Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, March 12, 1955

Bristol City Swindon Town
T.Burden (12', 54'), J.Boxley (50')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  24,186   Referee:  G. Pankhurst


1
ANDERSON
2
GUY
3
THRESHER
4
WHITE
5
PEACOCK
6
WILLIAMS
7
MILTON
8
ATYEO
9
ROGERS
10
BURDEN
11
BOXLEY
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
GIBSON
8
SAMPSON
9
OWEN
10
WILLIAMS
11
BEARDS

Lineups
1
Bob ANDERSON
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Ivor GUY
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Mike THRESHER
                 
Peter HILTON
3
4
Jack WHITE
                 
Jim CROSS
4
5
Ernie PEACOCK
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Cyril WILLIAMS view STFC profile
                 
Gordon WILLIAMS
6
7
Arthur MILTON  
                 
Dave GIBSON
7

8
John ATYEO  
                 
Ray SAMPSON
8

9
Jimmy ROGERS
                 
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Tommy BURDEN
               
Henry WILLIAMS
10
11
Jack BOXLEY
               
Alan BEARDS
11















Results on Saturday, March 12, 1955: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, March 12, 1955:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol City 36 23 7 6 80 41 1.95 53 
2 Leyton Orient 33 22 6 5 70 28 2.50 50 
3 Southampton 35 20 8 7 58 36 1.61 48 
4 Millwall 34 16 9 9 50 42 1.19 41 
5 Gillingham 34 15 9 10 57 53 1.08 39 
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 34 12 13 9 51 45 1.13 37 
7 Watford 33 12 11 10 50 44 1.14 35 
8 Norwich City 34 14 7 13 46 41 1.12 35 
9 Queens Park Rangers 34 12 11 11 53 50 1.06 35 
10 Coventry City 32 13 8 11 46 39 1.18 34 
11 Torquay United 33 13 7 13 61 64 0.95 33 
12 Brighton and Hove Albion 32 13 6 13 51 46 1.11 32 
13 Northampton Town 34 13 6 15 52 63 0.83 32 
14 Southend United 33 11 9 13 61 62 0.98 31 
15 Shrewsbury Town 34 11 8 15 49 64 0.77 30 
16 Aldershot 33 11 7 15 48 52 0.92 29 
17 Exeter City 33 9 11 13 33 47 0.70 29 
18 Brentford 33 9 10 14 60 67 0.90 28 
19 Reading 33 9 10 14 50 56 0.89 28 
20 Swindon Town 32 8 10 14 34 44 0.77 26 
21 Colchester United 33 8 10 15 35 55 0.64 26 
22 Crystal Palace 34 7 12 15 39 64 0.61 26 
23 Newport County 32 6 12 14 39 52 0.75 24 
24 Walsall 32 5 9 18 49 67 0.73 19 

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