Match Centre

Saturday April 3rd, 1954

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 1

2

M. Bull (51'), R. Sampson (68')

Gillingham

Gillingham

1

P. Sowden (73')
M. Bull (51'), R. Sampson (68')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 7,150

P. Sowden (73')
F.S. Fiander

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
WILLIAMSON
5
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
SAMPSON
11
BULL
1
RIGG
2
NIBLETT
3
LEWIN
4
BOSWELL
5
AYRES
6
McKEE
7
LEWIS
8
SOWDEN
9
SCARTH
10
MORGAN
11
MILLAR

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 3rd, 1954:

Aldershot Aldershot 3-1 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Bristol City Bristol City 3-0 Torquay United Torquay United
Colchester United Colchester United 1-1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 1-1 Watford Watford
Exeter City Exeter City 1-2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Newport County Newport County 0-0 Millwall Millwall
Norwich City Norwich City 3-1 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 2-0 Reading Reading
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Southampton Southampton 3-5 Southend United Southend United
Swindon Town Swindon 2-1 Gillingham Gillingham
Walsall Walsall 1-0 Coventry City Coventry City

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 3rd, 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 38 15 1 2 48 24 8 5 7 26 26 23 6 9 74 50 1.48 52
2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 38 10 5 3 37 16 11 3 6 31 29 21 8 9 68 45 1.51 50
3 Watford Watford 38 14 3 2 47 17 5 5 9 30 41 19 8 11 77 58 1.33 46
4 Southampton Southampton 38 16 3 1 47 19 5 1 12 21 33 21 4 13 68 52 1.31 46
5 Bristol City Bristol City 38 14 3 2 49 14 5 3 11 26 44 19 6 13 75 58 1.29 44
6 Northampton Town Northampton Town 38 15 3 1 55 16 2 6 11 17 30 17 9 12 72 46 1.57 43
7 Gillingham Gillingham 40 12 3 5 33 19 5 6 9 22 39 17 9 14 55 58 0.95 43
8 Reading Reading 39 11 3 5 46 28 6 5 9 27 35 17 8 14 73 63 1.16 42
9 Norwich City Norwich City 38 9 5 5 32 23 7 5 7 30 33 16 10 12 62 56 1.11 42
10 Torquay United Torquay United 40 8 9 3 41 29 7 2 11 31 47 15 11 14 72 76 0.95 41
11 Millwall Millwall 38 12 2 5 38 23 4 6 9 25 41 16 8 14 63 64 0.98 40
12 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 37 11 4 3 39 22 4 4 11 26 39 15 8 14 65 61 1.07 38
13 Exeter City Exeter City 39 9 2 9 35 21 6 5 8 23 30 15 7 17 58 51 1.14 37
14 Southend United Southend United 39 13 2 4 41 18 2 5 13 22 43 15 7 17 63 61 1.03 37
15 Coventry City Coventry City 39 10 5 3 26 11 4 4 13 23 37 14 9 16 49 48 1.02 37
16 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 39 11 4 5 37 26 3 5 11 16 45 14 9 16 53 71 0.75 37
17 Swindon Town Swindon 39 12 4 4 47 20 2 4 13 16 41 14 8 17 63 61 1.03 36
18 Newport County Newport County 39 12 3 4 37 25 3 2 15 14 49 15 5 19 51 74 0.69 35
19 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 39 10 4 5 40 23 4 2 14 18 39 14 6 19 58 62 0.94 34
20 Aldershot Aldershot 38 8 4 7 33 28 5 3 11 23 48 13 7 18 56 76 0.74 33
21 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 37 7 5 8 25 22 4 5 8 22 34 11 10 16 47 56 0.84 32
22 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 39 9 8 3 40 31 1 4 14 13 34 10 12 17 53 65 0.82 32
23 Colchester United Colchester United 38 6 6 8 31 27 3 1 14 11 38 9 7 22 42 65 0.65 25
24 Walsall Walsall 39 7 3 10 19 26 1 3 15 15 48 8 6 25 34 74 0.46 22