Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, April 3, 1954

Swindon Town Gillingham
M.Bull (51'), R.Sampson (68')
HT: 0-0 P.Sowden (73')
Attendance:  7,150   Referee:  F.S. Fiander


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
WILLIAMSON
5
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
SAMPSON
11
BULL
1
RIGG
2
NIBLETT
3
LEWIN
4
BOSWELL
5
AYRES
6
MCKEE
7
LEWIS
8
SOWDEN
9
SCARTH
10
MORGAN
11
MILLAR

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Tommy RIGG
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Vic NIBLETT
2
3
Peter HILTON
                 
Ron LEWIN
3
4
Stewart WILLIAMSON
                 
Jimmy BOSWELL
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Harry AYRES
5
6
Jimmy JOHNSTON
                 
Frank MCKEE
6
7
Harry LUNN
                 
Trevor LEWIS
7

8
Roy ONSLOW
               
Paddy SOWDEN
8

9
Maurice OWEN
                 
Jimmy SCARTH
9
10
Ray SAMPSON
               
Ernie MORGAN
10
11
Mike BULL
               
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Results on Saturday, April 3, 1954: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, April 3, 1954:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Brighton and Hove Albion 38 23 6 9 74 50 1.48 52 
2 Ipswich Town 38 21 8 9 68 45 1.51 50 
3 Watford 38 19 8 11 77 58 1.33 46 
4 Southampton 38 21 4 13 68 52 1.31 46 
5 Bristol City 38 19 6 13 75 58 1.29 44 
6 Northampton Town 38 17 9 12 72 46 1.57 43 
7 Gillingham 40 17 9 14 55 58 0.95 43 
8 Reading 39 17 8 14 73 63 1.16 42 
9 Norwich City 38 16 10 12 62 56 1.11 42 
10 Torquay United 40 15 11 14 72 76 0.95 41 
11 Millwall 38 16 8 14 63 64 0.98 40 
12 Leyton Orient 37 15 8 14 65 61 1.07 38 
13 Exeter City 39 15 7 17 58 51 1.14 37 
14 Southend United 39 15 7 17 63 61 1.03 37 
15 Coventry City 39 14 9 16 49 48 1.02 37 
16 Crystal Palace 39 14 9 16 53 71 0.75 37 
17 Swindon Town 39 14 8 17 63 61 1.03 36 
18 Newport County 39 15 5 19 51 74 0.69 35 
19 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 39 14 6 19 58 62 0.94 34 
20 Aldershot 38 13 7 18 56 76 0.74 33 
21 Queens Park Rangers 37 11 10 16 47 56 0.84 32 
22 Shrewsbury Town 39 10 12 17 53 65 0.82 32 
23 Colchester United 38 9 7 22 42 65 0.65 25 
24 Walsall 39 8 6 25 34 74 0.46 22 

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