Match Centre

Wednesday April 25th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

0 - 1

0

Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers

1

C. Smith (??')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 4,617

C. Smith (??')

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
GIBSON
8
AGAR
9
OWEN
10
RICHARDS
11
EDWARDS
1
SPRINGETT
2
RHODES
3
INGHAM
4
PETCHEY
5
RUTTER
6
DEAN
7
KERRINS
8
SMITH
9
CLARK
10
CAMERON
11
ANGELL

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Wednesday April 25th, 1956:

Gillingham Gillingham 2-1 Colchester United Colchester United
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 2-1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Norwich City Norwich City 0-2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Reading Reading 1-2 Exeter City Exeter City
Southend United Southend United 1-0 Watford Watford
Swindon Town Swindon 0-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Torquay United Torquay United 5-0 Aldershot Aldershot

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Wednesday April 25th, 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 42 17 3 1 73 17 11 5 5 29 21 28 8 6 102 38 2.68 64
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 45 19 2 1 70 14 9 5 9 39 34 28 7 10 109 48 2.27 63
3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 44 16 6 1 59 28 8 7 6 44 30 24 13 7 103 58 1.78 61
4 Southend United Southend United 44 16 4 2 56 22 5 7 10 30 50 21 11 12 86 72 1.19 53
5 Norwich City Norwich City 44 15 4 4 56 31 4 9 8 28 47 19 13 12 84 78 1.08 51
6 Torquay United Torquay United 44 11 10 2 48 21 8 2 11 33 37 19 12 13 81 58 1.40 50
7 Coventry City Coventry City 45 16 3 3 54 20 4 5 14 19 40 20 8 17 73 60 1.22 48
8 Brentford Brentford 44 11 8 4 40 30 6 6 9 25 35 17 14 13 65 65 1 48
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 44 12 6 4 36 13 6 4 12 23 35 18 10 16 59 48 1.23 46
10 Gillingham Gillingham 44 11 3 8 36 27 7 7 8 30 41 18 10 16 66 68 0.97 46
11 Colchester United Colchester United 45 13 4 5 53 35 4 7 12 20 44 17 11 17 73 79 0.92 45
12 Northampton Town Northampton Town 44 13 3 6 39 27 6 4 12 21 41 19 7 18 60 68 0.88 45
13 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 44 11 8 2 44 20 5 3 15 22 45 16 11 17 66 65 1.02 43
14 Southampton Southampton 45 13 6 4 60 30 4 2 16 28 50 17 8 20 88 80 1.10 42
15 Newport County Newport County 44 12 2 9 32 26 3 7 11 26 47 15 9 20 58 73 0.79 39
16 Aldershot Aldershot 45 9 8 5 35 32 3 7 13 34 57 12 15 18 69 89 0.78 39
17 Reading Reading 45 10 2 11 40 37 5 6 11 30 42 15 8 22 70 79 0.89 38
18 Exeter City Exeter City 45 9 6 7 37 29 5 4 14 19 47 14 10 21 56 76 0.74 38
19 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 45 9 7 6 41 30 4 4 15 20 54 13 11 21 61 84 0.73 37
20 Watford Watford 45 8 5 9 31 37 5 6 12 21 46 13 11 21 52 83 0.63 37
21 Walsall Walsall 43 12 5 3 37 23 2 3 18 25 56 14 8 21 62 79 0.78 36
22 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 43 6 3 13 26 32 5 7 9 27 45 11 10 22 53 77 0.69 32
23 Millwall Millwall 42 10 4 6 45 31 2 2 18 26 67 12 6 24 71 98 0.72 30
24 Swindon Town Swindon 45 4 10 9 18 22 4 3 15 15 55 8 13 24 33 77 0.43 29

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