 2 29 18 15
Portsmouth 12 4 1 1 2 1 3 18 10 14
Chelsea 12 5 2 0 1 0 4 19 19 14
Derby County 13 3 3 1 1 2 3 14 12 13
Aston Villa 13 4 1 1 1 2 4 15 15 13
Charlton Athletic 12 4 1 2 2 0 3 22 24 13
Sheffield United 13 3 2 1 2 1 4 17 24 13
Manchester City 13 4 1 2 0 3 3 17 15 12
Middlesbrough 12 3 1 2 2 1 3 21 19 12
Liverpool 13 2 3 0 2 1 5 17 16 12
Huddersfield Town 13 3 2 2 1 2 3 21 19 12
Everton 13 2 2 3 3 0 3 13 17 12
Sunderland 13 2 2 2 1 2 4 15 21 10
Manchester United 12 2 1 2 0 4 3 18 17 9
Grimsby Town 13 3 1 3 1 0 5 17 37 9
Blackburn Rovers 12 1 2 3 2 0 4 16 19 8
 
Stoke City 13 2 1 3 1 1 5 9 21 8
Bolton Wanderers 12 1 0 4 0 2 5 10 21 4

 
Division One Leading Goalscorers
10 - Billy Cairns (Grimsby)
8 - Micky Fenton (Middlesbrough), Freddie Pye (Wolves)
     
Football League Division Two: 
 
Bradford 0 Leicester City 2
   Park Avenue, Bradford (16,406)
Griffiths, Stephen OG
    
Brentford 0 Cardiff City 0
   Griffin Park, London (34,483)
Cardiff were without Alf Sherwood
 
Bury 3 Newcastle United 5
   Gigg Lane, Bury (23,827)
Carter (3)
~
Milburn
(3), Shackleton,
Bickerstaffe OG
 
Chesterfield 0 West Bromwich Albion 2
   Recreation Ground, Chesterfield (15,502)
Elliott, Walsh
    
Doncaster Rovers 0 Fulham 1
   Belle Vue, Doncaster (22,183)
Taylor
Fulham were without Syd Thomas
    
Millwall 3 Barnsley 3
   The Den, New Cross (23,627)
Woodward, Simmonds (2) ~
Baxter
(pen), Smith, Bennett
    
Nottingham Forest 1 Leeds United 0
   City Ground, Nottingham (22,380)
Johnston
Leeds were without Aubrey Powell
    
Sheffield Wednesday 1 Luton Town 0
   Hillsborough, Sheffield (40,297)
Dailey
    
Southampton 3 Coventry City 1
   The Dell, Southampton (21,767)
Wrigglesworth, Bates, Ramsey ~
Roberts (pen)
Coventry were without George Lowrie
 
Tottenham Hotspur 2 Plymouth Argyle 0
   White Hart Lane, Tottenham (35,249)
Duquemin, Bennett
Tottenham were without Ron Burgess
 
West Ham United 0
Birmingham City 0

   Upton Park, London (32,228)
Birmingham were without George Edwards
 
 
A great start by West Brom saw them open up a three-point lead at the top, but it was their rivals from five miles away in Birmingham who were to last the course much better than Albion.
Division Two Table
Team P Home Away F A
W D L W D L
West Bromwich Albion 13 6 1 0 3 2 1 21 11 21
Birmingham City 13 3 3 1 4 1 1 16 8 18
 
Cardiff City 13 5 1 1 2 3 1 21 11 18
Newcastle United 13 5 1 1 2 2 2 24 16 17
Sheffield Wednesday 13 5 1 1 3 0 3 23 21 17
Bradford 13 5 1 1 2 0 4 24 16 15
West Ham United 13 4 3 0 1 2 3 17 13 15
Southampton 13 4 2 1 2 1 3 20 19 15
Tottenham Hotspur 13 4 2 0 1 2 4 22 14 14
Barnsley 13 4 0 2 2 2 3 24 22 14
Leicester City 13 3 2 1 2 1 4 16 17 13
Fulham 13 3 0 3 3 0 4 20 18 12
Bury 13 3 1 3 1 3 2 19 19 12
Coventry City 13 3 1 2 1 2 4 18 16 11
Leeds United 13 4 1 1 1 0 6 22 20 11
Luton Town 13 3 2 0 1 1 6 17 19 11
Doncaster Rovers 13 2 3 2 1 1 4 14 20 10
Millwall 12 2 2 2 0 3 3 15 19 9
Nottingham Forest 13 4 0 3 0 0 6 14 23 8
Chesterfield 12 0 0 5 3 2 2 9 19 8
 
Plymouth Argyle 13 2 2 2 0 2 5 5 24 8
Brentford 13 2 2 3 0 1 5 12 28 7
 
 
Division Two Leading Goalscorers
10 - Jimmy Dailey (Sheff. Wed.), Davy Walsh (West Brom)
     
Football League Division Three (South): 
Aldershot 0 Exeter City 0
   Recreation Ground, Aldershot (7,748)
    
Brighton & Hove Albion 0
Bristol City 2

   Goldstone Ground, Hove (11,820)
Clark, Townsend
 
Bristol Rovers 2 Walsall 3
   Eastville Stadium, Bristol (17,573)
Hodges, McArthur ~ Lishman (2), Massart
 
Crystal Palace 2 Newport County 1
   Selhurst Park, London (16,353)
Kurz, Robson ~ Williams
    
Northampton Town 1 Leyton Orient 1
   County Ground, Northampton (9,419)
Garrett ~ Smith
    
Norwich City 2 Reading 1
   Carrow Road, Norwich (14,283)
Church, Eyre ~ Green
    
Port Vale 1 Swansea Town 1
   Recreation Ground, Stoke-on-Trent (14,355)

