1947/1948

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Manager(s)

J. Bray; E. A. Hapgood

Final league position

15th of 22 in Football League Division 3 (South)

Average league attendance

Home: 11,744
Away: 14,306

Home-and-away league doubles for Watford

Leyton Orient

Home-and-away league doubles against Watford

Queens Park Rangers, Reading

Goals from penalty kicks

A. W. Hicklin - 13

Match-by-match details

							Manager: Bray, J.	Manager: Hapgood, E. A.	Own goals	Calvert, J. W. H.►■	Chase, C. T.■	Cheney, D.►■	Davies, G. G.►	Davies, W.	Dunderdale, W. L.■	Eggleston, T.►	Evans, D. R.■	Farnen, A. L.	Fisher, K. D. W.►	Gray, M.►■	Harper, J. J.	Harris, W. T.	Hartley, T. W.►■	Hicklin, A. W.►■	Hunt, G. H.►	Jones, B. J.►	Lunn, G.►■	Malpass, S. T.	Morgan, L.■	Nolan, P.►	Osborne, J.►	Paton, T. G.►	Rigg, T.	Smith, J. T.►■	Surtees, H.►	Thomas, D. W. J.►	Usher, J. A. G.■	Woodroffe, L. C.►	Young, G.
Appearances - League							23	14		5	2	18	1	36	14	18	6	27	9	10	16	41	6	21	11	25	5	12	8	22	16	8	36	10	13	18	16	19	13
Substitute Appearances - League										0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goals - League									1	0	0	5	0	11	2	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	1	0	0	1	7	1	1	2
Appearances - Other Competitions							2	0		0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	2	0	1
Substitute Appearances - Other Competitions										0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goals - Other Competitions										0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1	Sat 23 Aug	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	Lge	2-3	9,787	X							X			X	X	X►	X2►					X►			X	X				G	X►				X►
2	Thu 28 Aug	Swansea Town	A	Lge	0-3	23,037	X							X	X			X		X	X	X						X	X				G	X				X
3	Sat 30 Aug	Norwich City	A	Lge	0-1	20,233	X							X	X			X		X	X	X						X	X				G	X				X
4	Wed 03 Sep	Swansea Town	H	Lge	4-1	7,674	X							X2			X1	X			X	X		X1►					X				G	X	X►				X
5	Sat 06 Sep	Bristol Rovers	H	Lge	3-2	10,315	X							X			X	X			X	X		X1					X				G	X	X1				X1
6	Wed 10 Sep	Port Vale	H	Lge	1-1	8,802	X							X			X	X			X	X		X1					X				G	X	X				X
7	Sat 13 Sep	Northampton Town	A	Lge	1-0	7,817	X							X1						X	X	X		X	X				X				G	X	X				X
8	Mon 15 Sep	Port Vale	A	Lge	0-7	12,236	X							X						X	X	X		X	X				X■				G	X	X				X
9	Sat 20 Sep	Aldershot	H	Lge	1-2	9,257	X						G►	X	X1			X		X	X	X		X		X►									X			X
10	Sat 27 Sep	Crystal Palace	A	Lge	2-1	16,764	X							X1	X			X				X		X		X				X1►			G		X		X		X
11	Sat 04 Oct	Torquay United	H	Lge	2-2	9,946	X							X	X			X		X		X		X		X				X2			G				X		X
12	Sat 11 Oct	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	Lge	1-1	18,541	X							X	X					X		X		X	X	X				X1			G				X		X
13	Sat 18 Oct	Ipswich Town	H	Lge	2-3	10,716	X							X	X1							X		X1(P)	X	X				X			G	X			X		X
14	Sat 25 Oct	Bristol City	A	Lge	2-1	31,087	X							X1	X							X		X	X	X				X			G		X		X		X1
15	Sat 01 Nov	Reading	H	Lge	0-1	11,196	X							X	X							X		X	X	X				X			G		X		X		X
16	Sat 08 Nov	Walsall	A	Lge	0-2	18,004	X							X						X	X	X				X	X►			X			G		X		X		X
17	Sat 15 Nov	Leyton Orient	H	Lge	2-1	8,942	X							X						X1■	X	X		X		X	X			X1			G		X		X
18	Sat 22 Nov	Exeter City	A	Lge	1-3	9,623	X							X1								X		X		X	X			X			G	X	X		X		X
19	Sat 29 Nov	Torquay United	H	FA1	1-1 (AET, ?-? after 90m)	9,172	X							X							X	X		X		X	X						G	X	X		X1		X
20	Sat 06 Dec	Torquay United	A	FA1	0-3	8,000	X							X	X						X	X		X		X	X						G	X■	X		X
21	Fri 26 Dec	Queens Park Rangers	H	Lge	0-1	22,406	X							X	X						X	X		X		X	X			X			G				X	X
22	Sat 27 Dec	Queens Park Rangers	A	Lge	1-5	18,005	X				X			X	X						X	X		X		X	X■			X			G				X1
23	Sat 03 Jan	Norwich City	H	Lge	2-2	7,400	X				X■			X1	X						X1	X		X	X			X		X			G				X
24	Sat 10 Jan	Newport County	H	Lge	1-2	7,427	X							X1			X	X			X	X		X		X				X			G				X	X
25	Sat 17 Jan	Bristol Rovers	A	Lge	0-3	12,864	X								X		X■	X			X	X		X		X				X			G				X	X
26	Sat 24 Jan	Southend United	A	Lge	1-1	8,178								X	X■			X			X	X		X1		X				X			G				X	X
27	Sat 31 Jan	Northampton Town	H	Lge	1-1	18,834				G►		X1►		X		X►						X	X►		X	X					X►	X►				X►
28	Sat 07 Feb	Aldershot	A	Lge	1-1	6,462				G		X				X						X	X	X■	X	X					X	X				X1
29	Sat 14 Feb	Crystal Palace	H	Lge	0-5	14,767				G		X				X						X	X		X	X					X	X				X		X
30	Sat 21 Feb	Torquay United	A	Lge	1-0	4,494				G		X				X		X				X	X1			X					X	X				X		X
31	Sat 28 Feb	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	Lge	0-3	15,778		X		G■		X				X		X				X	X			X					X	X				X		X
32	Sat 06 Mar	Ipswich Town	A	Lge	3-1	11,644		X				X1				X		X				X				X				X	X	X1	G			X1	X■
33	Sat 13 Mar	Bristol City	H	Lge	1-1	13,262		X				X1		X		X		X				X				X				X	X	X	G			X
34	Sat 20 Mar	Reading	A	Lge	0-2	11,502		X				X		X		X		X				X				X				X	X	X	G			X
35	Fri 26 Mar	Swindon Town	A	Lge	0-3	15,000		X				X		X		X		X				X	X■			X				X	X		G			X
36	Sat 27 Mar	Walsall	H	Lge	2-0	12,824		X				X		X		X		X				X				X				X1	X1		G			X		X
37	Mon 29 Mar	Swindon Town	H	Lge	1-0	13,925		X	1			X		X		X		X	X			X						X		X			G			X		X
38	Sat 03 Apr	Leyton Orient	A	Lge	2-0	13,483		X				X		X		X		X	X			X						X		X			G			X2		X
39	Wed 07 Apr	Notts County	H	Lge	1-3	12,532		X				X		X		X		X	X			X						X			X1		G			X		X
40	Sat 10 Apr	Exeter City	H	Lge	3-1	10,867		X				X1		X1		X		X	X			X						X			X1		G			X		X
41	Sat 17 Apr	Newport County	A	Lge	4-3	8,971		X				X1		X		X		X	X			X						X			X2		G			X		X1
42	Sat 24 Apr	Southend United	H	Lge	2-2	9,964		X				X		X1		X		X	X			X						X			X		G			X1		X
43	Wed 28 Apr	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	Lge	3-1	9,402		X				X		X		X		X	X			X						X			X2		G			X1		X
44	Sat 01 May	Notts County	A	Lge	3-3	23,076		X				X■		X1		X		X	X			X						X			X1		G		X	X1
							Manager: Bray, J.	Manager: Hapgood, E. A.	Own goals	Calvert, J. W. H.►■	Chase, C. T.■	Cheney, D.►■	Davies, G. G.►	Davies, W.	Dunderdale, W. L.■	Eggleston, T.►	Evans, D. R.■	Farnen, A. L.	Fisher, K. D. W.►	Gray, M.►■	Harper, J. J.	Harris, W. T.	Hartley, T. W.►■	Hicklin, A. W.►■	Hunt, G. H.►	Jones, B. J.►	Lunn, G.►■	Malpass, S. T.	Morgan, L.■	Nolan, P.►	Osborne, J.►	Paton, T. G.►	Rigg, T.	Smith, J. T.►■	Surtees, H.►	Thomas, D. W. J.►	Usher, J. A. G.■	Woodroffe, L. C.►	Young, G.

