Match Centre

Saturday April 2nd, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

1 - 1

1

M. Owen (2')

Brentford

Brentford

1

J. Taylor (53')
M. Owen (2')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 5,924

J. Taylor (53')
F. Read
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
RISEBOROUGH
8
McCLELLAND
9
OWEN
10
SAMPSON
11
BULL
1
NEWTON
2
BASSHAM
3
HORNE
4
BRISTOW
5
LATIMER
6
COOTE
7
HEATH
8
STOBBART
9
DUDLEY
10
TAYLOR
11
HARPER
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Peter HILTON
4Jim CROSS
5Garth HUDSON
6Gordon WILLIAMS
7Cyril RISEBOROUGH
8Johnny McCLELLAND
9Maurice OWEN
10Ray SAMPSON
11Mickey BULL
Brentford
1Reg NEWTON1
2Alan BASSHAM2
3Ken HORNE3
4George BRISTOW4
5Frank LATIMER5
6Ken COOTE6
7Dennis HEATH7
8George STOBBART8
9Frank DUDLEY9
10Jeff TAYLOR10
11Tony HARPER11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 2nd, 1955:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 2nd, 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 Bristol City Bristol City 39 15 2 2 53 19 11 5 4 35 23 26 7 6 88 42 2.10 59
2 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 37 16 2 2 46 12 7 6 4 32 20 23 8 6 78 32 2.44 54
3 Southampton Southampton 38 15 4 1 44 16 7 4 7 19 23 22 8 8 63 39 1.62 52
4 Millwall Millwall 38 12 5 2 37 18 5 5 9 23 34 17 10 11 60 52 1.15 44
5 Gillingham Gillingham 37 10 6 3 34 24 7 4 7 30 32 17 10 10 64 56 1.14 44
6 Watford Watford 37 8 7 3 36 22 7 4 8 21 27 15 11 11 57 49 1.16 41
7 Norwich City Norwich City 37 12 3 4 35 18 4 4 10 16 27 16 7 14 51 45 1.13 39
8 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 37 12 4 3 42 22 2 7 9 17 33 14 11 12 59 55 1.07 39
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 37 7 6 5 31 24 5 8 6 22 25 12 14 11 53 49 1.08 38
10 Torquay United Torquay United 37 9 4 5 40 32 5 5 9 26 36 14 9 14 66 68 0.97 37
11 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 36 9 3 5 35 22 6 3 10 26 32 15 6 15 61 54 1.13 36
12 Northampton Town Northampton Town 37 10 4 4 33 23 5 2 12 23 46 15 6 16 56 69 0.81 36
13 Coventry City Coventry City 34 10 4 2 32 18 3 5 10 15 23 13 9 12 47 41 1.15 35
14 Reading Reading 37 6 7 6 26 21 5 4 9 29 39 11 11 15 55 60 0.92 33
15 Southend United Southend United 35 10 5 4 39 22 1 5 10 22 41 11 10 14 61 63 0.97 32
16 Brentford Brentford 36 7 5 6 33 32 3 7 8 31 38 10 12 14 64 70 0.91 32
17 Aldershot Aldershot 37 9 5 5 33 19 2 5 11 19 39 11 10 16 52 58 0.90 32
18 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 36 9 4 4 31 22 2 4 13 18 46 11 8 17 49 68 0.72 30
19 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 37 6 10 2 25 20 2 4 13 18 47 8 14 15 43 67 0.64 30
20 Exeter City Exeter City 37 7 7 5 25 25 2 5 11 12 34 9 12 16 37 59 0.63 30
21 Newport County Newport County 36 6 6 6 24 23 2 7 9 23 36 8 13 15 47 59 0.80 29
22 Swindon Town Swindon 35 7 7 3 23 15 1 5 12 13 33 8 12 15 36 48 0.75 28
23 Colchester United Colchester United 37 6 5 8 26 31 2 7 9 15 35 8 12 17 41 66 0.62 28
24 Walsall Walsall 36 4 6 7 31 28 1 6 12 23 45 5 12 19 54 73 0.74 22

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