Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, February 13, 1954

Swindon Town Crystal Palace
H.Lunn (85')
 HT: 0-1 B.Thomas (16')
Attendance:  8,907   Referee:  R.H. Mann


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
SAMPSON
11
BULL
1
BAILEY
2
CHOULES
3
MCDONALD
4
WILLARD
5
BRIGGS
6
SIMPSON
7
FELL
8
BENNETT
9
THOMAS
10
TILSTON
11
HANLON

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Roy BAILEY
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Len CHOULES
2
3
Terry ELWELL
                 
Harry MCDONALD
3
4
Jim CROSS
                 
Jess WILLARD
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
George BRIGGS
5
6
Jimmy JOHNSTON
                 
William SIMPSON
6
7
Harry LUNN
               
Les FELL
7

8
Roy ONSLOW
                 
Ken BENNETT
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Bob THOMAS
9
10
Ray SAMPSON
                 
Tommy TILSTON
10
11
Mike BULL
                 
Wally HANLON
11















Results on Saturday, February 13, 1954: League Table
 
  Aldershot 2 - 5 Bristol City  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 - 3 Watford  
  Coventry City 4 - 0 Torquay United  
  Exeter City 0 - 0 Queens Park Rangers  
  Gillingham 2 - 1 Northampton Town  
  Ipswich Town 2 - 3 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Leyton Orient 2 - 1 Reading  
  Millwall 2 - 1 Southend United  
  Newport County 4 - 1 Norwich City  
  Shrewsbury Town 3 - 2 Southampton  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Walsall 2 - 3 Colchester United  

Table as at Saturday, February 13, 1954:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Ipswich Town 30 18 7 5 61 35 1.74 43 
2 Brighton and Hove Albion 30 19 4 7 60 43 1.40 42 
3 Southampton 29 18 2 9 56 38 1.47 38 
4 Bristol City 31 17 4 10 64 48 1.33 38 
5 Watford 30 14 7 9 64 49 1.31 35 
6 Torquay United 33 12 11 10 62 58 1.07 35 
7 Gillingham 33 14 7 12 47 53 0.89 35 
8 Exeter City 32 14 6 12 49 38 1.29 34 
9 Leyton Orient 30 14 6 10 54 45 1.20 34 
10 Northampton Town 30 12 9 9 62 40 1.55 33 
11 Millwall 30 13 7 10 53 48 1.10 33 
12 Reading 30 13 6 11 52 45 1.16 32 
13 Norwich City 30 12 7 11 43 45 0.96 31 
14 Coventry City 32 11 8 13 43 38 1.13 30 
15 Crystal Palace 32 11 8 13 44 61 0.72 30 
16 Shrewsbury Town 32 10 9 13 50 53 0.94 29 
17 Swindon Town 32 11 6 15 51 50 1.02 28 
18 Newport County 32 12 4 16 43 64 0.67 28 
19 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 32 12 3 17 49 52 0.94 27 
20 Southend United 32 10 6 16 43 51 0.84 26 
21 Aldershot 31 9 6 16 42 66 0.64 24 
22 Queens Park Rangers 30 7 9 14 27 46 0.59 23 
23 Colchester United 31 8 6 17 35 50 0.70 22 
24 Walsall 30 5 4 21 25 63 0.40 14 

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