Match Centre

Saturday October 9th, 1954

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 1

2

B. Hunter (10'), R. Onslow (29')

Shrewsbury Town

Shrewsbury Town

1

B. Loughnane (~88')
B. Hunter (10'), R. Onslow (29')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 8,953

B. Loughnane (~88')
F.S. Fiander

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
JOHNSTON
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
HUNTER
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
GEMMELL
11
BEARDS
1
CROSSLEY
2
BANNISTER
3
PARR
4
WALLACE
5
CANDLIN
6
DODD
7
PRICE
8
O'DONNELL
9
WEIGH
10
McCUE
11
LOUGHNANE

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday October 9th, 1954:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday October 9th, 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 Bristol City Bristol City 14 5 1 0 19 5 5 2 1 17 9 10 3 1 36 14 2.57 23
2 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 14 7 0 0 13 3 2 2 3 7 10 9 2 3 20 13 1.54 20
3 Norwich City Norwich City 14 6 1 1 20 8 2 2 2 6 5 8 3 3 26 13 2 19
4 Coventry City Coventry City 14 5 1 1 15 8 2 3 2 10 10 7 4 3 25 18 1.39 18
5 Millwall Millwall 14 6 0 1 12 5 2 2 3 5 9 8 2 4 17 14 1.21 18
6 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 14 5 2 0 19 6 0 4 3 7 12 5 6 3 26 18 1.44 16
7 Southampton Southampton 14 6 1 0 18 7 1 1 5 6 15 7 2 5 24 22 1.09 16
8 Southend United Southend United 14 4 4 0 20 10 0 3 3 7 10 4 7 3 27 20 1.35 15
9 Torquay United Torquay United 14 5 1 1 14 7 1 2 4 11 17 6 3 5 25 24 1.04 15
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 14 3 2 2 14 8 1 4 2 10 10 4 6 4 24 18 1.33 14
11 Aldershot Aldershot 14 6 2 0 17 2 0 0 6 5 18 6 2 6 22 20 1.10 14
12 Watford Watford 14 4 2 1 18 8 1 2 4 5 15 5 4 5 23 23 1 14
13 Gillingham Gillingham 14 4 3 0 11 7 1 1 5 8 19 5 4 5 19 26 0.73 14
14 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 14 3 1 3 14 10 3 0 4 10 11 6 1 7 24 21 1.14 13
15 Swindon Town Swindon 14 5 0 2 12 5 0 3 4 4 13 5 3 6 16 18 0.89 13
16 Northampton Town Northampton Town 14 3 2 2 10 6 2 1 4 6 13 5 3 6 16 19 0.84 13
17 Exeter City Exeter City 14 4 2 1 11 7 1 1 5 3 11 5 3 6 14 18 0.78 13
18 Colchester United Colchester United 14 3 2 3 12 12 1 2 3 5 12 4 4 6 17 24 0.71 12
19 Brentford Brentford 14 2 3 2 14 12 1 2 4 14 18 3 5 6 28 30 0.93 11
20 Newport County Newport County 14 3 3 1 10 8 0 2 5 4 13 3 5 6 14 21 0.67 11
21 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 14 3 1 2 13 10 0 3 5 7 18 3 4 7 20 28 0.71 10
22 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 14 2 5 0 9 6 0 1 6 4 21 2 6 6 13 27 0.48 10
23 Reading Reading 14 0 5 1 6 8 1 2 5 11 18 1 7 6 17 26 0.65 9
24 Walsall Walsall 14 0 2 4 5 12 1 1 6 8 19 1 3 10 13 31 0.42 5

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