Match Centre

Saturday March 20th, 1954

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

6 - 1

6

M. Bull (5'), G. Hudson (45' pen), M. Owen (52'), R. Thomas (72' o.g.), R. Sampson (89'), R. Onslow (90')

Torquay United

Torquay United

1

J. Dougan (21')
M. Bull (5'), G. Hudson (45' pen), M. Owen (52'), R. Thomas (72' o.g.), R. Sampson (89'), R. Onslow (90')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 8,495

J. Dougan (21')
B.M. Griffiths
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
7
BULL
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
SAMPSON
11
BEARDS
1
HAYES
2
DRINKWATER
3
THOMAS
4
LEWIS
5
McGUINESS
6
NORMAN
7
THOMAS
8
DOUGAN
9
DOBBIE
10
MILLS
11
CALLAND
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Peter HILTON
4Jim CROSS
5Garth HUDSON
6Jimmy JOHNSTON
7Mickey BULL
8Roy ONSLOW
9Maurice OWEN
10Ray SAMPSON
11Alan BEARDS
Torquay United
35' 1Billy HAYES1 35'
2Jimmy DRINKWATER2
3Rees THOMAS3
4Dennis LEWIS4
5Harry McGUINESS5
6Griff NORMAN6
7Billy THOMAS7
8John DOUGAN8
9Harold DOBBIE9
10Don MILLS10
11Ted CALLAND11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 20th, 1954:

Aldershot Aldershot 3-1 Watford Watford
Bristol City Bristol City 1-1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Colchester United Colchester United 2-4 Reading Reading
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 4-2 Southend United Southend United
Exeter City Exeter City 4-0 Coventry City Coventry City
Newport County Newport County 4-0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Norwich City Norwich City 1-2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 4-0 Millwall Millwall
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Gillingham Gillingham
Southampton Southampton 4-1 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient
Swindon Town Swindon 6-1 Torquay United Torquay United
Walsall Walsall 0-1 Northampton Town Northampton Town

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 20th, 1954:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 35 14 1 2 46 23 8 4 6 24 23 22 5 8 70 46 1.52 49
2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 35 10 4 3 37 16 10 3 5 29 27 20 7 8 66 43 1.53 47
3 Southampton Southampton 35 16 2 0 44 14 5 1 11 20 31 21 3 11 64 45 1.42 45
4 Watford Watford 36 13 3 2 44 17 5 4 9 29 40 18 7 11 73 57 1.28 43
5 Gillingham Gillingham 38 12 3 4 32 16 5 6 8 21 37 17 9 12 53 53 1 43
6 Bristol City Bristol City 36 13 3 2 46 14 5 3 10 26 41 18 6 12 72 55 1.31 42
7 Northampton Town Northampton Town 35 13 3 1 51 16 2 6 10 16 27 15 9 11 67 43 1.56 39
8 Reading Reading 35 10 2 4 38 19 6 5 8 27 33 16 7 12 65 52 1.25 39
9 Torquay United Torquay United 38 7 9 3 40 29 7 2 10 31 44 14 11 13 71 73 0.97 39
10 Norwich City Norwich City 35 8 5 5 29 22 7 3 7 26 29 15 8 12 55 51 1.08 38
11 Exeter City Exeter City 37 9 2 8 34 19 6 5 7 22 28 15 7 15 56 47 1.19 37
12 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 35 10 4 3 36 22 4 4 10 25 36 14 8 13 61 58 1.05 36
13 Coventry City Coventry City 37 10 4 3 26 11 4 4 12 23 36 14 8 15 49 47 1.04 36
14 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 37 11 3 5 36 25 3 5 10 16 44 14 8 15 52 69 0.75 36
15 Millwall Millwall 35 11 2 5 36 22 3 5 9 21 39 14 7 14 57 61 0.93 35
16 Newport County Newport County 37 12 2 4 37 25 3 2 14 14 46 15 4 18 51 71 0.72 34
17 Swindon Town Swindon 37 11 4 4 45 19 2 3 13 16 41 13 7 17 61 60 1.02 33
18 Southend United Southend United 37 12 2 4 37 17 1 5 13 17 40 13 7 17 54 57 0.95 33
19 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 37 10 3 5 39 22 4 1 14 17 38 14 4 19 56 60 0.93 32
20 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 35 6 5 8 23 22 4 5 7 21 30 10 10 15 44 52 0.85 30
21 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 37 9 7 3 39 30 1 3 14 13 34 10 10 17 52 64 0.81 30
22 Aldershot Aldershot 36 7 4 7 30 27 4 3 11 20 47 11 7 18 50 74 0.68 29
23 Colchester United Colchester United 36 6 5 8 30 26 3 1 13 11 35 9 6 21 41 61 0.67 24
24 Walsall Walsall 37 6 3 10 18 26 1 2 15 14 47 7 5 25 32 73 0.44 19

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