Match Centre

Saturday February 5th, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 1

2

R. Sampson (38', 40' pen)

Gillingham

Gillingham

1

J. Scarth (15')
R. Sampson (38', 40' pen)
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 6,477

J. Scarth (15')
W. Clements
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMSON
7
BULL
8
McCLELLAND
9
JOHNSON
10
SAMPSON
11
WILLIAMS
1
RIGG
2
MARKS
3
WEST
4
BOSWELL
5
NIBLETT
6
RIGGS
7
SCARTH
8
EVANS
9
SOWDEN
10
MORGAN
11
MILLAR
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Peter HILTON
4Jim CROSS
5Garth HUDSON
6Stewart WILLIAMSON
7Mickey BULL
8Johnny McCLELLAND
9Roy JOHNSON
10Ray SAMPSON
11Gordon WILLIAMS
Gillingham
1Tommy RIGG1
2Charlie MARKS2
3Ted WEST3
4Jimmy BOSWELL4
5Vic NIBLETT5
6Les RIGGS6
7Jimmy SCARTH7
8Billy EVANS8
9Paddy SOWDEN9
10Ernie MORGAN10
11Willie MILLAR11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday February 5th, 1955:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday February 5th, 1955:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 28 14 1 0 35 7 6 3 4 26 17 20 4 4 61 24 2.54 44
2 Bristol City Bristol City 30 10 2 2 34 13 8 4 4 28 21 18 6 6 62 34 1.82 42
3 Southampton Southampton 30 12 3 1 34 12 4 4 6 15 21 16 7 7 49 33 1.48 39
4 Millwall Millwall 28 11 2 2 28 12 4 3 6 14 19 15 5 8 42 31 1.35 35
5 Gillingham Gillingham 29 9 4 2 27 17 6 1 7 24 28 15 5 9 51 45 1.13 35
6 Norwich City Norwich City 29 10 2 3 31 16 4 4 6 14 19 14 6 9 45 35 1.29 34
7 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 29 9 4 2 34 17 2 6 6 14 24 11 10 8 48 41 1.17 32
8 Southend United Southend United 28 10 4 1 37 16 1 5 7 18 34 11 9 8 55 50 1.10 31
9 Coventry City Coventry City 28 9 3 2 27 15 3 3 8 14 20 12 6 10 41 35 1.17 30
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 29 6 5 3 27 17 3 7 5 18 23 9 12 8 45 40 1.13 30
11 Northampton Town Northampton Town 30 8 4 3 28 16 4 1 10 16 32 12 5 13 44 48 0.92 29
12 Watford Watford 28 6 5 2 29 16 4 3 8 15 25 10 8 10 44 41 1.07 28
13 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 27 6 1 5 23 15 6 2 7 22 25 12 3 12 45 40 1.13 27
14 Aldershot Aldershot 29 9 4 2 29 10 2 1 11 14 34 11 5 13 43 44 0.98 27
15 Exeter City Exeter City 28 7 4 3 22 20 2 5 7 9 20 9 9 10 31 40 0.78 27
16 Torquay United Torquay United 28 8 2 5 34 28 2 3 8 18 31 10 5 13 52 59 0.88 25
17 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 30 7 4 4 26 22 2 3 10 15 38 9 7 14 41 60 0.68 25
18 Swindon Town Swindon 29 7 3 3 20 12 1 5 10 12 27 8 8 13 32 39 0.82 24
19 Brentford Brentford 28 5 3 6 28 29 2 5 7 24 31 7 8 13 52 60 0.87 22
20 Reading Reading 28 3 6 5 16 18 4 2 8 20 32 7 8 13 36 50 0.72 22
21 Newport County Newport County 28 5 4 5 20 20 1 5 8 17 29 6 9 13 37 49 0.76 21
22 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 29 5 7 2 20 16 1 2 12 12 39 6 9 14 32 55 0.58 21
23 Colchester United Colchester United 28 4 3 7 18 23 2 4 8 12 29 6 7 15 30 52 0.58 19
24 Walsall Walsall 28 4 4 5 26 19 1 3 11 15 35 5 7 16 41 54 0.76 17

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