Match Centre

Friday April 16th, 1954

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

1 - 0

1

R. Johnson (??')

Reading

Reading

0

R. Johnson (??')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 12,743

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
PAGE
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
7
BULL
8
ONSLOW
9
JOHNSON
10
SAMPSON
11
BEARDS
1
JONES
2
PENFORD
3
MANSELL
4
DAVIS
5
REEVES
6
LEACH
7
GRIEVE
8
MURRAY
9
BLACKMAN
10
RITCHIE
11
QUINLAN

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Friday April 16th, 1954:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Friday April 16th, 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 41 13 5 3 43 18 11 3 6 31 29 24 8 9 74 47 1.57 56
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 41 16 2 3 54 30 8 5 7 26 26 24 7 10 80 56 1.43 55
3 Bristol City Bristol City 41 14 3 2 49 14 7 3 12 29 45 21 6 14 78 59 1.32 48
4 Watford Watford 40 15 3 3 49 20 5 5 9 30 41 20 8 12 79 61 1.30 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 Gillingham Gillingham 42 13 3 6 34 20 5 6 9 22 39 18 9 15 56 59 0.95 45
8 Reading Reading 42 12 3 6 50 31 6 5 10 27 36 18 8 16 77 67 1.15 44
9 Millwall Millwall 40 14 2 5 41 24 4 6 9 25 41 18 8 14 66 65 1.02 44
10 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 40 13 4 3 44 23 4 5 11 27 40 17 9 14 71 63 1.13 43
11 Torquay United Torquay United 42 9 9 3 44 30 7 2 12 31 49 16 11 15 75 79 0.95 43
12 Exeter City Exeter City 42 9 2 9 35 21 8 6 8 28 32 17 8 17 63 53 1.19 42
13 Norwich City Norwich City 39 9 5 5 32 23 7 5 8 30 35 16 10 13 62 58 1.07 42
14 Southend United Southend United 42 15 2 5 46 21 2 5 13 22 43 17 7 18 68 64 1.06 41
15 Coventry City Coventry City 41 11 5 4 30 14 4 4 13 23 37 15 9 17 53 51 1.04 39
16 Swindon Town Swindon 42 13 4 4 48 20 2 5 14 18 44 15 9 18 66 64 1.03 39
17 Newport County Newport County 41 13 3 4 39 25 4 2 15 16 50 17 5 19 55 75 0.73 39
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 42 11 4 6 42 24 4 3 14 19 40 15 7 20 61 64 0.95 37
19 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 42 11 4 5 37 26 3 5 14 17 53 14 9 19 54 79 0.68 37
20 Aldershot Aldershot 42 9 5 7 37 30 5 3 13 26 53 14 8 20 63 83 0.76 36
21 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 41 9 8 3 40 31 2 4 15 16 37 11 12 18 56 68 0.82 34
22 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 41 7 5 8 25 22 5 5 11 25 40 12 10 19 50 62 0.81 34
23 Colchester United Colchester United 40 6 7 8 32 28 3 1 15 12 41 9 8 23 44 69 0.64 26
24 Walsall Walsall 42 7 3 10 19 26 1 3 18 18 57 8 6 28 37 83 0.45 22

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