Match Centre

Saturday April 16th, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

1 - 0

1

A. Hope (87')

Southampton

Southampton

0

A. Hope (87')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 12,924

B.M. Griffiths

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
GIBSON
8
ONSLOW
9
WILLIAMSON
10
GEMMELL
11
HOPE
1
KIERNAN
2
ELLERINGTON
3
TRAYNOR
4
McLAUGHLIN
5
WILKINS
6
ELLIOTT
7
FLOOD
8
MULGREW
9
DAY
10
WALKER
11
HOSKINS

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 16th, 1955:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 16th, 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 42 16 3 2 59 22 11 6 4 36 24 27 9 6 95 46 2.07 63
2 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 41 16 2 4 47 15 8 6 5 34 23 24 8 9 81 38 2.13 56
3 Southampton Southampton 42 16 5 1 47 17 7 4 9 20 26 23 9 10 67 43 1.56 55
4 Gillingham Gillingham 41 11 7 3 37 26 8 4 8 32 34 19 11 11 69 60 1.15 49
5 Millwall Millwall 42 13 5 3 41 23 5 5 11 24 41 18 10 14 65 64 1.02 46
6 Watford Watford 41 9 8 3 38 23 7 5 9 23 31 16 13 12 61 54 1.13 45
7 Norwich City Norwich City 41 13 3 5 38 21 5 4 11 19 30 18 7 16 57 51 1.12 43
8 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 40 11 3 5 38 23 6 5 10 27 33 17 8 15 65 56 1.16 42
9 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 41 13 5 3 44 23 2 7 11 19 39 15 12 14 63 62 1.02 42
10 Coventry City Coventry City 39 13 4 2 40 21 3 5 12 16 27 16 9 14 56 48 1.17 41
11 Torquay United Torquay United 41 9 6 5 43 35 6 5 10 30 39 15 11 15 73 74 0.99 41
12 Brentford Brentford 40 9 5 6 38 32 5 7 8 34 39 14 12 14 72 71 1.01 40
13 Northampton Town Northampton Town 42 11 4 5 39 25 6 2 14 26 54 17 6 19 65 79 0.82 40
14 Aldershot Aldershot 41 11 5 5 40 21 3 6 11 21 40 14 11 16 61 61 1 39
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 41 7 6 7 31 27 5 9 7 24 32 12 15 14 55 59 0.93 39
16 Reading Reading 40 7 8 6 29 23 6 4 9 31 39 13 12 15 60 62 0.97 38
17 Southend United Southend United 39 11 5 5 44 26 2 5 11 26 44 13 10 16 70 70 1 36
18 Newport County Newport County 41 7 7 6 27 25 3 7 11 28 43 10 14 17 55 68 0.81 34
19 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 41 8 10 2 28 21 2 4 15 18 51 10 14 17 46 72 0.64 34
20 Exeter City Exeter City 41 8 7 6 26 26 2 6 12 14 38 10 13 18 40 64 0.63 33
21 Swindon Town Swindon 40 8 7 4 25 18 1 7 13 16 37 9 14 17 41 55 0.75 32
22 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 39 10 4 4 34 22 2 4 15 19 51 12 8 19 53 73 0.73 32
23 Colchester United Colchester United 41 7 5 9 28 33 2 7 11 18 41 9 12 20 46 74 0.62 30
24 Walsall Walsall 41 7 6 7 43 31 1 6 14 24 48 8 12 21 67 79 0.85 28

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