Match Centre

Saturday January 29th, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Reading

2 - 1

2

B. Bedford (70'), D. Uphill (86')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

M. Bull (21')
B. Bedford (70'), D. Uphill (86')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 7,891

M. Bull (21')
W. Ling
Elm Park, Reading

Lineups


1
MEESON
2
PENFORD
3
LEACH
4
DAVIS
5
LIVINGSTONE
6
McLAREN
7
HINSHELWOOD
8
CAMPBELL
9
BEDFORD
10
UPHILL
11
WHEELER
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
PAGE
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMSON
7
BULL
8
McCLELLAND
9
HUNTER
10
SAMPSON
11
BEARDS
Reading
1Dave MEESON
2Dennis PENFORD
3Brian LEACH
4Fred DAVIS
5Billy LIVINGSTONE
6Eddie McLAREN
7Wally HINSHELWOOD
8Bobby CAMPBELL
9Brian BEDFORD
10Dennis UPHILL
11Jimmy WHEELER
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Mick PAGE3
4Jim CROSS4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Stewart WILLIAMSON6
7Mickey BULL7
8Johnny McCLELLAND8
9Bob HUNTER9
10Ray SAMPSON10
11Alan BEARDS11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday January 29th, 1955:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday January 29th, 1955:

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 27 14 1 0 35 7 5 3 4 24 17 19 4 4 59 24 2.46 42
2 Bristol City Bristol City 29 9 2 2 32 13 8 4 4 28 21 17 6 6 60 34 1.76 40
3 Southampton Southampton 29 12 3 1 34 12 4 3 6 15 21 16 6 7 49 33 1.48 38
4 Millwall Millwall 27 11 2 2 28 12 4 3 5 12 16 15 5 7 40 28 1.43 35
5 Gillingham Gillingham 28 9 4 2 27 17 6 1 6 23 26 15 5 8 50 43 1.16 35
6 Norwich City Norwich City 28 10 2 3 31 16 4 3 6 12 17 14 5 9 43 33 1.30 33
7 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 28 9 4 1 33 15 2 6 6 14 24 11 10 7 47 39 1.21 32
8 Southend United Southend United 27 10 4 1 37 16 1 5 6 16 28 11 9 7 53 44 1.20 31
9 Coventry City Coventry City 27 9 3 2 27 15 3 3 7 14 18 12 6 9 41 33 1.24 30
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 28 5 5 3 25 17 3 7 5 18 23 8 12 8 43 40 1.08 28
11 Watford Watford 27 6 4 2 27 14 4 3 8 15 25 10 7 10 42 39 1.08 27
12 Aldershot Aldershot 28 9 4 2 29 10 2 1 10 12 31 11 5 12 41 41 1 27
13 Northampton Town Northampton Town 29 7 4 3 22 14 4 1 10 16 32 11 5 13 38 46 0.83 27
14 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 26 6 1 5 23 15 5 2 7 19 24 11 3 12 42 39 1.08 25
15 Exeter City Exeter City 27 7 4 3 22 20 1 5 7 7 19 8 9 10 29 39 0.74 25
16 Torquay United Torquay United 27 7 2 5 30 26 2 3 8 18 31 9 5 13 48 57 0.84 23
17 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 29 6 4 4 23 20 2 3 10 15 38 8 7 14 38 58 0.66 23
18 Brentford Brentford 27 5 3 6 28 29 2 5 6 22 27 7 8 12 50 56 0.89 22
19 Swindon Town Swindon 28 6 3 3 18 11 1 5 10 12 27 7 8 13 30 38 0.79 22
20 Reading Reading 27 3 6 4 16 16 4 2 8 20 32 7 8 12 36 48 0.75 22
21 Newport County Newport County 27 5 4 4 19 17 1 5 8 17 29 6 9 12 36 46 0.78 21
22 Colchester United Colchester United 27 4 3 7 18 23 2 4 7 12 27 6 7 14 30 50 0.60 19
23 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 28 4 7 2 17 14 1 2 12 12 39 5 9 14 29 53 0.55 19
24 Walsall Walsall 27 4 3 5 26 19 1 3 11 15 35 5 6 16 41 54 0.76 16

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