Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, September 18, 1954

Gillingham Swindon Town
T.Long (20'), B.Evans (73')
HT: 1-1 R.Onslow (9')
Attendance:  12,125   Referee:  W. Clements


1
EVANS
2
MARKS
3
LEWIN
4
BOSWELL
5
NIBLETT
6
MCKEE
7
SCARTH
8
EVANS
9
SOWDEN
10
MORGAN
11
LONG
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
PAGE
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
7
HUNTER
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
LAMBERT
11
BULL

Lineups
1
Arthur EVANS
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Charlie MARKS
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Ron LEWIN
                 
Mick PAGE
3
4
Jimmy BOSWELL
                 
Jim CROSS
4
5
Vic NIBLETT
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Frank MCKEE
                 
Jimmy JOHNSTON
6
7
Jimmy SCARTH
                 
Robert HUNTER
7

8
Billy EVANS
             
Roy ONSLOW
8

9
Paddy SOWDEN
                 
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Ernie MORGAN
                 
Ken LAMBERT
10
11
Trevor LONG
               
Mike BULL
11















Results on Saturday, September 18, 1954: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, September 18, 1954:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol City 9 6 3 0 23 6 3.83 15 
2 Norwich City 9 6 2 1 17 7 2.43 14 
3 Coventry City 9 6 1 2 18 13 1.38 13 
4 Leyton Orient 9 6 0 3 12 9 1.33 12 
5 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 9 3 5 1 16 9 1.78 11 
6 Millwall 9 5 1 3 11 9 1.22 11 
7 Southampton 9 5 1 3 15 14 1.07 11 
8 Gillingham 9 4 3 2 14 15 0.93 11 
9 Southend United 9 3 4 2 20 13 1.54 10 
10 Queens Park Rangers 9 3 4 2 16 11 1.45 10 
11 Watford 9 4 2 3 19 15 1.27 10 
12 Torquay United 9 3 3 3 17 15 1.13
13 Brentford 9 2 5 2 21 21 1.00
14 Aldershot 9 4 1 4 13 16 0.81
15 Swindon Town 9 3 2 4 11 13 0.85
16 Exeter City 9 3 2 4 8 12 0.67
17 Brighton and Hove Albion 9 3 1 5 14 14 1.00
18 Reading 9 1 5 3 13 17 0.76
19 Shrewsbury Town 9 1 4 4 13 18 0.72
20 Colchester United 9 1 4 4 10 16 0.63
21 Northampton Town 9 2 2 5 8 15 0.53
22 Crystal Palace 9 1 4 4 8 19 0.42
23 Newport County 9 1 3 5 9 17 0.53
24 Walsall 9 0 2 7 6 18 0.33

Key: Promotion Re-election