Match Centre

Saturday December 18th, 1954

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

1 - 1

1

Colchester United

Colchester United

1

K. Plant (83')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 5,254

K. Plant (83')
W.E. Dellow

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
PAGE
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMSON
7
GIBSON
8
McCLELLAND
9
OWEN
10
SAMPSON
11
BEARDS
1
KIRK
2
HARRISON
3
LEWIS
4
HILL
5
STEWART
6
GEORGE
7
BIRCH
8
LEONARD
9
PLANT
10
McKIM
11
GRICE

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 18th, 1954:

Aldershot Aldershot 4-1 Norwich City Norwich City
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 2-1 Coventry City Coventry City
Brentford Brentford 0-3 Southampton Southampton
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 1-2 Millwall Millwall
Bristol City Bristol City 1-4 Gillingham Gillingham
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 1-1 Exeter City Exeter City
Northampton Town Northampton Town 2-2 Newport County Newport County
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 2-3 Southend United Southend United
Swindon Town Swindon 1-1 Colchester United Colchester United
Torquay United Torquay United 2-7 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient
Walsall Walsall 4-0 Reading Reading
Watford Watford 1-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 18th, 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 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 22 11 0 0 24 5 5 2 4 22 15 16 2 4 46 20 2.30 34
2 Bristol City Bristol City 23 8 2 1 30 11 6 4 2 23 15 14 6 3 53 26 2.04 34
3 Southampton Southampton 22 9 2 0 28 8 4 1 6 12 18 13 3 6 40 26 1.54 29
4 Millwall Millwall 22 8 1 2 20 9 4 3 4 11 13 12 4 6 31 22 1.41 28
5 Coventry City Coventry City 22 8 2 1 25 13 3 3 5 12 14 11 5 6 37 27 1.37 27
6 Norwich City Norwich City 22 8 1 2 23 9 3 3 5 10 13 11 4 7 33 22 1.50 26
7 Northampton Town Northampton Town 23 7 3 2 19 9 4 1 6 12 23 11 4 8 31 32 0.97 26
8 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 22 7 2 1 27 11 1 6 5 11 19 8 8 6 38 30 1.27 24
9 Southend United Southend United 22 7 4 0 28 11 1 4 6 13 25 8 8 6 41 36 1.14 24
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 22 5 3 3 21 13 3 4 4 16 20 8 7 7 37 33 1.12 23
11 Gillingham Gillingham 22 5 4 2 14 12 4 1 6 18 25 9 5 8 32 37 0.86 23
12 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 22 6 1 5 23 15 4 1 5 13 16 10 2 10 36 31 1.16 22
13 Watford Watford 22 5 4 2 26 14 2 2 7 9 22 7 6 9 35 36 0.97 20
14 Aldershot Aldershot 22 8 2 2 25 8 1 0 9 10 29 9 2 11 35 37 0.95 20
15 Torquay United Torquay United 22 7 1 4 27 21 1 3 6 15 24 8 4 10 42 45 0.93 20
16 Reading Reading 22 2 6 2 13 11 4 2 6 18 25 6 8 8 31 36 0.86 20
17 Swindon Town Swindon 23 5 3 3 16 11 1 4 7 9 21 6 7 10 25 32 0.78 19
18 Brentford Brentford 22 4 3 5 23 25 2 3 5 19 23 6 6 10 42 48 0.88 18
19 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 23 5 3 4 20 18 1 3 7 13 26 6 6 11 33 44 0.75 18
20 Newport County Newport County 22 4 4 2 15 14 1 4 7 13 24 5 8 9 28 38 0.74 18
21 Exeter City Exeter City 22 4 3 3 13 16 1 5 6 7 17 5 8 9 20 33 0.61 18
22 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 22 3 7 1 15 11 0 2 9 8 32 3 9 10 23 43 0.53 15
23 Walsall Walsall 22 3 3 5 22 19 1 2 8 10 27 4 5 13 32 46 0.70 13
24 Colchester United Colchester United 22 3 2 6 14 19 1 3 7 9 25 4 5 13 23 44 0.52 13

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