1948-49 season London Combination League
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League table
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chelsea | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 74 | 24 | 47 |
| 2 | Luton Town | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 78 | 38 | 43 |
| 3 | Swansea Town | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 72 | 46 | 41 |
| 4 | Norwich City | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 29 | 38 |
| 5 | Birmingham City | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 27 | 37 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 51 | 51 | 32 |
| 7 | Reading | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 53 | 55 | 29 |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 49 | 28 |
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 42 | 51 | 27 |
| 10 | West Ham United | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 48 | 27 |
| 11 | Watford | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 47 | 24 |
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 49 | 24 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 38 | 70 | 23 |
| 14 | Northampton Town | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 49 | 22 |
| 15 | Swindon Town | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 41 | 68 | 20 |
| 16 | Brentford | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 18 |
Matches
The Full line-up is known in respect of 20 Football Combination games, 8 Combination Cup and three of the London Challenge Cup games played.
Here are the known figures in respect of appearances and goalscorers, together with the overall figures.
| Name | Foot Com | Com Cup | Lon Chal. Cup | Overall Figures | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Ken Armstrong | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Sid Bathgate | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Hugh Billington | 14 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 27 |
| Jimmy Bowie | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| Bill Dickson | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Charlie Dyke | 19 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 6 |
| Dickie Foss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Galloway | 24 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 20 |
| Len Goulden | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
| Billy Gray | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Benny Jones | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 |
| Fred Lewis | 18 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 2 |
| James Macaulay | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| John McInnes | 11 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 13 |
| John McKim | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| Philip McKnight | 20 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
| Harry Medhurst | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Peter Pickering | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Viv Rowland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Saunders | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Simner | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 |
| M. Smith | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| Richard Spence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ken Suttle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Albert Tennant | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tommy Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Warren | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Harry Wilkinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Reg Williams | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 8 |
| Jimmy Wilson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Danny Winter | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Unknown | 89 | 5 | 58 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 163 | 6 |