Match Centre

Saturday April 9th, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Coventry City

1 - 0

1

P. Hill (38')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

P. Hill (38')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 9,427

F.C. Williams
Highfield Road, Coventry

Lineups


1
MATTHEWS
2
JONES
3
KIRK
4
HARVEY
5
McDONNELL
6
SIMPSON
7
MOORE
8
HAWKINGS
9
DUTTON
10
HILL
11
COLLINDRIDGE
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
GIBSON
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
SAMPSON
11
BULL
Coventry City
1Reg MATTHEWS
2Ken JONES
3Roy KIRK
4Lol HARVEY
5Martin McDONNELL
6Noel SIMPSON
7Alan MOORE
8Barry HAWKINGS
9Charlie DUTTON
10Peter HILL
11Colin COLLINDRIDGE
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Peter HILTON3
4Jim CROSS4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Gordon WILLIAMS6
7Dave GIBSON7
8Roy ONSLOW8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Ray SAMPSON10
11Mickey BULL11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 9th, 1955:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 9th, 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 40 15 3 2 55 21 11 5 4 35 23 26 8 6 90 44 2.05 60
2 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 39 16 2 3 47 14 7 6 5 32 22 23 8 8 79 36 2.19 54
3 Southampton Southampton 40 15 5 1 45 17 7 4 8 20 25 22 9 9 65 42 1.55 53
4 Gillingham Gillingham 39 11 7 3 37 26 7 4 7 30 32 18 11 10 67 58 1.16 47
5 Millwall Millwall 40 13 5 3 41 23 5 5 9 23 34 18 10 12 64 57 1.12 46
6 Watford Watford 39 9 7 3 38 23 7 5 8 23 29 16 12 11 61 52 1.17 44
7 Norwich City Norwich City 38 12 3 4 35 18 5 4 10 18 28 17 7 14 53 46 1.15 41
8 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 38 10 3 5 37 23 6 4 10 27 33 16 7 15 64 56 1.14 39
9 Coventry City Coventry City 37 12 4 2 36 20 3 5 11 16 26 15 9 13 52 46 1.13 39
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 38 7 6 5 31 24 5 9 6 24 27 12 15 11 55 51 1.08 39
11 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 39 12 4 3 42 22 2 7 11 19 39 14 11 14 61 61 1 39
12 Torquay United Torquay United 39 9 6 5 43 35 5 5 9 26 36 14 11 14 69 71 0.97 39
13 Brentford Brentford 38 9 5 6 38 32 3 7 8 31 38 12 12 14 69 70 0.99 36
14 Northampton Town Northampton Town 39 10 4 4 33 23 5 2 14 25 54 15 6 18 58 77 0.75 36
15 Aldershot Aldershot 39 10 5 5 37 21 2 6 11 20 40 12 11 16 57 61 0.93 35
16 Southend United Southend United 37 10 5 4 39 22 2 5 11 26 44 12 10 15 65 66 0.98 34
17 Reading Reading 38 6 8 6 26 21 5 4 9 29 39 11 12 15 55 60 0.92 34
18 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 37 10 4 4 34 22 2 4 13 18 46 12 8 17 52 68 0.76 32
19 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 39 7 10 2 27 21 2 4 14 18 50 9 14 16 45 71 0.63 32
20 Exeter City Exeter City 39 7 7 5 25 25 2 6 12 14 38 9 13 17 39 63 0.62 31
21 Newport County Newport County 39 6 7 6 26 25 2 7 11 25 42 8 14 17 51 67 0.76 30
22 Swindon Town Swindon 38 7 7 3 23 15 1 7 13 16 37 8 14 16 39 52 0.75 30
23 Colchester United Colchester United 39 7 5 8 28 31 2 7 10 16 37 9 12 18 44 68 0.65 30
24 Walsall Walsall 38 6 6 7 41 30 1 6 12 23 45 7 12 19 64 75 0.85 26

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