Match Centre

Friday April 8th, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Newport County

2 - 2

2

G. Hudson (34' o.g.), T. Johnston (??' pen)

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

R. Sampson (30', 66')
G. Hudson (34' o.g.), T. Johnston (??' pen)
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 8,595

R. Sampson (30', 66')
W. Clements

Lineups


1
POPE
2
LEVER
3
HAYWARD
4
LUCAS
5
WILCOX
6
THOMAS
7
SHERGOLD
8
HOLLYMAN
9
JOHNSTON
10
GRAHAM
11
HARRIS
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
GIBSON
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
SAMPSON
11
BULL

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Friday April 8th, 1955:

Aldershot Aldershot 4-2 Exeter City Exeter City
Brentford Brentford 2-0 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient
Colchester United Colchester United 2-0 Southend United Southend United
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 2-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Gillingham Gillingham 1-1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Millwall Millwall 3-1 Coventry City Coventry City
Newport County Newport County 2-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Watford Watford 2-1 Southampton Southampton

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Friday April 8th, 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 39 15 2 2 53 19 11 5 4 35 23 26 7 6 88 42 2.10 59
2 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 38 16 2 2 46 12 7 6 5 32 22 23 8 7 78 34 2.29 54
3 Southampton Southampton 39 15 4 1 44 16 7 4 8 20 25 22 8 9 64 41 1.56 52
4 Millwall Millwall 39 13 5 2 40 19 5 5 9 23 34 18 10 11 63 53 1.19 46
5 Gillingham Gillingham 38 10 7 3 35 25 7 4 7 30 32 17 11 10 65 57 1.14 45
6 Watford Watford 38 9 7 3 38 23 7 4 8 21 27 16 11 11 59 50 1.18 43
7 Norwich City Norwich City 37 12 3 4 35 18 4 4 10 16 27 16 7 14 51 45 1.13 39
8 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 38 12 4 3 42 22 2 7 10 18 35 14 11 13 60 57 1.05 39
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 37 7 6 5 31 24 5 8 6 22 25 12 14 11 53 49 1.08 38
10 Torquay United Torquay United 38 9 5 5 41 33 5 5 9 26 36 14 10 14 67 69 0.97 38
11 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 37 9 3 5 35 22 6 4 10 27 33 15 7 15 62 55 1.13 37
12 Coventry City Coventry City 36 11 4 2 35 20 3 5 11 16 26 14 9 13 51 46 1.11 37
13 Northampton Town Northampton Town 38 10 4 4 33 23 5 2 13 24 52 15 6 17 57 75 0.76 36
14 Brentford Brentford 37 8 5 6 35 32 3 7 8 31 38 11 12 14 66 70 0.94 34
15 Aldershot Aldershot 38 10 5 5 37 21 2 5 11 19 39 12 10 16 56 60 0.93 34
16 Reading Reading 37 6 7 6 26 21 5 4 9 29 39 11 11 15 55 60 0.92 33
17 Southend United Southend United 36 10 5 4 39 22 1 5 11 22 43 11 10 15 61 65 0.94 32
18 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 38 7 10 2 27 21 2 4 13 18 47 9 14 15 45 68 0.66 32
19 Newport County Newport County 38 6 7 6 26 25 2 7 10 25 39 8 14 16 51 64 0.80 30
20 Swindon Town Swindon 37 7 7 3 23 15 1 7 12 16 36 8 14 15 39 51 0.76 30
21 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 36 9 4 4 31 22 2 4 13 18 46 11 8 17 49 68 0.72 30
22 Colchester United Colchester United 38 7 5 8 28 31 2 7 9 15 35 9 12 17 43 66 0.65 30
23 Exeter City Exeter City 38 7 7 5 25 25 2 5 12 14 38 9 12 17 39 63 0.62 30
24 Walsall Walsall 37 5 6 7 37 29 1 6 12 23 45 6 12 19 60 74 0.81 24

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