Match Centre

Saturday March 6th, 1954

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 1

2

M. Bull (46'), R. Johnson (74')

Millwall

Millwall

1

S. Anslow (78')
M. Bull (46'), R. Johnson (74')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 8,903

S. Anslow (78')

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
7
LAMBERT
8
ONSLOW
9
JOHNSON
10
SAMPSON
11
BULL
1
FINLAYSON
2
JARDINE
3
ANSLOW
4
SHORT
5
BOWLER
6
HEYDON
7
JOHNSON
8
SMITH
9
SHEPHERD
10
STOBBART
11
HAZLETT
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Peter HILTON
4Jim CROSS
5Garth HUDSON
6Jimmy JOHNSTON
7Ken LAMBERT
8Roy ONSLOW
9Roy JOHNSON
10Ray SAMPSON
11Mickey BULL
Millwall
1Malcolm FINLAYSON1
2Alex JARDINE2
3Stan ANSLOW3
4John SHORT4
5Gerry BOWLER5
6Jackie HEYDON6
7Johnny JOHNSON7
8Fred SMITH8
9John SHEPHERD9
10George STOBBART10
11George HAZLETT11

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Results


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

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 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 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 33 13 1 2 43 23 8 3 6 23 22 21 4 8 66 45 1.47 46
2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 33 10 4 2 36 14 9 3 5 27 26 19 7 7 63 40 1.58 45
3 Southampton Southampton 32 15 1 0 40 13 5 1 10 19 27 20 2 10 59 40 1.48 42
4 Bristol City Bristol City 34 13 2 2 45 13 5 3 9 26 39 18 5 11 71 52 1.37 41
5 Watford Watford 34 12 3 2 42 17 5 4 8 28 37 17 7 10 70 54 1.30 41
6 Gillingham Gillingham 36 11 3 4 29 16 5 5 8 21 37 16 8 12 50 53 0.94 40
7 Torquay United Torquay United 36 6 9 3 37 29 7 2 9 30 38 13 11 12 67 67 1 37
8 Norwich City Norwich City 33 8 5 4 28 20 6 3 7 23 28 14 8 11 51 48 1.06 36
9 Northampton Town Northampton Town 33 12 3 1 49 16 1 6 10 15 27 13 9 11 64 43 1.49 35
10 Exeter City Exeter City 35 8 2 8 30 19 6 5 6 21 24 14 7 14 51 43 1.19 35
11 Reading Reading 33 9 2 4 34 18 5 5 8 23 31 14 7 12 57 49 1.16 35
12 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 33 10 3 3 34 20 4 4 9 24 32 14 7 12 58 52 1.12 35
13 Millwall Millwall 33 11 2 4 35 19 3 5 8 21 35 14 7 12 56 54 1.04 35
14 Coventry City Coventry City 35 9 4 3 24 10 4 4 11 23 32 13 8 14 47 42 1.12 34
15 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 35 10 3 5 32 23 3 5 9 16 41 13 8 14 48 64 0.75 34
16 Swindon Town Swindon 35 10 4 4 39 18 2 3 12 16 39 12 7 16 55 57 0.96 31
17 Southend United Southend United 35 11 2 4 34 17 1 5 12 15 36 12 7 16 49 53 0.92 31
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 35 9 3 5 35 21 4 1 13 17 34 13 4 18 52 55 0.95 30
19 Newport County Newport County 35 11 2 4 33 25 2 2 14 12 45 13 4 18 45 70 0.64 30
20 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 35 9 6 3 39 30 1 3 13 12 32 10 9 16 51 62 0.82 29
21 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 33 5 5 8 19 22 4 4 7 19 28 9 9 15 38 50 0.76 27
22 Aldershot Aldershot 34 6 4 7 27 26 4 3 10 20 44 10 7 17 47 70 0.67 27
23 Colchester United Colchester United 34 6 5 7 28 22 3 1 12 11 32 9 6 19 39 54 0.72 24
24 Walsall Walsall 34 6 3 9 18 25 1 1 14 14 44 7 4 23 32 69 0.46 18

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