Match Centre

Saturday April 23rd, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Millwall

1 - 0

1

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 6,277

S.M. Rogers

Lineups


1
FINLAYSON
2
JARDINE
3
ANSLOW
4
SHORT
5
HURLEY
6
SAWARD
7
HAZLETT
8
PACEY
9
SHEPHERD
10
SMITH
11
SUMMERS
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
PAGE
4
BATCHELOR
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
RISEBOROUGH
8
SAMPSON
9
ONSLOW
10
WILLIAMS
11
HOPE

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 23rd, 1955:

Brentford Brentford 3-2 Watford Watford
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 1-1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Bristol City Bristol City 0-0 Newport County Newport County
Coventry City Coventry City 0-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Gillingham Gillingham 1-1 Southend United Southend United
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 1-5 Aldershot Aldershot
Millwall Millwall 1-0 Swindon Town Swindon
Reading Reading 1-1 Norwich City Norwich City
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 2-0 Colchester United Colchester United
Southampton Southampton 2-2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Torquay United Torquay United 3-2 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Walsall Walsall 1-0 Exeter City Exeter City

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 23rd, 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 44 17 4 2 62 22 11 6 4 36 24 28 10 6 98 46 2.13 66
2 Southampton Southampton 44 16 6 1 49 19 7 5 9 21 27 23 11 10 70 46 1.52 57
3 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 43 16 2 5 48 20 8 6 6 34 24 24 8 11 82 44 1.86 56
4 Gillingham Gillingham 43 12 8 3 41 28 8 4 8 32 34 20 12 11 73 62 1.18 52
5 Millwall Millwall 43 14 5 3 42 23 5 5 11 24 41 19 10 14 66 64 1.03 48
6 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 42 12 4 5 40 24 6 5 10 27 33 18 9 15 67 57 1.18 45
7 Watford Watford 43 9 8 3 38 23 7 5 11 26 36 16 13 14 64 59 1.08 45
8 Coventry City Coventry City 41 14 5 2 44 21 3 5 12 16 27 17 10 14 60 48 1.25 44
9 Norwich City Norwich City 43 13 3 5 38 21 5 5 12 20 35 18 8 17 58 56 1.04 44
10 Torquay United Torquay United 42 10 6 5 46 37 6 5 10 30 39 16 11 15 76 76 1 43
11 Northampton Town Northampton Town 44 12 4 5 45 26 6 3 14 26 54 18 7 19 71 80 0.89 43
12 Aldershot Aldershot 43 11 5 5 40 21 4 7 11 28 43 15 12 16 68 64 1.06 42
13 Brentford Brentford 42 10 5 6 41 34 5 7 9 35 42 15 12 15 76 76 1 42
14 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 43 13 5 3 44 23 2 7 13 22 45 15 12 16 66 68 0.97 42
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 43 7 7 7 32 28 5 10 7 25 33 12 17 14 57 61 0.93 41
16 Reading Reading 42 7 10 6 32 26 6 4 9 31 39 13 14 15 63 65 0.97 40
17 Southend United Southend United 41 11 5 5 44 26 3 6 11 28 45 14 11 16 72 71 1.01 39
18 Newport County Newport County 43 8 7 6 30 26 3 8 11 28 43 11 15 17 58 69 0.84 37
19 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 41 12 4 4 38 23 2 4 15 19 51 14 8 19 57 74 0.77 36
20 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 43 8 10 2 28 21 2 5 16 20 56 10 15 18 48 77 0.62 35
21 Exeter City Exeter City 42 8 7 6 26 26 2 6 13 14 39 10 13 19 40 65 0.62 33
22 Swindon Town Swindon 42 8 7 5 25 19 1 7 14 16 38 9 14 19 41 57 0.72 32
23 Walsall Walsall 42 8 6 7 44 31 1 6 14 24 48 9 12 21 68 79 0.86 30
24 Colchester United Colchester United 43 7 5 9 28 33 2 7 13 19 49 9 12 22 47 82 0.57 30

Match Programme