Match Centre

Saturday September 17th, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Torquay United

4 - 0

4

D. Mills (25'), S. Collins (29' pen), T. Collins (38'), P. Hilton (87' o.g.)

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

D. Mills (25'), S. Collins (29' pen), T. Collins (38'), P. Hilton (87' o.g.)
(HT: 3-0)

Attendance: 7,547

G.W. Pullin
Plainmoor, Torquay

Lineups


1
KIRK
2
SMITH
3
TOWERS
4
LEWIS
5
NORMAN
6
JAMES
7
SHAW
8
COLLINS
9
DOBBIE
10
MILLS
11
COLLINS
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
McSHANE
5
HUDSON
6
THOMPSON
7
RISEBOROUGH
8
GIBSON
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
SAMPSON
Torquay United
1Jimmy KIRK
2John SMITH
3Bill TOWERS
4Dennis LEWIS
5Griff NORMAN
6John JAMES
7Ron SHAW
8Sammy COLLINS
9Harold DOBBIE
10Don MILLS
11Tony COLLINS
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Peter HILTON3
4Tony McSHANE4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Freddy THOMPSON6
7Cyril RISEBOROUGH7
8Dave GIBSON8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Ray SAMPSON11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday September 17th, 1955:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday September 17th, 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 Northampton Town Northampton Town 9 4 0 0 9 3 3 0 2 7 7 7 0 2 16 10 1.60 14
2 Southend United Southend United 9 4 1 0 12 3 2 0 2 9 11 6 1 2 21 14 1.50 13
3 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 9 3 1 0 12 2 2 1 2 4 3 5 2 2 16 5 3.20 12
4 Torquay United Torquay United 9 3 1 0 13 3 2 1 2 5 6 5 2 2 18 9 2 12
5 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 9 4 0 1 16 8 1 2 1 7 6 5 2 2 23 14 1.64 12
6 Aldershot Aldershot 9 3 1 0 7 3 2 1 2 13 11 5 2 2 20 14 1.43 12
7 Norwich City Norwich City 9 4 0 0 10 3 1 2 2 6 13 5 2 2 16 16 1 12
8 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 9 3 1 0 11 3 1 2 2 4 7 4 3 2 15 10 1.50 11
9 Gillingham Gillingham 9 3 1 1 9 5 2 0 2 6 6 5 1 3 15 11 1.36 11
10 Millwall Millwall 9 4 1 0 15 1 0 1 3 8 13 4 2 3 23 14 1.64 10
11 Coventry City Coventry City 9 4 1 0 12 3 0 1 3 3 7 4 2 3 15 10 1.50 10
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 9 3 1 0 9 3 1 0 4 4 12 4 1 4 13 15 0.87 9
13 Brentford Brentford 9 2 1 2 7 8 1 2 1 4 5 3 3 3 11 13 0.85 9
14 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 9 1 1 2 7 6 1 3 1 7 6 2 4 3 14 12 1.17 8
15 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 9 1 2 1 6 5 0 4 1 5 7 1 6 2 11 12 0.92 8
16 Newport County Newport County 9 3 0 1 5 3 0 2 3 7 16 3 2 4 12 19 0.63 8
17 Exeter City Exeter City 9 1 3 1 4 3 0 2 2 4 7 1 5 3 8 10 0.80 7
18 Watford Watford 9 3 1 1 8 6 0 0 4 2 16 3 1 5 10 22 0.45 7
19 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 9 2 2 1 16 6 0 0 4 2 11 2 2 5 18 17 1.06 6
20 Southampton Southampton 9 2 2 1 12 10 0 0 4 4 12 2 2 5 16 22 0.73 6
21 Colchester United Colchester United 9 2 0 2 6 10 0 2 3 2 12 2 2 5 8 22 0.36 6
22 Reading Reading 9 2 1 2 13 11 0 0 4 1 8 2 1 6 14 19 0.74 5
23 Walsall Walsall 9 0 3 2 8 12 1 0 3 6 12 1 3 5 14 24 0.58 5
24 Swindon Town Swindon 9 1 1 2 3 4 0 0 5 4 16 1 1 7 7 20 0.35 3

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