Match Centre

Saturday October 29th, 1955

Football League Division Three (South)

Norwich City

4 - 1

4

B. Coxon (2'), R. Hunt (34', 55'), B. Brennan (63')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

J. Cross (70')
B. Coxon (2'), R. Hunt (34', 55'), B. Brennan (63')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 12,892

J. Cross (70')
B.A.E. Buckle
Carrow Road, Norwich

Lineups


1
OXFORD
2
McCROHAN
3
MORGAN
4
PICKWICK
5
NORMAN
6
ASHMAN
7
GORDON
8
BRENNAN
9
KEARNS
10
HUNT
11
COXON
1
BURTON
2
HILTON
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
McSHANE
7
GIBSON
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
WILLIAMS
Norwich City
1Ken OXFORD
2Roy McCROHAN
3Dennis MORGAN
4Don PICKWICK
5Maurice NORMAN
6Ron ASHMAN
7Peter GORDON
8Bobby BRENNAN
9Freddie KEARNS
10Ralph HUNT
11Billy COXON
Manager/Head Coach
Tom PARKER
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Peter HILTON2
3Geoff FOX3
4Jim CROSS4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Tony McSHANE6
7Dave GIBSON7
8Andy MICKLEWRIGHT8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Gordon WILLIAMS11
Manager/Head Coach
Board of DIRECTORS

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday October 29th, 1955:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 0-0 Newport County Newport County
Brentford Brentford 2-1 Southampton Southampton
Colchester United Colchester United 4-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Coventry City Coventry City 3-2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Exeter City Exeter City 2-1 Aldershot Aldershot
Gillingham Gillingham 1-3 Torquay United Torquay United
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 1-1 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Millwall Millwall 3-2 Walsall Walsall
Norwich City Norwich City 4-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Reading Reading 1-5 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Southend United Southend United 4-3 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Watford Watford 3-4 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday October 29th, 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 17 8 0 0 22 7 4 1 4 10 13 12 1 4 32 20 1.60 25
2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 17 7 1 1 28 14 3 3 2 15 10 10 4 3 43 24 1.79 24
3 Southend United Southend United 17 8 1 0 24 7 3 1 4 17 20 11 2 4 41 27 1.52 24
4 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 16 6 2 0 23 4 4 1 3 6 6 10 3 3 29 10 2.90 23
5 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 17 7 1 0 25 4 2 3 4 10 13 9 4 4 35 17 2.06 22
6 Torquay United Torquay United 17 4 3 1 17 6 4 2 3 11 11 8 5 4 28 17 1.65 21
7 Norwich City Norwich City 17 6 2 0 19 6 2 3 4 10 20 8 5 4 29 26 1.12 21
8 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 17 6 2 1 26 8 3 0 5 10 17 9 2 6 36 25 1.44 20
9 Gillingham Gillingham 17 5 2 2 15 10 3 1 4 11 13 8 3 6 26 23 1.13 19
10 Brentford Brentford 17 5 2 2 14 10 2 2 4 9 16 7 4 6 23 26 0.88 18
11 Coventry City Coventry City 17 7 2 0 24 7 0 1 7 4 16 7 3 7 28 23 1.22 17
12 Aldershot Aldershot 17 4 2 2 15 12 2 3 4 18 19 6 5 6 33 31 1.06 17
13 Newport County Newport County 17 5 1 3 12 8 1 3 4 10 19 6 4 7 22 27 0.81 16
14 Colchester United Colchester United 17 4 1 3 13 16 2 3 4 7 17 6 4 7 20 33 0.61 16
15 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 17 3 1 4 13 9 2 4 3 14 16 5 5 7 27 25 1.08 15
16 Southampton Southampton 17 5 2 1 21 11 1 1 7 9 23 6 3 8 30 34 0.88 15
17 Exeter City Exeter City 17 3 3 3 10 9 2 2 4 9 14 5 5 7 19 23 0.83 15
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 17 4 2 3 13 9 1 1 6 4 16 5 3 9 17 25 0.68 13
19 Millwall Millwall 16 5 1 2 19 6 0 1 7 12 29 5 2 9 31 35 0.89 12
20 Reading Reading 17 3 2 4 16 18 2 0 6 7 14 5 2 10 23 32 0.72 12
21 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 17 3 2 3 11 9 0 4 5 9 20 3 6 8 20 29 0.69 12
22 Watford Watford 17 4 1 4 17 18 1 1 6 5 22 5 2 10 22 40 0.55 12
23 Walsall Walsall 17 3 3 2 16 15 1 0 8 10 26 4 3 10 26 41 0.63 11
24 Swindon Town Swindon 17 2 2 4 8 9 0 0 9 5 31 2 2 13 13 40 0.33 6

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