Match Centre

Saturday October 29th, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Norwich City

4 - 1

4

B. Coxon (2'), R. Hunt (34', 55'), B. Brennan (63')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

J. Cross (70')
B. Coxon (2'), R. Hunt (34', 55'), B. Brennan (63')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 12,892

J. Cross (70')
B.A.E. Buckle
Carrow Road, Norwich

Lineups


1
OXFORD
2
McCROHAN
3
MORGAN
4
PICKWICK
5
NORMAN
6
ASHMAN
7
GORDON
8
BRENNAN
9
KEARNS
10
HUNT
11
COXON
1
BURTON
2
HILTON
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
McSHANE
7
GIBSON
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
WILLIAMS
Norwich City
1Ken OXFORD
2Roy McCROHAN
3Dennis MORGAN
4Don PICKWICK
5Maurice NORMAN
6Ron ASHMAN
7Peter GORDON
8Bobby BRENNAN
9Freddie KEARNS
10Ralph HUNT
11Billy COXON
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Peter HILTON2
3Geoff FOX3
4Jim CROSS4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Tony McSHANE6
7Dave GIBSON7
8Andy MICKLEWRIGHT8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Gordon WILLIAMS11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday October 29th, 1955:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday October 29th, 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 Northampton Town Northampton Town 17 8 0 0 22 7 4 1 4 10 13 12 1 4 32 20 1.60 25
2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 17 7 1 1 28 14 3 3 2 15 10 10 4 3 43 24 1.79 24
3 Southend United Southend United 17 8 1 0 24 7 3 1 4 17 20 11 2 4 41 27 1.52 24
4 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 16 6 2 0 23 4 4 1 3 6 6 10 3 3 29 10 2.90 23
5 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 17 7 1 0 25 4 2 3 4 10 13 9 4 4 35 17 2.06 22
6 Torquay United Torquay United 17 4 3 1 17 6 4 2 3 11 11 8 5 4 28 17 1.65 21
7 Norwich City Norwich City 17 6 2 0 19 6 2 3 4 10 20 8 5 4 29 26 1.12 21
8 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 17 6 2 1 26 8 3 0 5 10 17 9 2 6 36 25 1.44 20
9 Gillingham Gillingham 17 5 2 2 15 10 3 1 4 11 13 8 3 6 26 23 1.13 19
10 Brentford Brentford 17 5 2 2 14 10 2 2 4 9 16 7 4 6 23 26 0.88 18
11 Coventry City Coventry City 17 7 2 0 24 7 0 1 7 4 16 7 3 7 28 23 1.22 17
12 Aldershot Aldershot 17 4 2 2 15 12 2 3 4 18 19 6 5 6 33 31 1.06 17
13 Newport County Newport County 17 5 1 3 12 8 1 3 4 10 19 6 4 7 22 27 0.81 16
14 Colchester United Colchester United 17 4 1 3 13 16 2 3 4 7 17 6 4 7 20 33 0.61 16
15 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 17 3 1 4 13 9 2 4 3 14 16 5 5 7 27 25 1.08 15
16 Southampton Southampton 17 5 2 1 21 11 1 1 7 9 23 6 3 8 30 34 0.88 15
17 Exeter City Exeter City 17 3 3 3 10 9 2 2 4 9 14 5 5 7 19 23 0.83 15
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 17 4 2 3 13 9 1 1 6 4 16 5 3 9 17 25 0.68 13
19 Millwall Millwall 16 5 1 2 19 6 0 1 7 12 29 5 2 9 31 35 0.89 12
20 Reading Reading 17 3 2 4 16 18 2 0 6 7 14 5 2 10 23 32 0.72 12
21 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 17 3 2 3 11 9 0 4 5 9 20 3 6 8 20 29 0.69 12
22 Watford Watford 17 4 1 4 17 18 1 1 6 5 22 5 2 10 22 40 0.55 12
23 Walsall Walsall 17 3 3 2 16 15 1 0 8 10 26 4 3 10 26 41 0.63 11
24 Swindon Town Swindon 17 2 2 4 8 9 0 0 9 5 31 2 2 13 13 40 0.33 6

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