Match Centre

Saturday April 10th, 1954

Football League Division Three (South)

Watford

2 - 1

2

J. Bowie (8'), R. Brown (62')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

R. Sampson (54')
J. Bowie (8'), R. Brown (62')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 11,178

R. Sampson (54')

Lineups


1
BENNETT
2
BEWLEY
3
GALLOGLY
4
KELLY
5
NOLAN
6
MITCHELL
7
COOK
8
BOWIE
9
BROWN
10
SMITH
11
ADAMS
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
PAGE
4
JOHNSTON
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMSON
7
BULL
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
SAMPSON
11
BEARDS
Watford
1Ted BENNETT
2Dave BEWLEY
3Charlie GALLOGLY
4Jimmy KELLY
5Phil NOLAN
6Frank MITCHELL
7Maurice COOK
8Jimmy BOWIE
9Roy BROWN
10Eddie SMITH
11Chris ADAMS
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Mick PAGE3
4Jimmy JOHNSTON4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Stewart WILLIAMSON6
7Mickey BULL7
8Roy ONSLOW8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Ray SAMPSON10
11Alan BEARDS11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 10th, 1954:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 10th, 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 40 16 2 2 52 27 8 5 7 26 26 24 7 9 78 53 1.47 55
2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 40 12 5 3 41 18 11 3 6 31 29 23 8 9 72 47 1.53 54
3 Bristol City Bristol City 40 14 3 2 49 14 7 3 11 29 44 21 6 13 78 58 1.34 48
4 Watford Watford 39 15 3 2 49 18 5 5 9 30 41 20 8 11 79 59 1.34 48
5 Northampton Town Northampton Town 40 16 4 1 58 18 2 6 11 17 30 18 10 12 75 48 1.56 46
6 Southampton Southampton 40 16 3 1 47 19 5 1 14 23 37 21 4 15 70 56 1.25 46
7 Reading Reading 41 12 3 6 50 31 6 5 9 27 35 18 8 15 77 66 1.17 44
8 Torquay United Torquay United 41 9 9 3 44 30 7 2 11 31 47 16 11 14 75 77 0.97 43
9 Gillingham Gillingham 41 12 3 6 33 20 5 6 9 22 39 17 9 15 55 59 0.93 43
10 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 39 13 4 3 44 23 4 4 11 26 39 17 8 14 70 62 1.13 42
11 Norwich City Norwich City 39 9 5 5 32 23 7 5 8 30 35 16 10 13 62 58 1.07 42
12 Millwall Millwall 39 13 2 5 40 24 4 6 9 25 41 17 8 14 65 65 1 42
13 Exeter City Exeter City 41 9 2 9 35 21 7 6 8 26 32 16 8 17 61 53 1.15 40
14 Southend United Southend United 40 13 2 5 41 19 2 5 13 22 43 15 7 18 63 62 1.02 37
15 Swindon Town Swindon 41 12 4 4 47 20 2 5 14 18 44 14 9 18 65 64 1.02 37
16 Coventry City Coventry City 40 10 5 4 27 13 4 4 13 23 37 14 9 17 50 50 1 37
17 Newport County Newport County 40 12 3 4 37 25 4 2 15 16 50 16 5 19 53 75 0.71 37
18 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 41 11 4 5 37 26 3 5 13 17 51 14 9 18 54 77 0.70 37
19 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 41 11 4 6 42 24 4 2 14 18 39 15 6 20 60 63 0.95 36
20 Aldershot Aldershot 40 9 4 7 36 29 5 3 12 25 51 14 7 19 61 80 0.76 35
21 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 39 7 5 8 25 22 5 5 9 24 36 12 10 17 49 58 0.84 34
22 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 40 9 8 3 40 31 1 4 15 13 35 10 12 18 53 66 0.80 32
23 Colchester United Colchester United 39 6 6 8 31 27 3 1 15 12 41 9 7 23 43 68 0.63 25
24 Walsall Walsall 41 7 3 10 19 26 1 3 17 17 54 8 6 27 36 80 0.45 22

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