Match Centre

Saturday October 15th, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Leyton Orient

4 - 0

4

R. Heckman (11'), K. Facey (30', 34', 64')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

R. Heckman (11'), K. Facey (30', 34', 64')
(HT: 3-0)

Attendance: 14,713

H.L. Broadhurst

Lineups


1
WELTON
2
LEE
3
CHARLTON
4
McMAHON
5
ALDOUS
6
McKNIGHT
7
FACEY
8
WOOSNAM
9
GROVES
10
HECKMAN
11
HARTBURN
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
McSHANE
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
GIBSON
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
MICKLEWRIGHT
11
EDWARDS

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday October 15th, 1955:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday October 15th, 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 15 7 0 0 19 7 4 0 4 9 12 11 0 4 28 19 1.47 22
2 Southend United Southend United 15 7 1 0 20 4 3 0 4 14 17 10 1 4 34 21 1.62 21
3 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 14 6 1 0 22 3 3 1 3 5 6 9 2 3 27 9 3 20
4 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 15 6 1 0 22 4 2 3 3 8 10 8 4 3 30 14 2.14 20
5 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 15 6 1 1 22 12 2 3 2 10 9 8 4 3 32 21 1.52 20
6 Gillingham Gillingham 15 5 2 1 14 7 3 1 3 10 11 8 3 4 24 18 1.33 19
7 Torquay United Torquay United 15 4 2 1 17 6 3 2 3 8 10 7 4 4 25 16 1.56 18
8 Norwich City Norwich City 15 5 2 0 15 5 2 2 4 8 18 7 4 4 23 23 1 18
9 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 15 5 2 1 23 8 2 0 5 6 14 7 2 6 29 22 1.32 16
10 Aldershot Aldershot 15 4 1 2 12 9 2 3 3 17 17 6 4 5 29 26 1.12 16
11 Brentford Brentford 15 4 2 2 12 9 2 2 3 9 13 6 4 5 21 22 0.95 16
12 Coventry City Coventry City 15 6 2 0 21 5 0 1 6 4 13 6 3 6 25 18 1.39 15
13 Newport County Newport County 15 5 0 3 10 6 1 2 4 10 19 6 2 7 20 25 0.80 14
14 Colchester United Colchester United 15 3 1 3 9 15 2 3 3 6 14 5 4 6 15 29 0.52 14
15 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 15 2 1 4 10 9 2 4 2 11 12 4 5 6 21 21 1 13
16 Exeter City Exeter City 15 2 3 3 8 8 2 2 3 9 11 4 5 6 17 19 0.89 13
17 Southampton Southampton 15 4 2 1 19 11 1 1 6 8 21 5 3 7 27 32 0.84 13
18 Reading Reading 15 3 2 3 15 13 2 0 5 7 11 5 2 8 22 24 0.92 12
19 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 15 3 2 2 11 8 0 4 4 8 16 3 6 6 19 24 0.79 12
20 Watford Watford 15 4 1 3 14 14 1 1 5 5 20 5 2 8 19 34 0.56 12
21 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 15 4 1 3 13 9 1 0 6 4 16 5 1 9 17 25 0.68 11
22 Millwall Millwall 14 4 1 2 16 4 0 1 6 10 23 4 2 8 26 27 0.96 10
23 Walsall Walsall 15 2 3 2 14 14 1 0 7 8 23 3 3 9 22 37 0.59 9
24 Swindon Town Swindon 15 1 2 4 5 8 0 0 8 4 27 1 2 12 9 35 0.26 4

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