Match Centre

Saturday September 18th, 1954

Football League Division Three (South)

Gillingham

2 - 1

2

T. Long (20'), B. Evans (73')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

R. Onslow (9')
T. Long (20'), B. Evans (73')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 12,125

R. Onslow (9')
W. Clements

Lineups


1
EVANS
2
MARKS
3
LEWIN
4
BOSWELL
5
NIBLETT
6
McKEE
7
SCARTH
8
EVANS
9
SOWDEN
10
MORGAN
11
LONG
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
PAGE
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
7
HUNTER
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
LAMBERT
11
BULL

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday September 18th, 1954:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday September 18th, 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 Bristol City Bristol City 9 3 1 0 12 1 3 2 0 11 5 6 3 0 23 6 3.83 15
2 Norwich City Norwich City 9 5 0 0 14 4 1 2 1 3 3 6 2 1 17 7 2.43 14
3 Coventry City Coventry City 9 4 0 1 10 6 2 1 1 8 7 6 1 2 18 13 1.38 13
4 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 9 5 0 0 10 2 1 0 3 2 7 6 0 3 12 9 1.33 12
5 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 9 2 2 0 9 3 1 3 1 7 6 3 5 1 16 9 1.78 11
6 Millwall Millwall 9 4 0 1 7 3 1 1 2 4 6 5 1 3 11 9 1.22 11
7 Southampton Southampton 9 4 1 0 12 6 1 0 3 3 8 5 1 3 15 14 1.07 11
8 Gillingham Gillingham 9 3 2 0 9 6 1 1 2 5 9 4 3 2 14 15 0.93 11
9 Southend United Southend United 9 3 2 0 15 6 0 2 2 5 7 3 4 2 20 13 1.54 10
10 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 9 3 1 0 10 2 0 3 2 6 9 3 4 2 16 11 1.45 10
11 Watford Watford 9 4 0 0 15 3 0 2 3 4 12 4 2 3 19 15 1.27 10
12 Torquay United Torquay United 9 2 1 1 9 6 1 2 2 8 9 3 3 3 17 15 1.13 9
13 Brentford Brentford 9 1 3 1 11 10 1 2 1 10 11 2 5 2 21 21 1 9
14 Aldershot Aldershot 9 4 1 0 10 2 0 0 4 3 14 4 1 4 13 16 0.81 9
15 Swindon Town Swindon 9 3 0 1 8 3 0 2 3 3 10 3 2 4 11 13 0.85 8
16 Exeter City Exeter City 9 2 2 1 6 4 1 0 3 2 8 3 2 4 8 12 0.67 8
17 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 9 2 1 2 11 7 1 0 3 3 7 3 1 5 14 14 1 7
18 Reading Reading 9 0 4 0 6 6 1 1 3 7 11 1 5 3 13 17 0.76 7
19 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 9 1 1 2 7 7 0 3 2 6 11 1 4 4 13 18 0.72 6
20 Colchester United Colchester United 9 1 2 2 8 8 0 2 2 2 8 1 4 4 10 16 0.63 6
21 Northampton Town Northampton Town 9 1 2 1 4 3 1 0 4 4 12 2 2 5 8 15 0.53 6
22 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 9 1 3 0 6 4 0 1 4 2 15 1 4 4 8 19 0.42 6
23 Newport County Newport County 9 1 2 1 5 5 0 1 4 4 12 1 3 5 9 17 0.53 5
24 Walsall Walsall 9 0 1 3 3 8 0 1 4 3 10 0 2 7 6 18 0.33 2

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