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
Torquay United
1Alf JEFFERIES1
2John SMITH2
3John ANDERTON3
4Dennis LEWIS4
5Eric WEBBER5
6Griff NORMAN6
7Ron SHAW7
8Sammy COLLINS8
9Harold DOBBIE9
10Don MILLS10
11Billy THOMAS11

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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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