Match Centre

Monday April 11th, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

1 - 3

1

M. Bull (??')

Newport County

Newport County

3

B. Lucas (??'), H. Harris (??'), T. Johnston (??')
M. Bull (??')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 9,757

B. Lucas (??'), H. Harris (??'), T. Johnston (??')

Lineups


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

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Monday April 11th, 1955:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Monday April 11th, 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 41 16 3 2 59 22 11 5 4 35 23 27 8 6 94 45 2.09 62
2 Southampton Southampton 41 16 5 1 47 17 7 4 8 20 25 23 9 9 67 42 1.60 55
3 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 40 16 2 4 47 15 7 6 5 32 22 23 8 9 79 37 2.14 54
4 Gillingham Gillingham 40 11 7 3 37 26 7 4 8 30 33 18 11 11 67 59 1.14 47
5 Millwall Millwall 40 13 5 3 41 23 5 5 9 23 34 18 10 12 64 57 1.12 46
6 Watford Watford 40 9 7 3 38 23 7 5 9 23 31 16 12 12 61 54 1.13 44
7 Norwich City Norwich City 39 13 3 4 37 19 5 4 10 18 28 18 7 14 55 47 1.17 43
8 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 39 11 3 5 38 23 6 4 10 27 33 17 7 15 65 56 1.16 41
9 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 40 13 4 3 43 22 2 7 11 19 39 15 11 14 62 61 1.02 41
10 Coventry City Coventry City 37 12 4 2 36 20 3 5 11 16 26 15 9 13 52 46 1.13 39
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 39 7 6 6 31 25 5 9 6 24 27 12 15 12 55 52 1.06 39
12 Torquay United Torquay United 40 9 6 5 43 35 5 5 10 28 39 14 11 15 71 74 0.96 39
13 Brentford Brentford 39 9 5 6 38 32 4 7 8 32 38 13 12 14 70 70 1 38
14 Northampton Town Northampton Town 40 10 4 4 33 23 6 2 14 26 54 16 6 18 59 77 0.77 38
15 Aldershot Aldershot 40 10 5 5 37 21 3 6 11 21 40 13 11 16 58 61 0.95 37
16 Southend United Southend United 38 11 5 4 43 24 2 5 11 26 44 13 10 15 69 68 1.01 36
17 Reading Reading 39 7 8 6 29 23 5 4 9 29 39 12 12 15 58 62 0.94 36
18 Newport County Newport County 40 6 7 6 26 25 3 7 11 28 43 9 14 17 54 68 0.79 32
19 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 38 10 4 4 34 22 2 4 14 19 50 12 8 18 53 72 0.74 32
20 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 40 7 10 2 27 21 2 4 15 18 51 9 14 17 45 72 0.63 32
21 Exeter City Exeter City 40 7 7 6 25 26 2 6 12 14 38 9 13 18 39 64 0.61 31
22 Swindon Town Swindon 39 7 7 4 24 18 1 7 13 16 37 8 14 17 40 55 0.73 30
23 Colchester United Colchester United 40 7 5 8 28 31 2 7 11 18 41 9 12 19 46 72 0.64 30
24 Walsall Walsall 39 6 6 7 41 30 1 6 13 24 47 7 12 20 65 77 0.84 26

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