Smith
~ Rawcliffe
    
Queen's Park Rangers 1 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 0
   Loftus Road, Shepherd's Bush (21,639)
Durrant
QPR were without Ivor Powell
    
 
Swindon Town 1 Notts County 1
   County Ground, Swindon (18,198)
Maguire ~ Marsh
 
Torquay United 4 Southend United 1
   Plainmoor, Torquay (7,432)
Conley (
3), Lewis ~ Thompson
a
Watford 2 Ipswich Town 3
   Vicarage Road, Watford (10,716)
Hicklin, Dunderdale ~ S.Parker (2), Jennings
 
 
Another strong start for Queen's Park Rangers, winning nine of their first ten games, but this time they would end the season with a first-ever promotion.
Division Three (South) Table
Team P Home Away F A
W D L W D L
Queen's Park Rangers 15 8 0 1 3 2 1 32 13 24
 
Bristol City 13 6 0 0 4 0 3 40 10 20
Walsall 13 5 1 1 3 1 2 26 12 18
Ipswich Town 13 5 1 0 3 1 3 27 14 18
Bournemouth & Boscombe A. 13 4 2 0 2 2 3 19 12 16
Swansea Town 15 4 2 0 1 3 5 26 20 15
Northampton Town 13 4 1 1 2 2 3 17 16 15
Torquay United 13 3 3 1 1 3 2 20 15 14
Port Vale 14 4 3 0 1 1 4 25 19 14
Exeter City 14 4 2 0 1 2 5 13 18 14
Newport County 13 4 1 1 1 2 4 18 18 13
Crystal Palace 13 4 1 1 0 4 3 11 12 13
Bristol Rovers 14 2 2 4 1 4 1 22 19 12
Aldershot 13 1 4 1 3 0 4 18 20 12
Swindon Town 13 1 5 1 1 2 3 11 13 11
Reading 13 3 2 2 0 3 3 13 16 11
Watford 13 2 2 3 2 1 3 19 27 11
Southend United 14 4 2 0 0 1 7 13 33 11
Notts County 13 3 2 1 0 1 6 14 23 9
Brighton & Hove Albion 14 2 1 5 1 2 3 12 28 9
Leyton Orient 13 2 2 3 0 2 4 11 28 8
Norwich City 13 2 1 4 0 1 5 9 30 6

 
Division Three (South) Leading Goalscorers
15 - Len Townsend (Bristol City)
13 - Don Clark (Bristol City)
     
Football League Division Three (North): 
Carlisle United 1 Barrow 2
   Brunton Park, Carlisle (14,237)
Connor ~ Miller
(2)
 
Chester 0 Halifax Town 0
   Sealand Road, Chester (6,402)
 
Crewe Alexandra 1 Wrexham 0
   Gresty Road, Crewe (13,025)
Taylor
    
Darlington 3 Accrington Stanley 1
  
Feethams, Darlington (4,842)
Bower, Sinclair (2) ~ Mercer
    
Gateshead 0 Hull City 1
  
Redheugh Park, Gateshead (7,684)
Moore
    
Hartlepools United 0 Stockport County 0
  
Victoria Ground, Hartlepool (6,903)
    
Mansfield Town 1 Rochdale 1
  
Field Mill, Mansfield (12,268)
Oscroft ~ O'Donnell
 
Oldham Athletic 1 Southport 1
   Boundary Park, Oldham (12,615)
Gemmell ~ Wyles
    
Rotherham United 4 Bradford City 1
  
Millmoor Ground, Rotherham (13,449)
Armitage (2), Ardron, Mosby ~ Brannan
 
Tranmere Rovers 1 Lincoln City 4
  
Prenton Park, Birkenhead (11,985)
Bridges ~
Marlow, Hutchinson, McCormick, Walshaw
 
York City 3 New Brighton 1
   Bootham Crescent, York (8,218)
Allen (2), Patrick ~ Pritchard
 
Lincoln's sixth win in succession gave early notice that they would be strong contenders for promotion.
Division Three (North) Table
Team P Home Away F A
W D L W D L
                     
Hull City 13 3 2 1 4 2 1 21 9 18
 
Lincoln City 12 5 0 2 3 2 0 25 11 18
Wrexham 13 5 1 0 2 2 3 21 11 17
Rotherham United 14 5 2 1 1 3 2 31 19 17
Accrington Stanley 13 5 0 1 3 1 3 27 19 17
Barrow 13 2 1 3 4 3 0 15 12 16
York City 12 5 1 1 1 2 2 23 14 15
Tranmere Rovers 12 4 0 3 3 1 1 23 16 15
Carlisle United 12 3 2 1 2 2 2 28 25 14
Crewe Alexandra 13 4 2 1 2 0 4 18 22 14
Chester 13 4 3 0 1 0 5 19 15 13
Rochdale 12 4 1 1 0 4 2 14 17 13
Bradford City 13 3 2 1 2 0 5 18 22 12
Gateshead 12 1 1 3 3 2 2 9 13 11
Mansfield Town 12 2 1 4 1 3 1 15 17 10
Southport 13 3 1 3 1 1 4 18 23 10
Darlington 12 1 1 3 3 1 3 14 22 10
New Brighton 12 0 3 2 2 1 4 12 22 8
Stockport County 13 1 3 2 1 1 5 13 24 8
Hartlepools United 12 1 3 1 1 1 5 9 21 8
 
Oldham Athletic 12 0 3 4 1 1 3 14 21 6
Halifax Town 13 1 1 4 1 1 5 10 22 6

 
Division Three (North) Leading Goalscorers
14 - Jack Lindsay (Carlisle)
13 - Wally Ardron (Rotherham)
     
Source Notes  
The Football League Match by Match 1947/48 (editor: Tony Brown): SoccerData 2001
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