Match Centre

Saturday December 29th, 1956

Football League Division Three (South)

Shrewsbury Town

7 - 3

7

R. Weigh (7'), J. Lee (12' o.g.), R. Russell (33', 39'), C. Whitaker (59', 86'), D. Price (74')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

3

B. Edwards (55', 56'), G. Pembery (84')
R. Weigh (7'), J. Lee (12' o.g.), R. Russell (33', 39'), C. Whitaker (59', 86'), D. Price (74')
(HT: 4-0)

Attendance: 8,229

B. Edwards (55', 56'), G. Pembery (84')
E.T. Jennings
Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury

Lineups


1
CURRAN
2
BANNISTER
3
HOBSON
4
WALLACE
5
MALONEY
6
SIMPSON
7
PRICE
8
SHIELDS
9
WEIGH
10
RUSSELL
11
WHITAKER
1
CHANDLER
2
LEE
3
DEAR
4
CROSS
5
JACK
6
PEMBERY
7
RICHARDS
8
GIBBS
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
Shrewsbury Town
1Johnny CURRAN
2Jimmy BANNISTER
3Norman HOBSON
4Joe WALLACE
5Joe MALONEY
6Alec SIMPSON
7Derrick PRICE
8Jimmy SHIELDS
9Ray WEIGH
10Ray RUSSELL
11Colin WHITAKER
Swindon Town
1Ray CHANDLER1
2Jimmy LEE2
3Gerry DEAR3
4Jim CROSS4
5Vince JACK5
6Gordon PEMBERY6
7John RICHARDS7
8Alan GIBBS8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Arnold DARCY11

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 29th, 1956:

Aldershot Aldershot 1-4 Reading Reading
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 6-1 Millwall Millwall
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 1-2 Southampton Southampton
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 4-0 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Northampton Town Northampton Town 1-1 Norwich City Norwich City
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1-1 Colchester United Colchester United
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 7-3 Swindon Town Swindon
Southend United Southend United 1-2 Coventry City Coventry City
Torquay United Torquay United 1-0 Exeter City Exeter City
Walsall Walsall 2-2 Gillingham Gillingham
Watford Watford 1-1 Brentford Brentford

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 29th, 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 Southampton Southampton 25 10 3 0 29 8 5 3 4 16 14 15 6 4 45 22 2.05 36
2 Torquay United Torquay United 26 10 3 0 37 14 3 5 5 8 26 13 8 5 45 40 1.13 34
3 Colchester United Colchester United 26 9 4 0 35 12 3 3 7 18 22 12 7 7 53 34 1.56 31
4 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 25 7 5 0 25 7 2 7 4 13 27 9 12 4 38 34 1.12 30
5 Newport County Newport County 23 8 4 0 23 7 1 6 4 10 12 9 10 4 33 19 1.74 28
6 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 26 10 2 1 40 9 2 2 9 15 26 12 4 10 55 35 1.57 28
7 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 26 8 5 0 34 12 2 3 8 14 21 10 8 8 48 33 1.45 28
8 Reading Reading 25 8 2 2 23 13 3 3 7 22 28 11 5 9 45 41 1.10 27
9 Brentford Brentford 26 6 5 2 31 22 3 3 7 13 20 9 8 9 44 42 1.05 26
10 Watford Watford 26 7 2 4 26 20 4 2 7 17 23 11 4 11 43 43 1 26
11 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 26 8 4 1 24 10 1 4 8 8 24 9 8 9 32 34 0.94 26
12 Northampton Town Northampton Town 26 8 4 1 27 11 1 3 9 12 26 9 7 10 39 37 1.05 25
13 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 26 7 3 2 28 16 2 4 8 18 28 9 7 10 46 44 1.05 25
14 Gillingham Gillingham 26 6 4 3 21 16 2 5 6 16 29 8 9 9 37 45 0.82 25
15 Millwall Millwall 25 6 4 2 21 17 3 2 8 14 36 9 6 10 35 53 0.66 24
16 Walsall Walsall 26 5 6 2 25 13 2 3 8 13 25 7 9 10 38 38 1 23
17 Southend United Southend United 26 7 3 4 23 14 1 4 7 18 30 8 7 11 41 44 0.93 23
18 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 25 4 6 4 19 19 2 5 4 18 23 6 11 8 37 42 0.88 23
19 Exeter City Exeter City 25 5 4 4 21 15 2 4 6 13 21 7 8 10 34 36 0.94 22
20 Aldershot Aldershot 26 6 3 4 26 26 2 3 8 21 33 8 6 12 47 59 0.80 22
21 Coventry City Coventry City 24 6 3 3 22 14 1 4 7 10 30 7 7 10 32 44 0.73 21
22 Norwich City Norwich City 26 5 3 5 18 17 0 7 6 13 26 5 10 11 31 43 0.72 20
23 Swindon Town Swindon 25 5 1 6 23 24 3 2 8 19 38 8 3 14 42 62 0.68 19
24 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 24 3 5 3 13 16 3 1 9 13 26 6 6 12 26 42 0.62 18

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