Match Centre

Saturday March 19th, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

0 - 0

0

Leyton Orient

Leyton Orient

0

(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 8,624

J.F. Gardner

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
RISEBOROUGH
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
SAMPSON
11
BULL
1
WELTON
2
LEE
3
CHARLTON
4
BLIZZARD
5
ALDOUS
6
McKNIGHT
7
GROVES
8
FACEY
9
BURGESS
10
MORGAN
11
HARTBURN

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 19th, 1955:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 19th, 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 37 14 2 2 48 18 10 5 4 33 23 24 7 6 81 41 1.98 55
2 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 35 15 2 2 41 12 7 5 4 30 18 22 7 6 71 30 2.37 51
3 Southampton Southampton 36 14 4 1 41 15 6 4 7 18 23 20 8 8 59 38 1.55 48
4 Millwall Millwall 35 11 5 2 32 16 5 5 7 19 27 16 10 9 51 43 1.19 42
5 Gillingham Gillingham 35 9 6 3 30 22 7 3 7 29 31 16 9 10 59 53 1.11 41
6 Norwich City Norwich City 35 11 3 4 33 17 4 4 9 15 24 15 7 13 48 41 1.17 37
7 Watford Watford 34 7 7 2 31 17 6 4 8 20 27 13 11 10 51 44 1.16 37
8 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 35 7 5 5 30 23 5 8 5 22 24 12 13 10 52 47 1.11 37
9 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 35 11 4 3 40 22 2 7 8 16 30 13 11 11 56 52 1.08 37
10 Coventry City Coventry City 33 10 4 2 32 18 3 4 10 14 22 13 8 12 46 40 1.15 34
11 Torquay United Torquay United 34 9 3 5 38 30 4 5 8 24 35 13 8 13 62 65 0.95 34
12 Northampton Town Northampton Town 35 9 4 4 32 23 5 2 11 22 41 14 6 15 54 64 0.84 34
13 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 33 7 3 5 27 18 6 3 9 26 31 13 6 14 53 49 1.08 32
14 Southend United Southend United 34 10 5 3 39 21 1 5 10 22 41 11 10 13 61 62 0.98 32
15 Brentford Brentford 34 7 4 6 32 31 3 6 8 30 37 10 10 14 62 68 0.91 30
16 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 35 9 4 4 31 22 2 4 12 18 44 11 8 16 49 66 0.74 30
17 Reading Reading 34 4 7 6 22 20 5 4 8 28 36 9 11 14 50 56 0.89 29
18 Aldershot Aldershot 34 9 4 5 32 18 2 3 11 16 36 11 7 16 48 54 0.89 29
19 Exeter City Exeter City 34 7 6 5 24 24 2 5 9 9 24 9 11 14 33 48 0.69 29
20 Newport County Newport County 34 5 6 6 21 22 2 7 8 21 32 7 13 14 42 54 0.78 27
21 Swindon Town Swindon 33 7 6 3 22 14 1 5 11 12 30 8 11 14 34 44 0.77 27
22 Colchester United Colchester United 34 6 4 7 24 27 2 7 8 13 30 8 11 15 37 57 0.65 27
23 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 35 5 10 2 24 20 2 3 13 16 45 7 13 15 40 65 0.62 27
24 Walsall Walsall 33 4 5 6 29 25 1 5 12 22 44 5 10 18 51 69 0.74 20

Match Programme