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
Reading
1Dave JONES1
2Dennis PENFORD2
3Barry MANSELL3
4Bobby CAMPBELL4
5Ray REEVES5
6Eddie McLAREN6
7Wally HINSHELWOOD7
8Dennis UPHILL8
9Tommy DIXON9
10Brian LEACH10
11Jimmy WHEELER11

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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