Football League Division Three (South)
Monday, December 27, 1954

Swindon Town Exeter City
A.Beards (??'), J.Cross (??')
HT: 2-0
Attendance:  9,550    


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
PAGE
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMSON
7
GIBSON
8
MCCLELLAND
9
HUNTER
10
SAMPSON
11
BEARDS
1
KELLY
2
DOYLE
3
DOUGLASS
4
SETTERS
5
DAVEY
6
MITCHELL
7
THOMAS
8
MACKAY
9
JOHN
10
MURPHY
11
MCCLELLAND

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
  Hugh KELLY
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Brian DOYLE
2
3
Mick PAGE
                 
Norman DOUGLASS
3
4
Jim CROSS
               
Maurice SETTERS
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Fred DAVEY
5
6
Stewart WILLIAMSON
                 
Arnold MITCHELL
6
7
Dave GIBSON
                 
Peter THOMAS
7

8
John MCCLELLAND
                 
Angus MACKAY
8

9
Robert HUNTER
                 
Ray JOHN
9
10
Ray SAMPSON
                 
Eddie MURPHY
10
11
Alan BEARDS
               
Charlie MCCLELLAND
11













Results on Monday, December 27, 1954: League Table

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

Table as at Monday, December 27, 1954:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol City 25 16 6 3 57 27 2.11 38 
2 Leyton Orient 23 16 3 4 46 20 2.30 35 
3 Southampton 24 14 4 6 42 27 1.56 32 
4 Millwall 24 12 5 7 34 27 1.26 29 
5 Queens Park Rangers 24 10 8 6 42 31 1.35 28 
6 Coventry City 24 11 6 7 38 29 1.31 28 
7 Norwich City 24 11 5 8 37 29 1.28 27 
8 Southend United 24 9 9 6 48 40 1.20 27 
9 Gillingham 24 11 5 8 38 39 0.97 27 
10 Northampton Town 25 11 4 10 32 36 0.89 26 
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 24 8 8 8 38 35 1.09 24 
12 Brighton and Hove Albion 23 10 3 10 36 31 1.16 23 
13 Watford 24 8 7 9 37 37 1.00 23 
14 Aldershot 24 9 4 11 38 40 0.95 22 
15 Brentford 24 7 7 10 47 51 0.92 21 
16 Swindon Town 25 7 7 11 28 34 0.82 21 
17 Torquay United 24 8 4 12 44 51 0.86 20 
18 Reading 24 6 8 10 32 40 0.80 20 
19 Exeter City 24 6 8 10 22 36 0.61 20 
20 Shrewsbury Town 25 6 7 12 35 50 0.70 19 
21 Crystal Palace 24 5 9 10 26 44 0.59 19 
22 Newport County 24 5 8 11 29 41 0.71 18 
23 Walsall 24 5 6 13 38 48 0.79 16 
24 Colchester United 24 4 7 13 26 47 0.55 15 

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