Match Centre

Saturday March 5th, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 2

2

D. Gibson (42'), H. Williams (70')

Walsall

Walsall

2

D. Dorman (22', 84')
D. Gibson (42'), H. Williams (70')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 5,148

D. Dorman (22', 84')
A.W. Smith
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMSON
7
GIBSON
8
SAMPSON
9
OWEN
10
WILLIAMS
11
WILLIAMS
1
BALDWIN
2
GUTTRIDGE
3
VINALL
4
CROOK
5
BRIDGETT
6
TARRANT
7
MORRIS
8
DORMAN
9
RICHARDS
10
LOVE
11
COUSANS
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON77'
2George HUNT77'
3Peter HILTON
4Jim CROSS
5Garth HUDSON
6Stewart WILLIAMSON
7Dave GIBSON
8Ray SAMPSON
9Maurice OWEN
10Harry WILLIAMS
11Gordon WILLIAMS
Walsall
1Harry BALDWIN1
2Bill GUTTRIDGE2
3Albert VINALL3
4Billy CROOK4
5Jack BRIDGETT5
6Ted TARRANT6
7Fred MORRIS7
8Don DORMAN8
9Tony RICHARDS9
10Jack LOVE10
11Eric COUSANS11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 5th, 1955:

Aldershot Aldershot 0-2 Bristol City Bristol City
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 0-3 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient
Colchester United Colchester United 3-2 Brentford Brentford
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 2-2 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Exeter City Exeter City 0-0 Coventry City Coventry City
Newport County Newport County 0-1 Southampton Southampton
Northampton Town Northampton Town 2-6 Reading Reading
Norwich City Norwich City 0-0 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1-2 Millwall Millwall
Southend United Southend United 1-2 Torquay United Torquay United
Swindon Town Swindon 2-2 Walsall Walsall
Watford Watford 1-1 Gillingham Gillingham

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 5th, 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 Bristol City Bristol City 34 12 2 2 40 17 9 5 4 32 23 21 7 6 72 40 1.80 49
2 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 32 14 2 1 37 10 7 4 4 30 18 21 6 5 67 28 2.39 48
3 Southampton Southampton 34 13 4 1 38 15 6 4 6 17 21 19 8 7 55 36 1.53 46
4 Millwall Millwall 32 11 4 2 31 15 5 4 6 17 21 16 8 8 48 36 1.33 40
5 Gillingham Gillingham 33 9 6 2 30 20 6 3 7 27 31 15 9 9 57 51 1.12 39
6 Norwich City Norwich City 33 10 3 4 31 17 4 4 8 15 23 14 7 12 46 40 1.15 35
7 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 33 10 4 3 37 20 2 7 7 16 27 12 11 10 53 47 1.13 35
8 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 33 7 5 4 29 21 4 8 5 20 24 11 13 9 49 45 1.09 35
9 Watford Watford 32 6 7 2 30 17 6 3 8 19 26 12 10 10 49 43 1.14 34
10 Coventry City Coventry City 31 10 3 2 32 18 3 4 9 14 21 13 7 11 46 39 1.18 33
11 Torquay United Torquay United 32 9 2 5 36 28 4 4 8 23 34 13 6 13 59 62 0.95 32
12 Northampton Town Northampton Town 33 8 4 4 30 22 5 2 10 22 37 13 6 14 52 59 0.88 32
13 Southend United Southend United 32 10 4 3 39 21 1 5 9 21 39 11 9 12 60 60 1 31
14 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 31 6 3 5 25 17 6 3 8 24 28 12 6 13 49 45 1.09 30
15 Exeter City Exeter City 32 7 6 4 24 23 2 5 8 9 21 9 11 12 33 44 0.75 29
16 Aldershot Aldershot 32 9 4 4 32 16 2 2 11 14 34 11 6 15 46 50 0.92 28
17 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 33 8 4 4 27 22 2 4 11 18 42 10 8 15 45 64 0.70 28
18 Reading Reading 32 4 6 6 21 19 5 3 8 28 36 9 9 14 49 55 0.89 27
19 Brentford Brentford 32 6 4 6 31 31 2 6 8 28 36 8 10 14 59 67 0.88 26
20 Swindon Town Swindon 31 7 5 3 22 14 1 5 10 12 27 8 10 13 34 41 0.83 26
21 Colchester United Colchester United 32 6 3 7 22 25 2 6 8 13 30 8 9 15 35 55 0.64 25
22 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 33 5 9 2 23 19 1 3 13 12 44 6 12 15 35 63 0.56 24
23 Newport County Newport County 31 5 5 6 20 21 1 6 8 18 30 6 11 14 38 51 0.75 23
24 Walsall Walsall 31 4 5 5 28 21 1 4 12 20 42 5 9 17 48 63 0.76 19

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