Match Centre

Wednesday May 4th, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 0

2

H. Williams (??'), R. Reeves (??' o.g.)

Reading

Reading

0

H. Williams (??'), R. Reeves (??' o.g.)
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 5,147

E. Jennings
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
BATCHELOR
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
RISEBOROUGH
8
SAMPSON
9
ONSLOW
10
WILLIAMS
11
BULL
1
JONES
2
PENFORD
3
MANSELL
4
CAMPBELL
5
REEVES
6
McLAREN
7
HINSHELWOOD
8
UPHILL
9
DIXON
10
LEACH
11
WHEELER
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Peter HILTON
4Ted BATCHELOR
5Garth HUDSON
6Gordon WILLIAMS
7Cyril RISEBOROUGH
8Ray SAMPSON
9Roy ONSLOW
10Harry WILLIAMS
11Mickey BULL
Manager/Head Coach
Board of DIRECTORS
Reading
1Dave JONES1
2Dennis PENFORD2
3Barry MANSELL3
4Bobby CAMPBELL4
5Ray REEVES5
6Eddie McLAREN6
7Wally HINSHELWOOD7
8Dennis UPHILL8
9Tommy DIXON9
10Brian LEACH10
11Jimmy WHEELER11
Manager/Head Coach
Jack SMITH

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Wednesday May 4th, 1955:

Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 5-3 Aldershot Aldershot
Coventry City Coventry City 1-4 Southend United Southend United
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 2-0 Norwich City Norwich City
Swindon Town Swindon 2-0 Reading Reading
Torquay United Torquay United 2-1 Colchester United Colchester United

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Wednesday May 4th, 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 46 17 4 2 62 22 13 6 4 39 25 30 10 6 101 47 2.15 70
2 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 45 16 2 5 48 20 9 7 6 37 26 25 9 11 85 46 1.85 59
3 Southampton Southampton 46 16 6 1 49 19 8 5 10 26 32 24 11 11 75 51 1.47 59
4 Gillingham Gillingham 46 12 8 3 41 28 8 7 8 36 38 20 15 11 77 66 1.17 55
5 Millwall Millwall 46 14 6 3 44 25 6 5 12 28 43 20 11 15 72 68 1.06 51
6 Watford Watford 45 11 8 3 44 25 7 5 11 26 36 18 13 14 70 61 1.15 49
7 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 45 13 4 5 45 27 6 6 11 29 36 19 10 16 74 63 1.17 48
8 Torquay United Torquay United 46 12 6 5 51 39 6 6 11 31 43 18 12 16 82 82 1 48
9 Coventry City Coventry City 45 15 5 3 50 26 3 6 13 17 31 18 11 16 67 57 1.18 47
10 Norwich City Norwich City 46 13 5 5 40 23 5 5 13 20 37 18 10 18 60 60 1 46
11 Northampton Town Northampton Town 46 13 5 5 47 27 6 3 14 26 54 19 8 19 73 81 0.90 46
12 Aldershot Aldershot 46 12 6 5 44 23 4 7 12 31 48 16 13 17 75 71 1.06 45
13 Southend United Southend United 45 13 5 5 48 28 4 6 12 33 50 17 11 17 81 78 1.04 45
14 Brentford Brentford 45 11 5 6 42 34 5 8 10 38 46 16 13 16 80 80 1 45
15 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 46 13 7 3 46 25 2 7 14 23 50 15 14 17 69 75 0.92 44
16 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 46 7 8 8 32 29 5 10 8 25 36 12 18 16 57 65 0.88 42
17 Reading Reading 46 7 10 6 32 26 6 5 12 33 47 13 15 18 65 73 0.89 41
18 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 45 13 5 4 42 24 2 5 16 21 54 15 10 20 63 78 0.81 40
19 Newport County Newport County 46 8 8 7 32 29 3 8 12 28 44 11 16 19 60 73 0.82 38
20 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 46 9 11 3 32 24 2 5 16 20 56 11 16 19 52 80 0.65 38
21 Swindon Town Swindon 45 10 8 5 30 19 1 7 14 16 38 11 15 19 46 57 0.81 37
22 Exeter City Exeter City 45 9 7 7 30 31 2 7 13 16 41 11 14 20 46 72 0.64 36
23 Walsall Walsall 45 9 6 7 48 32 1 8 14 26 50 10 14 21 74 82 0.90 34
24 Colchester United Colchester United 46 7 6 10 33 40 2 7 14 20 51 9 13 24 53 91 0.58 31

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