Match Centre

Saturday April 4th, 1959

Football League Division Three

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic

3 - 3

3

M. Burgess (5', 88'), D. Dowsett (40')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

3

B. Edwards (23', 41'), A. Woollard (46' o.g.)
M. Burgess (5', 88'), D. Dowsett (40')
(HT: 2-2)

Attendance: 9,546

B. Edwards (23', 41'), A. Woollard (46' o.g.)
D.T. Bates
Dean Court, Bournemouth

Lineups


1
GODWIN
2
LYONS
3
WOOLLARD
4
ARNOTT
5
NELSON
6
BROWN
7
SOUTHREN
8
STANDLEY
9
DOWSETT
10
BURGESS
11
BUMSTEAD
1
CHANDLER
2
NEAL
3
BINGLEY
4
FOUNTAIN
5
CHAMBERLAIN
6
TILLEY
7
STEPHENS
8
RICHARDS
9
MARSHALL
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
1Tommy GODWIN
2Mike LYONS
3Arnold WOOLLARD
4John ARNOTT
5Tony NELSON
6Joe BROWN
7Tommy SOUTHREN
8Tommy STANDLEY
9Dickie DOWSETT
10Mike BURGESS
11Ray BUMSTEAD
Manager/Head Coach
Don WELSH
Swindon Town
1Ray CHANDLER1
2Johnny NEAL2
3Walter BINGLEY3
4Jack FOUNTAIN4
5Peter CHAMBERLAIN5
6Rex TILLEY6
7Johnny STEPHENS7
8John RICHARDS8
9Willie MARSHALL9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Arnold DARCY11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday April 4th, 1959:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 3-3 Swindon Town Swindon
Bury Bury 2-2 Bradford City Bradford
Colchester United Colchester United 1-3 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 3-0 Accrington Stanley Accrington
Norwich City Norwich City 4-1 Brentford Brentford
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 1-1 Halifax Town Halifax Town
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 5-0 Wrexham Wrexham
Reading Reading 3-1 Notts County Notts County
Rochdale Rochdale 1-0 Southampton Southampton
Southend United Southend United 1-1 Hull City Hull City
Stockport County Stockport County 1-1 Chesterfield Chesterfield
Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Newport County Newport County

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday April 4th, 1959:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 41 13 6 2 53 26 8 7 5 31 30 21 13 7 84 56 1.50 55
2 Hull City Hull City 40 17 3 1 61 20 6 5 8 21 26 23 8 9 82 46 1.78 54
3 Brentford Brentford 39 12 5 2 38 17 6 8 6 26 24 18 13 8 64 41 1.56 49
4 Reading Reading 40 14 4 2 43 18 5 4 11 25 34 19 8 13 68 52 1.31 46
5 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 42 14 3 5 44 22 5 4 11 26 40 19 7 16 70 62 1.13 45
6 Norwich City Norwich City 36 11 4 4 47 27 6 6 5 23 23 17 10 9 70 50 1.40 44
7 Southend United Southend United 40 12 6 2 45 22 6 2 12 27 44 18 8 14 72 66 1.09 44
8 Bury Bury 41 11 7 2 45 19 5 4 12 18 32 16 11 14 63 51 1.24 43
9 Southampton Southampton 41 11 6 3 51 28 5 4 12 31 42 16 10 15 82 70 1.17 42
10 Colchester United Colchester United 40 12 2 6 39 29 4 8 8 22 32 16 10 14 61 61 1 42
11 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 40 12 5 3 43 26 5 2 13 25 46 17 7 16 68 72 0.94 41
12 Accrington Stanley Accrington 41 10 6 5 39 28 5 4 11 28 39 15 10 16 67 67 1 40
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 41 11 7 2 37 17 4 3 14 25 49 15 10 16 62 66 0.94 40
14 Halifax Town Halifax Town 38 10 5 3 33 21 6 2 12 29 48 16 7 15 62 69 0.90 39
15 Chesterfield Chesterfield 41 9 5 6 37 26 5 5 11 26 35 14 10 17 63 61 1.03 38
16 Bradford City Bradford 41 10 4 6 42 25 4 6 11 33 50 14 10 17 75 75 1 38
17 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 39 11 3 5 35 33 3 7 10 32 51 14 10 15 67 84 0.80 38
18 Swindon Town Swindon 39 11 3 6 33 21 2 7 10 16 29 13 10 16 49 50 0.98 36
19 Newport County Newport County 40 13 2 5 38 22 1 6 13 22 41 14 8 18 60 63 0.95 36
20 Stockport County Stockport County 40 8 7 6 29 22 4 2 13 30 48 12 9 19 59 70 0.84 33
21 Wrexham Wrexham 38 9 4 4 30 25 2 7 12 21 42 11 11 16 51 67 0.76 33
22 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 42 13 1 7 39 29 1 2 18 9 54 14 3 25 48 83 0.58 31
23 Notts County Notts County 41 5 9 7 32 35 3 3 14 20 48 8 12 21 52 83 0.63 28
24 Rochdale Rochdale 41 8 6 7 21 23 0 5 15 15 47 8 11 22 36 70 0.51 27