Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, September 17, 1955

Torquay United Swindon Town
D.Mills (25'), S.Collins (29' pen), T.Collins (38'), P.Hilton (87' o.g.)
 HT: 3-0
Attendance:  7,547   Referee:  G.W. Pullin


1
KIRK
2
SMITH
3
TOWERS
4
LEWIS
5
NORMAN
6
JAMES
7
SHAW
8
COLLINS
9
DOBBIE
10
MILLS
11
COLLINS
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
MCSHANE
5
HUDSON
6
THOMPSON
7
RISEBOROUGH
8
GIBSON
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
SAMPSON

Lineups
1
Jimmy KIRK
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
John SMITH
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Bill TOWERS
                 
Peter HILTON
3
4
Dennis LEWIS
                 
Anthony MCSHANE
4
5
Griff NORMAN
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
John JAMES
                 
Fred THOMPSON
6
7
Ron SHAW
                 
Cyril RISEBOROUGH
7

8
Sammy COLLINS
               
Dave GIBSON
8

9
Harold DOBBIE
                 
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Don MILLS
               
Bob EDWARDS
10
11
Tony COLLINS
               
Ray SAMPSON
11















Results on Saturday, September 17, 1955: League Table
 
  Brentford 1 - 0 Leyton Orient  
  Coventry City 2 - 2 Exeter City  
  Gillingham 1 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Ipswich Town 1 - 0 Northampton Town  
  Millwall 4 - 0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Reading 2 - 2 Norwich City  
  Shrewsbury Town 3 - 3 Aldershot  
  Southampton 3 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Southend United 4 - 1 Newport County  
  Torquay United 4 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Walsall 2 - 2 Queens Park Rangers  
  Watford 1 - 1 Colchester United  

Table as at Saturday, September 17, 1955:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Northampton Town 9 7 0 2 16 10 1.60 14 
2 Southend United 9 6 1 2 21 14 1.50 13 
3 Leyton Orient 9 5 2 2 16 5 3.20 12 
4 Torquay United 9 5 2 2 18 9 2.00 12 
5 Ipswich Town 9 5 2 2 23 14 1.64 12 
6 Aldershot 9 5 2 2 20 14 1.43 12 
7 Norwich City 9 5 2 2 16 16 1.00 12 
8 Brighton and Hove Albion 9 4 3 2 15 10 1.50 11 
9 Gillingham 9 5 1 3 15 11 1.36 11 
10 Millwall 9 4 2 3 23 14 1.64 10 
11 Coventry City 9 4 2 3 15 10 1.50 10 
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 9 4 1 4 13 15 0.87 9 
13 Brentford 9 3 3 3 11 13 0.85 9 
14 Crystal Palace 9 2 4 3 14 12 1.17 8 
15 Queens Park Rangers 9 1 6 2 11 12 0.92 8 
16 Newport County 9 3 2 4 12 19 0.63 8 
17 Exeter City 9 1 5 3 8 10 0.80 7 
18 Watford 9 3 1 5 10 22 0.45 7 
19 Shrewsbury Town 9 2 2 5 18 17 1.06 6 
20 Southampton 9 2 2 5 16 22 0.73 6 
21 Colchester United 9 2 2 5 8 22 0.36 6 
22 Reading 9 2 1 6 14 19 0.74 5 
23 Walsall 9 1 3 5 14 24 0.58 5 
24 Swindon Town 9 1 1 7 7 20 0.35 3 

Key: Promotion Re-election