Football League Division Three (South)
Monday, April 11, 1955

Swindon Town Newport County
M.Bull (??')
HT: 1-1 B.Lucas (??'), H.Harris (??'), T.Johnston (??')
Attendance:  9,757    


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
GIBSON
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
SAMPSON
11
BULL
1
HUGHES
2
LEVER
3
HAYWARD
4
LUCAS
5
WILCOX
6
THOMAS
7
HUDSON
8
HARRIS
9
JOHNSTON
10
GRAHAM
11
SHERGOLD

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
  Iorrie HUGHES
1
2
George HUNT
                 
  Arthur LEVER
2
3
Peter HILTON
                 
Dougie HAYWARD
3
4
Jim CROSS
               
  view STFC profileBilly LUCAS
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Ray WILCOX
5
6
Gordon WILLIAMS
                 
George THOMAS
6
7
Dave GIBSON
                 
Colin HUDSON
7

8
Roy ONSLOW
               
Harry HARRIS
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Tommy JOHNSTON
9
10
Ray SAMPSON
                 
Les GRAHAM
10
11
Mike BULL
               
Billy SHERGOLD
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Results on Monday, April 11, 1955: League Table

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

Table as at Monday, April 11, 1955:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol City 41 27 8 6 94 45 2.09 62 
2 Southampton 41 23 9 9 67 42 1.60 55 
3 Leyton Orient 40 23 8 9 79 37 2.14 54 
4 Gillingham 40 18 11 11 67 59 1.14 47 
5 Millwall 40 18 10 12 64 57 1.12 46 
6 Watford 40 16 12 12 61 54 1.13 44 
7 Norwich City 39 18 7 14 55 47 1.17 43 
8 Brighton and Hove Albion 39 17 7 15 65 56 1.16 41 
9 Queens Park Rangers 40 15 11 14 62 61 1.02 41 
10 Coventry City 37 15 9 13 52 46 1.13 39 
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 39 12 15 12 55 52 1.06 39 
12 Torquay United 40 14 11 15 71 74 0.96 39 
13 Brentford 39 13 12 14 70 70 1.00 38 
14 Northampton Town 40 16 6 18 59 77 0.77 38 
15 Aldershot 40 13 11 16 58 61 0.95 37 
16 Southend United 38 13 10 15 69 68 1.01 36 
17 Reading 39 12 12 15 58 62 0.94 36 
18 Newport County 40 9 14 17 54 68 0.79 32 
19 Shrewsbury Town 38 12 8 18 53 72 0.74 32 
20 Crystal Palace 40 9 14 17 45 72 0.63 32 
21 Exeter City 40 9 13 18 39 64 0.61 31 
22 Swindon Town 39 8 14 17 40 55 0.73 30 
23 Colchester United 40 9 12 19 46 72 0.64 30 
24 Walsall 39 7 12 20 65 77 0.84 26 

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