Match Centre

Saturday April 30th, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

0 - 0

0

Torquay United

Torquay United

0

(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 6,011

G.W. Pullin
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
BATCHELOR
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
RISEBOROUGH
8
SAMPSON
9
ONSLOW
10
WILLIAMS
11
HOPE
1
JEFFERIES
2
SMITH
3
ANDERTON
4
LEWIS
5
WEBBER
6
NORMAN
7
SHAW
8
COLLINS
9
DOBBIE
10
MILLS
11
THOMAS
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Peter HILTON
4Ted BATCHELOR
5Garth HUDSON
6Gordon WILLIAMS
7Cyril RISEBOROUGH
8Ray SAMPSON
9Roy ONSLOW
10Harry WILLIAMS
11Alex HOPE
Manager/Head Coach
Maurice LINDLEY
Torquay United
1Alf JEFFERIES1
2John SMITH2
3John ANDERTON3
4Dennis LEWIS4
5Eric WEBBER5
6Griff NORMAN6
7Ron SHAW7
8Sammy COLLINS8
9Harold DOBBIE9
10Don MILLS10
11Billy THOMAS11
Manager/Head Coach
Eric WEBBER

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 30th, 1955:

Aldershot Aldershot 2-2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 0-0 Reading Reading
Colchester United Colchester United 3-5 Southampton Southampton
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 1-2 Bristol City Bristol City
Exeter City Exeter City 1-4 Millwall Millwall
Newport County Newport County 1-2 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient
Northampton Town Northampton Town 1-1 Walsall Walsall
Norwich City Norwich City 1-1 Coventry City Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1-1 Gillingham Gillingham
Southend United Southend United 3-2 Brentford Brentford
Swindon Town Swindon 0-0 Torquay United Torquay United
Watford Watford 2-1 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 30th, 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 46 17 4 2 62 22 13 6 4 39 25 30 10 6 101 47 2.15 70
2 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 45 16 2 5 48 20 9 7 6 37 26 25 9 11 85 46 1.85 59
3 Southampton Southampton 46 16 6 1 49 19 8 5 10 26 32 24 11 11 75 51 1.47 59
4 Gillingham Gillingham 45 12 8 3 41 28 8 6 8 35 37 20 14 11 76 65 1.17 54
5 Millwall Millwall 45 14 5 3 42 23 6 5 12 28 43 20 10 15 70 66 1.06 50
6 Watford Watford 45 11 8 3 44 25 7 5 11 26 36 18 13 14 70 61 1.15 49
7 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 44 12 4 5 40 24 6 6 11 29 36 18 10 16 69 60 1.15 46
8 Norwich City Norwich City 45 13 5 5 40 23 5 5 12 20 35 18 10 17 60 58 1.03 46
9 Torquay United Torquay United 45 11 6 5 49 38 6 6 11 31 43 17 12 16 80 81 0.99 46
10 Northampton Town Northampton Town 46 13 5 5 47 27 6 3 14 26 54 19 8 19 73 81 0.90 46
11 Coventry City Coventry City 43 14 5 2 44 21 3 6 13 17 31 17 11 15 61 52 1.17 45
12 Aldershot Aldershot 45 12 6 5 44 23 4 7 11 28 43 16 13 16 72 66 1.09 45
13 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 45 13 7 3 46 25 2 7 13 22 45 15 14 16 68 70 0.97 44
14 Southend United Southend United 43 13 5 5 48 28 3 6 11 28 45 16 11 16 76 73 1.04 43
15 Brentford Brentford 44 10 5 6 41 34 5 8 10 38 46 15 13 16 79 80 0.99 43
16 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 46 7 8 8 32 29 5 10 8 25 36 12 18 16 57 65 0.88 42
17 Reading Reading 45 7 10 6 32 26 6 5 11 33 45 13 15 17 65 71 0.92 41
18 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 44 13 4 4 41 23 2 5 16 21 54 15 9 20 62 77 0.81 39
19 Newport County Newport County 45 8 8 7 32 29 3 8 11 28 43 11 16 18 60 72 0.83 38
20 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 45 8 11 3 30 24 2 5 16 20 56 10 16 19 50 80 0.63 36
21 Swindon Town Swindon 44 9 8 5 28 19 1 7 14 16 38 10 15 19 44 57 0.77 35
22 Exeter City Exeter City 44 9 7 7 30 31 2 6 13 14 39 11 13 20 44 70 0.63 35
23 Walsall Walsall 44 8 6 7 44 31 1 8 14 26 50 9 14 21 70 81 0.86 32
24 Colchester United Colchester United 45 7 6 10 33 40 2 7 13 19 49 9 13 23 52 89 0.58 31

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