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
Manager/Head Coach
Maurice LINDLEY
Gillingham
1Tommy RIGG1
2Charlie MARKS2
3Ted WEST3
4Jimmy BOSWELL4
5Vic NIBLETT5
6Les RIGGS6
7Jimmy SCARTH7
8Billy EVANS8
9Paddy SOWDEN9
10Ernie MORGAN10
11Willie MILLAR11
Manager/Head Coach
Archie CLARK

Newspaper Reports


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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