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
Manager/Head Coach
Eric WEBBER
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Peter HILTON3
4Tony McSHANE4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Freddy THOMPSON6
7Cyril RISEBOROUGH7
8Dave GIBSON8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Ray SAMPSON11
Manager/Head Coach
Board of DIRECTORS

Newspaper Reports


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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