Match Centre

Saturday December 16th, 1961

Football League Division Three

Portsmouth

2 - 2

2

D. Dodson (1'), H. Harris (79')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

E. Hunt (66'), B. Atkins (71')
D. Dodson (1'), H. Harris (79')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 13,990

E. Hunt (66'), B. Atkins (71')
A.E. Moore
Fratton Park, Portsmouth

Lineups


1
BEATTIE
2
RUTTER
3
WILSON
4
BROWN
5
SNOWDON
6
DICKINSON
7
BARTON
8
GORDON
9
SAUNDERS
10
HARRIS
11
DODSON
1
O'HARA
2
WOLLEN
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
CHAMBERLAIN
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
SMITH
10
ATKINS
11
WEAVER
Portsmouth
1Dick BEATTIE
2Cyril RUTTER
3Alex WILSON
4Allan BROWN
5Brian SNOWDON
6Jimmy DICKINSON
7Tony BARTON
8Johnny GORDON
9Ron SAUNDERS
10Harry HARRIS
11Dave DODSON
Manager/Head Coach
George SMITH
Swindon Town
1Mike O'HARA1
2Terry WOLLEN2
3John TROLLOPE3
4Keith MORGAN4
5Maurice OWEN5
6Peter CHAMBERLAIN6
7Mike SUMMERBEE7
8Ernie HUNT8
9Jack SMITH9
10Bill ATKINS10
11Eric WEAVER11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday December 16th, 1961:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 0-0 Lincoln City Lincoln City
Brentford Brentford 1-4 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Bristol City Bristol City 6-0 Notts County Notts County
Coventry City Coventry City 1-0 Reading Reading
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 7-2 Torquay United Torquay United
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 1-0 Newport County Newport County
Hull City Hull City 1-1 Peterborough United Peterborough United
Northampton Town Northampton Town 2-0 Watford Watford
Port Vale Port Vale 4-1 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Portsmouth Portsmouth 2-2 Swindon Town Swindon

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday December 16th, 1961:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 23 7 5 0 23 9 4 5 2 18 13 11 10 2 41 22 1.86 32
2 Portsmouth Portsmouth 22 8 5 0 24 12 5 1 3 14 10 13 6 3 38 22 1.73 32
3 Bristol City Bristol City 24 8 1 3 27 11 5 2 5 19 22 13 3 8 46 33 1.39 29
4 Peterborough United Peterborough United 23 7 0 4 29 23 6 3 3 27 26 13 3 7 56 49 1.14 29
5 Reading Reading 23 7 1 2 20 12 7 0 6 23 26 14 1 8 43 38 1.13 29
6 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 22 7 2 3 35 21 4 4 2 19 13 11 6 5 54 34 1.59 28
7 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 24 6 3 4 35 24 5 3 3 20 12 11 6 7 55 36 1.53 28
8 Northampton Town Northampton Town 24 5 4 3 29 13 6 1 5 21 15 11 5 8 50 28 1.79 27
9 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 23 8 2 2 21 9 3 2 6 12 25 11 4 8 33 34 0.97 26
10 Watford Watford 24 6 5 1 23 16 3 2 7 16 26 9 7 8 39 42 0.93 25
11 Port Vale Port Vale 24 7 2 3 22 11 2 4 6 12 20 9 6 9 34 31 1.10 24
12 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA) 22 7 2 2 25 13 3 1 7 18 26 10 3 9 43 39 1.10 23
13 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 24 5 4 3 31 23 3 3 6 13 22 8 7 9 44 45 0.98 23
14 Coventry City Coventry City 23 7 3 2 21 12 1 4 6 10 23 8 7 8 31 35 0.89 23
15 Hull City Hull City 21 6 1 3 17 8 2 5 4 13 15 8 6 7 30 23 1.30 22
16 Halifax Town Halifax Town 19 4 3 1 13 9 3 2 6 16 23 7 5 7 29 32 0.91 19
17 Notts County Notts County 21 7 3 1 24 10 0 2 8 12 30 7 5 9 36 40 0.90 19
18 Southend United Southend United 23 5 2 4 16 14 1 5 6 12 20 6 7 10 28 34 0.82 19
19 Swindon Town Swindon 24 3 7 2 19 14 2 2 8 17 33 5 9 10 36 47 0.77 19
20 Barnsley Barnsley 22 5 2 4 28 23 2 2 7 15 30 7 4 11 43 53 0.81 18
21 Lincoln City Lincoln City 22 3 2 5 14 19 2 4 6 16 24 5 6 11 30 43 0.70 16
22 Torquay United Torquay United 22 3 1 8 25 29 2 2 6 13 27 5 3 14 38 56 0.68 13
23 Brentford Brentford 23 5 2 4 15 15 0 1 11 6 37 5 3 15 21 52 0.40 13
24 Newport County Newport County 24 2 1 8 16 23 1 3 9 11 34 3 4 17 27 57 0.47 10

Match Programme

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