Match Centre

Saturday November 5th, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 2

2

M. Owen (15', 43')

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic

2

R. Littlejohn (40'), B. Siddall (85')
M. Owen (15', 43')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 7,664

R. Littlejohn (40'), B. Siddall (85')
K.G. Aston
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
McSHANE
7
GIBSON
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
WILLIAMS
1
GODWIN
2
CUNNINGHAM
3
DRUMMOND
4
RUSHWORTH
5
CROSLAND
6
BROWN
7
LITTLEJOHN
8
SIDDALL
9
LEAVER
10
NEWSHAM
11
HARRISON
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Geoff FOX
4Jim CROSS
5Garth HUDSON
6Tony McSHANE
7Dave GIBSON
8Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
9Maurice OWEN
10Bob EDWARDS
11Gordon WILLIAMS
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
1Tommy GODWIN1
2Laurie CUNNINGHAM2
3Ian DRUMMOND3
4Peter RUSHWORTH4
5Johnny CROSLAND5
6Joe BROWN6
7Roy LITTLEJOHN7
8Brian SIDDALL8
9Derek LEAVER9
10Stan NEWSHAM10
11Peter HARRISON11

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday November 5th, 1955:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday November 5th, 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 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 18 7 2 1 28 14 3 3 2 15 10 10 5 3 43 24 1.79 25
2 Northampton Town Northampton Town 18 8 0 1 22 9 4 1 4 10 13 12 1 5 32 22 1.45 25
3 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 17 6 2 0 23 4 4 2 3 7 7 10 4 3 30 11 2.73 24
4 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 18 8 1 0 29 4 2 3 4 10 13 10 4 4 39 17 2.29 24
5 Southend United Southend United 18 8 1 0 24 7 3 1 5 17 24 11 2 5 41 31 1.32 24
6 Torquay United Torquay United 18 5 3 1 20 6 4 2 3 11 11 9 5 4 31 17 1.82 23
7 Norwich City Norwich City 18 6 2 0 19 6 3 3 4 13 22 9 5 4 32 28 1.14 23
8 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 18 6 3 1 27 9 3 0 5 10 17 9 3 6 37 26 1.42 21
9 Gillingham Gillingham 18 5 2 2 15 10 3 1 5 13 16 8 3 7 28 26 1.08 19
10 Brentford Brentford 18 5 2 2 14 10 2 3 4 10 17 7 5 6 24 27 0.89 19
11 Aldershot Aldershot 18 4 3 2 16 13 2 3 4 18 19 6 6 6 34 32 1.06 18
12 Newport County Newport County 18 6 1 3 15 10 1 3 4 10 19 7 4 7 25 29 0.86 18
13 Colchester United Colchester United 18 4 1 3 13 16 3 3 4 9 17 7 4 7 22 33 0.67 18
14 Coventry City Coventry City 18 7 2 0 24 7 0 1 8 4 19 7 3 8 28 26 1.08 17
15 Southampton Southampton 18 6 2 1 24 11 1 1 7 9 23 7 3 8 33 34 0.97 17
16 Exeter City Exeter City 18 3 3 3 10 9 3 2 4 10 14 6 5 7 20 23 0.87 17
17 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 18 3 1 5 13 10 2 4 3 14 16 5 5 8 27 26 1.04 15
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 18 4 2 3 13 9 1 2 6 6 18 5 4 9 19 27 0.70 14
19 Walsall Walsall 18 4 3 2 17 15 1 0 8 10 26 5 3 10 27 41 0.66 13
20 Watford Watford 18 4 1 4 17 18 1 2 6 5 22 5 3 10 22 40 0.55 13
21 Millwall Millwall 17 5 1 2 19 6 0 1 8 12 32 5 2 10 31 38 0.82 12
22 Reading Reading 18 3 2 4 16 18 2 0 7 7 15 5 2 11 23 33 0.70 12
23 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 18 3 2 4 13 12 0 4 5 9 20 3 6 9 22 32 0.69 12
24 Swindon Town Swindon 18 2 3 4 10 11 0 0 9 5 31 2 3 13 15 42 0.36 7