Match Centre

Saturday March 4th, 1961

Football League Division Three

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic

2 - 1

2

C. Weller (5'), R. Bolton (36')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

C. Weller (5'), R. Bolton (36')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 7,862

C.A.R. Woan

Lineups


1
GODWIN
2
WOOLLARD
3
GLEDSTONE
4
JONES
5
NELSON
6
LOVIE
7
BUMSTEAD
8
WELLER
9
BIMPSON
10
BOLTON
11
SMITH
1
BURTON
2
WOLLEN
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
CHAMBERLAIN
6
BELL
7
DARCY
8
HUNT
9
SUMMERBEE
10
JACKSON
11
JONES

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday March 4th, 1961:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 2-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Bradford City Bradford 3-1 Brentford Brentford
Bristol City Bristol City 2-0 Southend United Southend United
Colchester United Colchester United 3-1 Halifax Town Halifax Town
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 0-2 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Hull City Hull City 2-1 Walsall Walsall
Newport County Newport County 1-0 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Notts County Notts County 0-1 Torquay United Torquay United
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1-0 Port Vale Port Vale
Reading Reading 1-3 Bury Bury

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday March 4th, 1961:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 34 14 4 0 46 18 6 4 6 26 26 20 8 6 72 44 1.64 48
2 Bury Bury 34 13 2 2 52 16 8 3 6 36 25 21 5 8 88 41 2.15 47
3 Notts County Notts County 33 13 1 2 42 15 4 6 7 25 39 17 7 9 67 54 1.24 41
4 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 34 11 2 3 35 23 6 5 7 28 28 17 7 10 63 51 1.24 41
5 Port Vale Port Vale 35 13 2 3 53 20 2 8 7 28 38 15 10 10 81 58 1.40 40
6 Walsall Walsall 33 14 3 0 47 15 4 1 11 21 34 18 4 11 68 49 1.39 40
7 Torquay United Torquay United 34 8 9 1 34 17 5 3 8 27 40 13 12 9 61 57 1.07 38
8 Newport County Newport County 32 11 3 1 37 17 4 4 9 24 43 15 7 10 61 60 1.02 37
9 Coventry City Coventry City 32 12 4 1 47 19 1 5 9 15 34 13 9 10 62 53 1.17 35
10 Halifax Town Halifax Town 33 10 5 1 35 17 1 8 8 22 42 11 13 9 57 59 0.97 35
11 Bristol City Bristol City 34 12 2 3 38 14 2 4 11 17 37 14 6 14 55 51 1.08 34
12 Barnsley Barnsley 29 10 3 1 37 18 5 0 10 21 36 15 3 11 58 54 1.07 33
13 Watford Watford 31 7 6 3 32 21 4 5 6 21 30 11 11 9 53 51 1.04 33
14 Hull City Hull City 33 10 3 4 39 20 3 3 10 16 35 13 6 14 55 55 1 32
15 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 32 8 5 2 34 20 2 6 9 23 39 10 11 11 57 59 0.97 31
16 Brentford Brentford 34 8 4 4 32 23 2 6 10 14 35 10 10 14 46 58 0.79 30
17 Southend United Southend United 34 8 6 4 32 24 2 3 11 17 37 10 9 15 49 61 0.80 29
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 35 7 6 5 31 32 4 0 13 18 34 11 6 18 49 66 0.74 28
19 Swindon Town Swindon 32 6 5 4 25 14 1 7 9 16 28 7 12 13 41 42 0.98 26
20 Reading Reading 32 8 5 4 30 24 0 5 10 17 42 8 10 14 47 66 0.71 26
21 Bradford City Bradford 31 6 6 3 30 25 1 5 10 17 34 7 11 13 47 59 0.80 25
22 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 35 6 4 7 39 46 3 2 13 21 53 9 6 20 60 99 0.61 24
23 Colchester United Colchester United 34 5 5 7 28 28 2 3 12 22 44 7 8 19 50 72 0.69 22
24 Chesterfield Chesterfield 34 5 5 7 24 22 0 4 13 16 46 5 9 20 40 68 0.59 19