Captain:

Home Grounds used:
Thorneyholme Road, Accrington

Away Grounds visited:
Acre Bottom, Ramsbottom; Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn; Dill Hall Lane, Enfield; Bentgate, Haslingden; Turf Moor, Burnley; Blackburn Road, Rishton; The Horsfield, Colne; Blackburn Road, Oswaldtwistle; Liverpool Road, Lowerhouse; Lanehead, Bacup; The Worswick Memorial Ground, Rawtenstall; Centre Vale, Todmorden; Seedhill, Nelson

First XI playing record:
P 28     W 5     D 7     L 16

Click on this link for the season's First XI scorecards and results

31 players appeared in First XI matches for Accrington in 1947:
J Brennand; J Brierley; L Carter; J Clitheroe; T Cunliffe; JL Dewhurst; KS Dodgson; TE Dooley; R Frankland; KJ Grieves; L Hartley; G Holden; JN Hope; J Horabin; E Kenyon; R Laughlin; T Lonsdale; A Lund; J Marsland; J Moss; JH Parks; L Pilkington; S Richardson; F Rushton; R Stevenson; R Stirling; T Thurman; JB Tomlinson; H Walker; H Wood; FG Woodhead.