Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, November 5, 1955

Swindon Town Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
M.Owen (15', 43')
 HT: 2-1 R.Littlejohn (40'), B.Siddall (85')
Attendance:  7,664   Referee:  K.G. Aston


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
FOX
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
MCSHANE
7
GIBSON
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
OWEN
10
EDWARDS
11
WILLIAMS
1
GODWIN
2
CUNNINGHAM
3
DRUMMOND
4
RUSHWORTH
5
CROSLAND
6
BROWN
7
LITTLEJOHN
8
SIDDALL
9
LEAVER
10
NEWSHAM
11
HARRISON

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
  Tommy GODWIN
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Laurie CUNNINGHAM
2
3
Geoff FOX
                 
Ian DRUMMOND
3
4
Jim CROSS
                 
Peter RUSHWORTH
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Johnny CROSLAND
5
6
Anthony MCSHANE
                 
Joe BROWN
6
7
Dave GIBSON
               
Roy LITTLEJOHN
7

8
Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
               
Brian SIDDALL
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Derek LEAVER
9
10
Bob EDWARDS
                 
Stan NEWSHAM
10
11
Gordon WILLIAMS
                 
Peter HARRISON
11















Results on Saturday, November 5, 1955: League Table
 
  Aldershot 1 - 1 Leyton Orient  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 4 - 0 Southend United  
  Crystal Palace 0 - 1 Exeter City  
  Ipswich Town 0 - 0 Watford  
  Newport County 3 - 2 Gillingham  
  Northampton Town 0 - 2 Colchester United  
  Queens Park Rangers 2 - 3 Norwich City  
  Shrewsbury Town 1 - 1 Brentford  
  Southampton 3 - 0 Coventry City  
  Swindon Town 2 - 2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Torquay United 3 - 0 Millwall  
  Walsall 1 - 0 Reading  

Table as at Saturday, November 5, 1955:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Ipswich Town 18 10 5 3 43 24 1.79 25 
2 Northampton Town 18 12 1 5 32 22 1.45 25 
3 Leyton Orient 17 10 4 3 30 11 2.73 24 
4 Brighton and Hove Albion 18 10 4 4 39 17 2.29 24 
5 Southend United 18 11 2 5 41 31 1.32 24 
6 Torquay United 18 9 5 4 31 17 1.82 23 
7 Norwich City 18 9 5 4 32 28 1.14 23 
8 Shrewsbury Town 18 9 3 6 37 26 1.42 21 
9 Gillingham 18 8 3 7 28 26 1.08 19 
10 Brentford 18 7 5 6 24 27 0.89 19 
11 Aldershot 18 6 6 6 34 32 1.06 18 
12 Newport County 18 7 4 7 25 29 0.86 18 
13 Colchester United 18 7 4 7 22 33 0.67 18 
14 Coventry City 18 7 3 8 28 26 1.08 17 
15 Southampton 18 7 3 8 33 34 0.97 17 
16 Exeter City 18 6 5 7 20 23 0.87 17 
17 Crystal Palace 18 5 5 8 27 26 1.04 15 
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 18 5 4 9 19 27 0.70 14 
19 Walsall 18 5 3 10 27 41 0.66 13 
20 Watford 18 5 3 10 22 40 0.55 13 
21 Millwall 17 5 2 10 31 38 0.82 12 
22 Reading 18 5 2 11 23 33 0.70 12 
23 Queens Park Rangers 18 3 6 9 22 32 0.69 12 
24 Swindon Town 18 2 3 13 15 42 0.36 7 

Key: Promotion Re-election