Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, April 23, 1955

Millwall Swindon Town
J.Shepherd (55')
 HT: 0-0
Attendance:  6,277   Referee:  S.M. Rogers


1
FINLAYSON
2
JARDINE
3
ANSLOW
4
SHORT
5
HURLEY
6
SAWARD
7
HAZLETT
8
PACEY
9
SHEPHERD
10
SMITH
11
SUMMERS
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
PAGE
4
BATCHELOR
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
RISEBOROUGH
8
SAMPSON
9
ONSLOW
10
WILLIAMS
11
HOPE

Lineups
1
Malcolm FINLAYSON
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Alex JARDINE
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Stan ANSLOW
                 
Mick PAGE
3
4
John SHORT
                 
Ted BATCHELOR
4
5
Charlie HURLEY  
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Pat SAWARD  
                 
Gordon WILLIAMS
6
7
George HAZLETT
                 
Cyril RISEBOROUGH
7

8
Denis PACEY
                 
Ray SAMPSON
8

9
John SHEPHERD
               
Roy ONSLOW
9
10
Fred SMITH
                 
Henry WILLIAMS
10
11
Johnny SUMMERS
                 
Alex HOPE
11















Results on Saturday, April 23, 1955: League Table
 
  Brentford 3 - 2 Watford  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Bristol City 0 - 0 Newport County  
  Coventry City 0 - 0 Northampton Town  
  Gillingham 1 - 1 Southend United  
  Leyton Orient 1 - 5 Aldershot  
  Millwall 1 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Reading 1 - 1 Norwich City  
  Shrewsbury Town 2 - 0 Colchester United  
  Southampton 2 - 2 Crystal Palace  
  Torquay United 3 - 2 Queens Park Rangers  
  Walsall 1 - 0 Exeter City  

Table as at Saturday, April 23, 1955:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol City 44 28 10 6 98 46 2.13 66 
2 Southampton 44 23 11 10 70 46 1.52 57 
3 Leyton Orient 43 24 8 11 82 44 1.86 56 
4 Gillingham 43 20 12 11 73 62 1.18 52 
5 Millwall 43 19 10 14 66 64 1.03 48 
6 Brighton and Hove Albion 42 18 9 15 67 57 1.18 45 
7 Watford 43 16 13 14 64 59 1.08 45 
8 Coventry City 41 17 10 14 60 48 1.25 44 
9 Norwich City 43 18 8 17 58 56 1.04 44 
10 Torquay United 42 16 11 15 76 76 1.00 43 
11 Northampton Town 44 18 7 19 71 80 0.89 43 
12 Aldershot 43 15 12 16 68 64 1.06 42 
13 Brentford 42 15 12 15 76 76 1.00 42 
14 Queens Park Rangers 43 15 12 16 66 68 0.97 42 
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 43 12 17 14 57 61 0.93 41 
16 Reading 42 13 14 15 63 65 0.97 40 
17 Southend United 41 14 11 16 72 71 1.01 39 
18 Newport County 43 11 15 17 58 69 0.84 37 
19 Shrewsbury Town 41 14 8 19 57 74 0.77 36 
20 Crystal Palace 43 10 15 18 48 77 0.62 35 
21 Exeter City 42 10 13 19 40 65 0.62 33 
22 Swindon Town 42 9 14 19 41 57 0.72 32 
23 Walsall 42 9 12 21 68 79 0.86 30 
24 Colchester United 43 9 12 22 47 82 0.57 30 

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