Match Centre

Saturday March 17th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic

4 - 0

4

S. Newsham (6', 28'), B. Siddall (15'), P. Harrison (19')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

S. Newsham (6', 28'), B. Siddall (15'), P. Harrison (19')
(HT: 4-0)

Attendance: 6,648

K.G. Aston
Dean Court, Bournemouth

Lineups


1
GODWIN
2
CUNNINGHAM
3
DRUMMOND
4
CLAYTON
5
CROSLAND
6
BROWN
7
ALLEN
8
SIDDALL
9
NORRIS
10
NEWSHAM
11
HARRISON
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
McSHANE
7
GIBSON
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
MOSS
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
1Tommy GODWIN
2Laurie CUNNINGHAM
3Ian DRUMMOND
4Lew CLAYTON
5Johnny CROSLAND
6Joe BROWN
7Ian ALLEN
8Brian SIDDALL
9Ollie NORRIS
10Stan NEWSHAM
11Peter HARRISON
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Geoff FOX3
4Jim CROSS4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Tony McSHANE6
7Dave GIBSON7
8Andy MICKLEWRIGHT8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Terry MOSS11

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 17th, 1956:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 4-0 Swindon Town Swindon
Brentford Brentford 1-1 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Colchester United Colchester United 2-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Coventry City Coventry City 2-0 Southampton Southampton
Exeter City Exeter City 6-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Gillingham Gillingham 3-2 Newport County Newport County
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 8-3 Aldershot Aldershot
Millwall Millwall 3-2 Torquay United Torquay United
Norwich City Norwich City 1-0 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Reading Reading 2-0 Walsall Walsall
Southend United Southend United 1-2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Watford Watford 0-2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 17th, 1956:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 34 15 3 0 65 12 8 4 4 21 15 23 7 4 86 27 3.19 53
2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 36 12 5 1 47 25 8 6 4 39 22 20 11 5 86 47 1.83 51
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 36 15 1 1 60 11 7 4 8 30 27 22 5 9 90 38 2.37 49
4 Torquay United Torquay United 36 9 8 1 37 15 7 2 9 28 31 16 10 10 65 46 1.41 42
5 Norwich City Norwich City 34 13 3 2 47 21 3 7 6 21 38 16 10 8 68 59 1.15 42
6 Southend United Southend United 33 13 3 2 51 20 5 2 8 26 41 18 5 10 77 61 1.26 41
7 Colchester United Colchester United 37 12 3 4 47 28 4 6 8 18 37 16 9 12 65 65 1 41
8 Coventry City Coventry City 36 14 2 2 46 16 3 4 11 14 29 17 6 13 60 45 1.33 40
9 Brentford Brentford 36 10 5 4 34 25 5 5 7 22 30 15 10 11 56 55 1.02 40
10 Northampton Town Northampton Town 35 11 2 4 34 21 6 3 9 19 33 17 5 13 53 54 0.98 39
11 Southampton Southampton 37 12 4 2 51 22 3 2 14 22 43 15 6 16 73 65 1.12 36
12 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 36 8 6 2 35 17 5 3 12 20 37 13 9 14 55 54 1.02 35
13 Gillingham Gillingham 36 9 3 6 31 22 4 6 8 23 39 13 9 14 54 61 0.89 35
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 35 10 5 4 33 13 3 3 10 14 27 13 8 14 47 40 1.18 34
15 Newport County Newport County 35 9 2 6 23 17 3 6 9 25 41 12 8 15 48 58 0.83 32
16 Aldershot Aldershot 36 7 6 4 30 27 2 6 11 32 49 9 12 15 62 76 0.82 30
17 Exeter City Exeter City 36 7 5 7 30 25 3 4 10 14 34 10 9 17 44 59 0.75 29
18 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 37 7 7 4 33 25 2 4 13 15 47 9 11 17 48 72 0.67 29
19 Watford Watford 37 6 4 9 26 34 4 5 9 16 39 10 9 18 42 73 0.58 29
20 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 36 5 3 10 20 24 4 7 7 23 41 9 10 17 43 65 0.66 28
21 Reading Reading 37 7 2 10 32 34 3 4 11 25 39 10 6 21 57 73 0.78 26
22 Millwall Millwall 35 9 3 5 38 25 1 2 15 20 58 10 5 20 58 83 0.70 25
23 Walsall Walsall 34 8 4 3 28 21 2 1 16 18 47 10 5 19 46 68 0.68 25
24 Swindon Town Swindon 36 4 8 6 17 18 4 1 13 13 51 8 9 19 30 69 0.43 25