Football League Division Three
Saturday, November 18, 1961

Peterborough United Swindon Town
B.Hails (15'), R.Senior (55'), G.Hudson (65')
HT: 1-2 P.Chamberlain (27'), E.Hunt (33' pen)
Attendance:  12,059   Referee:  L.J. Tirebuck


1
WALLS
2
WHITTAKER
3
WALKER
4
RAYNER
5
HOPKINS
6
RIPLEY
7
HAILS
8
SMITH
9
BLY
10
HUDSON
11
SENIOR
1
O'HARA
2
WOLLEN
3
TROLLOPE
4
MORGAN
5
OWEN
6
CHAMBERLAIN
7
SUMMERBEE
8
HUNT
9
HUNT
10
SMITH
11
CORBETT

Lineups
1
Jack WALLS
                 
Mike O'HARA
1
2
Dick WHITTAKER  
                 
Terry WOLLEN
2
3
Jim WALKER
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Jim RAYNER
                 
Keith MORGAN
4
5
Ollie HOPKINS
                 
Maurice OWEN
5
6
Keith RIPLEY
               
Peter CHAMBERLAIN
6
7
Billy HAILS
               
  Mike SUMMERBEE
7

8
Ray SMITH
               
Ernie HUNT
8

9
Terry BLY
                 
Ralph HUNT
9
10
George HUDSON
               
Jack SMITH
10
11
Roy SENIOR
               
David CORBETT
11















Results on Saturday, November 18, 1961: League Table

 
  Bradford Park Avenue 3 - 2 Barnsley  
  Brentford 2 - 2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Bristol City 2 - 0 Queens Park Rangers  
  Grimsby Town 1 - 0 Portsmouth  
  Newport County 0 - 2 Hull City  
  Notts County 1 - 0 Lincoln City  
  Peterborough United 3 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Port Vale 1 - 1 Halifax Town  
  Shrewsbury Town 1 - 1 Torquay United  
  Southend United 1 - 3 Northampton Town  

Table as at Saturday, November 18, 1961:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 20 11 8 1 38 18 2.11 30 
2 Portsmouth 19 11 5 3 34 20 1.70 27 
3 Peterborough United 20 12 2 6 52 47 1.11 26 
4 Reading 20 12 1 7 39 35 1.11 25 
5 Crystal Palace 21 9 6 6 45 31 1.45 24 
6 Northampton Town 21 9 5 7 43 27 1.59 23 
7 Queens Park Rangers 19 9 5 5 47 32 1.47 23 
8 Bristol City 21 10 3 8 35 30 1.17 23 
9 Port Vale 21 8 6 7 30 28 1.07 22 
10 Watford 21 8 6 7 36 38 0.95 22 
11 Grimsby Town 20 9 4 7 30 32 0.94 22 
12 Bradford Park Avenue 20 10 1 9 40 36 1.11 21 
13 Shrewsbury Town 21 7 7 7 38 37 1.03 21 
14 Hull City 18 7 5 6 26 20 1.30 19 
15 Halifax Town 18 7 5 6 28 30 0.93 19 
16 Coventry City 20 6 7 7 28 32 0.88 19 
17 Notts County 19 7 4 8 36 34 1.06 18 
18 Barnsley 20 7 4 9 42 46 0.91 18 
19 Southend United 21 5 6 10 26 33 0.79 16 
20 Swindon Town 21 5 6 10 32 43 0.74 16 
21 Lincoln City 19 5 5 9 28 39 0.72 15 
22 Torquay United 19 4 3 12 33 46 0.72 11 
23 Brentford 20 4 3 13 19 43 0.44 11 
24 Newport County 21 3 3 15 23 51 0.45

Key: Promotion Relegation