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

Swindon Town Watford

HT: 0-0
Attendance:  7,268   Referee:  J.F. Gardner


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
MCSHANE
7
GIBSON
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
JOHNSON
1
BENNETT
2
BATEMAN
3
BEWLEY
4
LOCK
5
BATEMAN
6
MITCHELL
7
COOK
8
GRAHAM
9
BROWN
10
HERNON
11
ADAMS

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Ted BENNETT
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Colin BATEMAN
2
3
Geoff FOX
                 
Dave BEWLEY
3
4
Jim CROSS
                 
Frank LOCK
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Ernie BATEMAN
5
6
Anthony MCSHANE
                 
Frank MITCHELL
6
7
Dave GIBSON
                 
Maurice COOK
7

8
Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
                 
Les GRAHAM
8

9
Maurice OWEN
                 
Roy BROWN
9
10
Bob EDWARDS
                 
Jimmy HERNON
10
11
Roy JOHNSON
                 
Chris ADAMS
11













Results on Saturday, December 3, 1955: League Table
 
  Aldershot 2 - 2 Gillingham  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 6 - 0 Norwich City  
  Crystal Palace 1 - 3 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Ipswich Town 2 - 2 Exeter City  
  Newport County 1 - 2 Brentford  
  Northampton Town 4 - 0 Millwall  
  Queens Park Rangers 3 - 3 Reading  
  Shrewsbury Town 1 - 4 Leyton Orient  
  Southampton 3 - 0 Colchester United  
  Swindon Town 0 - 0 Watford  
  Torquay United 0 - 0 Coventry City  
  Walsall 3 - 1 Southend United  

Table as at Saturday, December 3, 1955:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Leyton Orient 20 13 4 3 46 12 3.83 30 
2 Brighton and Hove Albion 21 12 5 4 53 20 2.65 29 
3 Northampton Town 21 14 1 6 39 26 1.50 29 
4 Torquay United 21 11 6 4 37 18 2.06 28 
5 Ipswich Town 21 11 6 4 50 31 1.61 28 
6 Norwich City 21 11 5 5 39 36 1.08 27 
7 Southend United 21 12 2 7 46 38 1.21 26 
8 Brentford 21 9 5 7 30 33 0.91 23 
9 Coventry City 21 9 4 8 31 27 1.15 22 
10 Gillingham 21 9 4 8 34 30 1.13 22 
11 Shrewsbury Town 21 9 3 9 39 35 1.11 21 
12 Newport County 21 8 5 8 31 34 0.91 21 
13 Colchester United 21 8 5 8 29 39 0.74 21 
14 Aldershot 21 6 8 7 38 40 0.95 20 
15 Exeter City 21 7 6 8 25 30 0.83 20 
16 Southampton 21 8 3 10 37 40 0.93 19 
17 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 21 7 5 9 25 30 0.83 19 
18 Watford 21 6 5 10 27 43 0.63 17 
19 Crystal Palace 21 5 5 11 29 40 0.73 15 
20 Walsall 21 6 3 12 32 47 0.68 15 
21 Millwall 20 6 2 12 35 46 0.76 14 
22 Queens Park Rangers 21 3 7 11 25 38 0.66 13 
23 Reading 21 5 3 13 26 40 0.65 13 
24 Swindon Town 21 3 4 14 16 46 0.35 10 

Key: Promotion Re-election