► = first appearance; ■ = last/most recent appearance.

G = goalkeeper; X = starting appearance; R = started, then replaced; S = substitute appearance, ! = sent off; 1 = goals scored; P = penalties scored.

Cup fixture rows have a grey background; home fixture rows have red text. Manager columns have a grey background.

Other matches

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result	Att	Team	Notes
Sat 09 Aug	Blues vs Whites	H	2-2	2,345	1: ÃÂ G.G.Davies (gk); G.H.Hunt & L.Morgan; A.W.Hicklin, K.D.W.Fisher & S.T.Malpass; L.C.Woodroffe [1 goal], J.T.Smith, R.Parsons, D.R.Evans [1 goal] & H.Surtees 2: E.Duley (gk); D.Robinson & W.T.Harris; J.J.Harper, A.R.Stevens & J.A.G.Usher; F.Young, J.Pitts [1 goal], A.Meek (sub:ÃÂ ??ÃÂ Pike), M.Gray [1 goal] &ÃÂ ??ÃÂ Morton	public trial match
Sat 16 Aug	Blues vs Whites	H	3-1		1: T.Rigg (gk); G.H.Hunt & L.Morgan (sub: B.J.Jones); K.D.W.Fisher, A.L.Farnen & S.T.Malpass [1 penalty goal]; C.T.Chase, G.Young, R.Parsons, M.Gray [1 goal] (sub: K.Mead) & S.Hopkinson [1 goal] 2: E.Duley (gk); W.T.Harris & K.Bell; A.W.Hicklin, A.R.Stevens & J.J.Harper; L.C.Woodroffe (sub: F.Young), J.T.Smith, W.L.Dunderdale, D.R.Evans (sub: M.Gray [1 goal]) & H.Surtees	public trial match. Gray scored for both teams, having changed sides at half-time.
Sat 20 Dec	Bath City	A	1-2		The composition of the Watford team was unreported, except that it included H.Surtees and two reservesÃÂ -ÃÂ amateurs A.Meek [1 goal] and G.Rosson
Sat 08 May	Edgware Town	A	3-1		G.G.Davies (gk); W.T.Harris & B.J.Jones; G.Rosson, A.L.Farnen & G.H.Hunt; K.G.Lesslie, W.Davies, D.W.J.Thomas [2 goals], P.Nolan [1 goal] & H.Surtees	Edgware Charity Cup