Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, October 16, 1954

Walsall Swindon Town
F.Morris (67')
 HT: 0-2 M.Owen (15'), R.Onslow (29')
Attendance:  9,010   Referee:  J.G. Williams


1
MCBRIDE
2
MCPHERSON
3
VINALL
4
MORRIS
5
BRIDGETT
6
TARRANT
7
LEWIS
8
DORMAN
9
RICHARDS
10
MCGAIRY
11
MEEK
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
JOHNSTON
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
HUNTER
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
GEMMELL
11
BULL

Lineups
1
Vince MCBRIDE
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Albert MCPHERSON
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Albert VINALL
                 
Peter HILTON
3
4
Fred MORRIS
               
Jimmy JOHNSTON
4
5
Jack BRIDGETT
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Ted TARRANT
                 
Gordon WILLIAMS
6
7
Kenny LEWIS
                 
Robert HUNTER
7

8
Don DORMAN
               
Roy ONSLOW
8

9
Tony RICHARDS
               
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Tom MCGAIRY
                 
Matt GEMMELL
10
11
George MEEK
                 
Mike BULL
11















Results on Saturday, October 16, 1954: League Table
 
  Brentford 3 - 2 Colchester United  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 0 - 1 Norwich City  
  Bristol City 6 - 1 Aldershot  
  Coventry City 1 - 1 Exeter City  
  Gillingham 0 - 1 Watford  
  Leyton Orient 3 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Millwall 0 - 1 Queens Park Rangers  
  Reading 0 - 1 Northampton Town  
  Shrewsbury Town 1 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Southampton 2 - 0 Newport County  
  Torquay United 4 - 1 Southend United  
  Walsall 1 - 2 Swindon Town  

Table as at Saturday, October 16, 1954:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol City 15 11 3 1 42 15 2.80 25 
2 Leyton Orient 15 10 2 3 23 14 1.64 22 
3 Norwich City 15 9 3 3 27 13 2.08 21 
4 Coventry City 15 7 5 3 26 19 1.37 19 
5 Queens Park Rangers 15 6 6 3 27 18 1.50 18 
6 Southampton 15 8 2 5 26 22 1.18 18 
7 Millwall 15 8 2 5 17 15 1.13 18 
8 Torquay United 15 7 3 5 29 25 1.16 17 
9 Watford 15 6 4 5 24 23 1.04 16 
10 Southend United 15 4 7 4 28 24 1.17 15 
11 Swindon Town 15 6 3 6 18 19 0.95 15 
12 Northampton Town 15 6 3 6 17 19 0.89 15 
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 15 4 6 5 25 21 1.19 14 
14 Aldershot 15 6 2 7 23 26 0.88 14 
15 Exeter City 15 5 4 6 15 19 0.79 14 
16 Gillingham 15 5 4 6 19 27 0.70 14 
17 Brighton and Hove Albion 15 6 1 8 24 22 1.09 13 
18 Brentford 15 4 5 6 31 32 0.97 13 
19 Colchester United 15 4 4 7 19 27 0.70 12 
20 Shrewsbury Town 15 3 5 7 21 29 0.72 11 
21 Newport County 15 3 5 7 14 23 0.61 11 
22 Crystal Palace 15 2 7 6 14 28 0.50 11 
23 Reading 15 1 7 7 17 27 0.63 9 
24 Walsall 15 1 3 11 14 33 0.42 5 

Key: Promotion Re-election