Match Centre

Saturday February 6th, 1954

Football League Division Three (South)

Colchester United

2 - 2

2

B. Dale (40'), K. Plant (46')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

M. Owen (11'), R. Sampson (22')
B. Dale (40'), K. Plant (46')
(HT: 1-2)

Attendance: 6,824

M. Owen (11'), R. Sampson (22')
W.E. Dellow
Layer Road, Colchester

Lineups


1
WRIGHT
2
HARRISON
3
LEWIS
4
HILL
5
BICKNELL
6
ELDER
7
SCOTT
8
BARLOW
9
PLANT
10
DALE
11
WRIGHT
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
SAMPSON
11
BULL
Colchester United
1George WRIGHT
2John HARRISON
3Fred LEWIS
4Bertie HILL
5Roy BICKNELL
6Jimmy ELDER
7Augie SCOTT
8Bert BARLOW
9Ken PLANT
10Bobby DALE
11Peter WRIGHT
Manager/Head Coach
Jack BUTLER
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Terry ELWELL3
4Jim CROSS4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Jimmy JOHNSTON6
7Harry LUNN7
8Roy ONSLOW8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Ray SAMPSON10
11Mickey BULL11
Manager/Head Coach
Maurice LINDLEY

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday February 6th, 1954:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday February 6th, 1954:

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 29 9 4 1 32 10 9 3 3 27 22 18 7 4 59 32 1.84 43
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 29 11 1 2 37 22 7 3 5 20 19 18 4 7 57 41 1.39 40
3 Southampton Southampton 28 13 1 0 37 13 5 1 8 17 22 18 2 8 54 35 1.54 38
4 Bristol City Bristol City 30 12 1 2 39 11 4 3 8 20 35 16 4 10 59 46 1.28 36
5 Torquay United Torquay United 32 5 9 2 33 25 7 2 7 29 29 12 11 9 62 54 1.15 35
6 Northampton Town Northampton Town 29 11 3 0 47 14 1 6 8 14 24 12 9 8 61 38 1.61 33
7 Exeter City Exeter City 31 8 0 8 29 18 6 5 4 20 20 14 5 12 49 38 1.29 33
8 Watford Watford 29 9 3 2 37 16 4 4 7 24 32 13 7 9 61 48 1.27 33
9 Gillingham Gillingham 32 9 3 4 25 15 4 4 8 20 37 13 7 12 45 52 0.87 33
10 Reading Reading 29 9 2 3 34 16 4 4 7 17 27 13 6 10 51 43 1.19 32
11 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 29 9 2 3 31 18 4 4 7 21 26 13 6 10 52 44 1.18 32
12 Millwall Millwall 29 9 2 4 31 18 3 5 6 20 29 12 7 10 51 47 1.09 31
13 Norwich City Norwich City 29 7 4 4 24 19 5 3 6 18 22 12 7 10 42 41 1.02 31
14 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 31 8 3 5 28 22 3 4 8 15 38 11 7 13 43 60 0.72 29
15 Coventry City Coventry City 31 7 4 3 18 9 3 4 10 21 29 10 8 13 39 38 1.03 28
16 Swindon Town Swindon 31 9 3 4 36 16 2 2 11 14 33 11 5 15 50 49 1.02 27
17 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 31 8 3 4 32 18 4 0 12 16 31 12 3 16 48 49 0.98 27
18 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 31 8 6 2 36 25 1 3 11 11 26 9 9 13 47 51 0.92 27
19 Southend United Southend United 31 9 2 4 29 16 1 4 11 13 33 10 6 15 42 49 0.86 26
20 Newport County Newport County 31 9 2 4 28 24 2 2 12 11 39 11 4 16 39 63 0.62 26
21 Aldershot Aldershot 30 5 3 6 20 19 4 3 9 20 42 9 6 15 40 61 0.66 24
22 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 29 3 5 8 9 20 4 3 6 18 26 7 8 14 27 46 0.59 22
23 Colchester United Colchester United 30 5 5 6 25 20 2 1 11 7 28 7 6 17 32 48 0.67 20
24 Walsall Walsall 29 5 3 8 12 20 0 1 12 11 40 5 4 20 23 60 0.38 14

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