Match Centre

Monday April 19th, 1954

Football League Division Three (South)

Reading

3 - 1

3

S. Chung (??', ??'), R. Blackman (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

A. Beards (??')
S. Chung (??', ??'), R. Blackman (??')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 12,011

A. Beards (??')
H. Ball
Elm Park, Reading

Lineups


1
JONES
2
PENFORD
3
MANSELL
4
DAVIS
5
REEVES
6
LEACH
7
SIMPSON
8
CHUNG
9
BLACKMAN
10
DOCHERTY
11
HINSHELWOOD
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
PAGE
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
7
BULL
8
ONSLOW
9
JOHNSON
10
SAMPSON
11
BEARDS
Reading
1Dave JONES
2Dennis PENFORD
3Barry MANSELL
4Fred DAVIS
5Ray REEVES
6Brian LEACH
7Dennis SIMPSON
8Sammy CHUNG
9Ronnie BLACKMAN
10Tom DOCHERTY
11Wally HINSHELWOOD
Manager/Head Coach
Jack SMITH
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Mick PAGE3
4Jim CROSS4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Jimmy JOHNSTON6
7Mickey BULL7
8Roy ONSLOW8
9Roy JOHNSON9
10Ray SAMPSON10
11Alan BEARDS11
Manager/Head Coach
Maurice LINDLEY

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Monday April 19th, 1954:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Monday April 19th, 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 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 43 13 5 3 43 18 11 5 6 33 31 24 10 9 76 49 1.55 58
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 43 16 2 3 54 30 9 5 8 28 29 25 7 11 82 59 1.39 57
3 Bristol City Bristol City 43 16 3 2 54 16 7 3 12 29 45 23 6 14 83 61 1.36 52
4 Watford Watford 42 15 3 3 49 20 5 6 10 31 43 20 9 13 80 63 1.27 49
5 Southampton Southampton 42 17 4 1 50 21 5 1 14 23 37 22 5 15 73 58 1.26 49
6 Northampton Town Northampton Town 42 16 4 1 58 18 2 6 13 18 35 18 10 14 76 53 1.43 46
7 Exeter City Exeter City 44 11 2 9 38 22 8 6 8 28 32 19 8 17 66 54 1.22 46
8 Reading Reading 44 13 3 6 53 32 6 5 11 28 39 19 8 17 81 71 1.14 46
9 Norwich City Norwich City 41 11 5 5 38 25 7 5 8 30 35 18 10 13 68 60 1.13 46
10 Torquay United Torquay United 44 10 9 3 47 32 7 2 13 32 51 17 11 16 79 83 0.95 45
11 Gillingham Gillingham 44 13 3 6 34 20 5 6 11 23 43 18 9 17 57 63 0.90 45
12 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 42 13 4 4 45 25 4 6 11 29 42 17 10 15 74 67 1.10 44
13 Millwall Millwall 42 14 2 5 41 24 4 6 11 26 46 18 8 16 67 70 0.96 44
14 Southend United Southend United 44 15 2 5 46 21 2 5 15 22 49 17 7 20 68 70 0.97 41
15 Newport County Newport County 43 14 3 4 40 25 4 2 16 18 53 18 5 20 58 78 0.74 41
16 Aldershot Aldershot 44 10 5 7 41 30 6 3 13 28 54 16 8 20 69 84 0.82 40
17 Coventry City Coventry City 43 11 5 4 30 14 4 4 15 25 41 15 9 19 55 55 1 39
18 Swindon Town Swindon 44 13 4 5 48 21 2 5 15 19 47 15 9 20 67 68 0.99 39
19 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 44 12 4 6 46 26 4 3 15 20 42 16 7 21 66 68 0.97 39
20 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 44 11 6 5 40 29 3 5 14 17 53 14 11 19 57 82 0.70 39
21 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 43 11 8 3 45 33 2 4 15 16 37 13 12 18 61 70 0.87 38
22 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 43 9 5 8 30 24 5 5 11 25 40 14 10 19 55 64 0.86 38
23 Colchester United Colchester United 42 7 7 8 35 28 3 1 16 14 45 10 8 24 49 73 0.67 28
24 Walsall Walsall 44 8 4 10 21 26 1 3 18 18 57 9 7 28 39 83 0.47 25

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