Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, September 3, 1955

Ipswich Town Swindon Town
T.Parker (4', 50', 65'), T.Garneys (64'), B.Reed (67'), W.Grant (80')
HT: 1-0 B.Edwards (70'), M.Owen (84')
Attendance:  13,238   Referee:  J.W. Malcolm


1
ASHCROFT
2
FEENEY
3
MALCOLM
4
MYLES
5
REES
6
ELSWORTHY
7
REED
8
GRANT
9
GARNEYS
10
PARKER
11
MACLUCKIE
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
MCSHANE
7
RISEBOROUGH
8
GIBSON
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
SAMPSON

Lineups
1
Charlie ASHCROFT
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Jim FEENEY  
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Ken MALCOLM
                 
Peter HILTON
3
4
Neil MYLES
                 
Jim CROSS
4
5
Doug REES
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
John ELSWORTHY
                 
Anthony MCSHANE
6
7
Billy REED  
               
Cyril RISEBOROUGH
7

8
Wilf GRANT
               
Dave GIBSON
8

9
Tommy GARNEYS
             
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Tommy PARKER
             
Bob EDWARDS
10
11
George MACLUCKIE
                 
Ray SAMPSON
11















Results on Saturday, September 3, 1955: League Table

 
  Brentford 1 - 2 Norwich City  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 5 - 2 Aldershot  
  Coventry City 2 - 0 Colchester United  
  Exeter City 0 - 0 Torquay United  
  Ipswich Town 6 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Millwall 1 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Reading 1 - 2 Gillingham  
  Shrewsbury Town 1 - 1 Queens Park Rangers  
  Southampton 2 - 3 Northampton Town  
  Southend United 0 - 0 Leyton Orient  
  Walsall 3 - 3 Newport County  
  Watford 0 - 2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  

Table as at Saturday, September 3, 1955:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Northampton Town 5 5 0 0 12 5 2.40 10 
2 Leyton Orient 5 3 2 0 6 1 6.00
3 Aldershot 5 3 1 1 10 6 1.67
4 Southend United 5 3 1 1 11 8 1.38
5 Coventry City 5 3 0 2 9 4 2.25
6 Gillingham 5 3 0 2 9 5 1.80
7 Brighton and Hove Albion 5 2 2 1 11 8 1.38
8 Torquay United 5 2 2 1 6 6 1.00
9 Norwich City 5 3 0 2 7 11 0.64
10 Shrewsbury Town 5 2 1 2 14 6 2.33
11 Queens Park Rangers 5 1 3 1 7 5 1.40
12 Crystal Palace 5 1 3 1 8 6 1.33
13 Ipswich Town 5 2 1 2 13 10 1.30
14 Millwall 5 2 1 2 10 8 1.25
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 5 2 1 2 6 5 1.20
16 Exeter City 5 1 3 1 4 4 1.00
17 Brentford 5 1 2 2 5 7 0.71
18 Watford 5 2 0 3 6 11 0.55
19 Southampton 5 1 1 3 8 14 0.57
20 Colchester United 5 1 1 3 5 11 0.45
21 Newport County 5 1 1 3 5 11 0.45
22 Walsall 5 0 2 3 7 13 0.54
23 Swindon Town 5 1 0 4 6 12 0.50
24 Reading 5 1 0 4 5 13 0.38

Key: Promotion Re-election