Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, October 23, 1954

Swindon Town Bristol City
M.Owen (11'), R.Hunter (38')
 HT: 2-0 J.Rogers (53'), J.Boxley (67' pen)
Attendance:  19,880   Referee:  G. Pankhurst


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
JOHNSTON
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
HUNTER
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
GEMMELL
11
BULL
1
COOK
2
GUY
3
BAILEY
4
REGAN
5
PEACOCK
6
WHITE
7
ROGERS
8
ATYEO
9
RODGERS
10
EISENTRAGER
11
BOXLEY

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Tony COOK
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Ivor GUY
2
3
Peter HILTON
                 
Jack BAILEY
3
4
Jimmy JOHNSTON
                 
Jim REGAN
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Ernie PEACOCK
5
6
Gordon WILLIAMS
                 
Jack WHITE
6
7
Robert HUNTER
             
Jimmy ROGERS
7

8
Roy ONSLOW
                 
  John ATYEO
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Arnold RODGERS
9
10
Matt GEMMELL
                 
Alec EISENTRAGER
10
11
Mike BULL
               
Jack BOXLEY
11















Results on Saturday, October 23, 1954: League Table
 
  Aldershot 2 - 1 Torquay United  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 - 2 Gillingham  
  Colchester United 0 - 1 Coventry City  
  Crystal Palace 3 - 1 Walsall  
  Exeter City 0 - 1 Southampton  
  Newport County 2 - 1 Millwall  
  Northampton Town 3 - 1 Shrewsbury Town  
  Norwich City 1 - 0 Brentford  
  Queens Park Rangers 2 - 0 Leyton Orient  
  Southend United 4 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Swindon Town 2 - 2 Bristol City  
  Watford 1 - 3 Reading  

Table as at Saturday, October 23, 1954:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol City 16 11 4 1 44 17 2.59 26 
2 Norwich City 16 10 3 3 28 13 2.15 23 
3 Leyton Orient 16 10 2 4 23 16 1.44 22 
4 Coventry City 16 8 5 3 27 19 1.42 21 
5 Queens Park Rangers 16 7 6 3 29 18 1.61 20 
6 Southampton 16 9 2 5 27 22 1.23 20 
7 Millwall 16 8 2 6 18 17 1.06 18 
8 Southend United 16 5 7 4 32 24 1.33 17 
9 Torquay United 16 7 3 6 30 27 1.11 17 
10 Northampton Town 16 7 3 6 20 20 1.00 17 
11 Watford 16 6 4 6 25 26 0.96 16 
12 Swindon Town 16 6 4 6 20 21 0.95 16 
13 Aldershot 16 7 2 7 25 27 0.93 16 
14 Gillingham 16 6 4 6 21 28 0.75 16 
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 16 4 6 6 26 23 1.13 14 
16 Exeter City 16 5 4 7 15 20 0.75 14 
17 Brentford 16 4 5 7 31 33 0.94 13 
18 Brighton and Hove Albion 16 6 1 9 24 26 0.92 13 
19 Newport County 16 4 5 7 16 24 0.67 13 
20 Crystal Palace 16 3 7 6 17 29 0.59 13 
21 Colchester United 16 4 4 8 19 28 0.68 12 
22 Reading 16 2 7 7 20 28 0.71 11 
23 Shrewsbury Town 16 3 5 8 22 32 0.69 11 
24 Walsall 16 1 3 12 15 36 0.42 5 

Key: Promotion Re-election