Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, March 6, 1954

Swindon Town Millwall
M.Bull (46'), R.Johnson (74')
HT: 0-0 S.Anslow (78')
Attendance:  8,903   Referee:  G. Pankhurst


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
7
LAMBERT
8
ONSLOW
9
JOHNSON
10
SAMPSON
11
BULL
1
FINLAYSON
2
JARDINE
3
ANSLOW
4
SHORT
5
BOWLER
6
HEYDON
7
JOHNSON
8
SMITH
9
SHEPHERD
10
STOBBART
11
HAZLETT

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Malcolm FINLAYSON
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Alex JARDINE
2
3
Peter HILTON
               
Stan ANSLOW
3
4
Jim CROSS
                 
John SHORT
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
  Gerry BOWLER
5
6
Jimmy JOHNSTON
                 
Jackie HEYDON
6
7
Ken LAMBERT
                 
Johnny JOHNSON
7

8
Roy ONSLOW
                 
Fred SMITH
8

9
Roy JOHNSON
               
John SHEPHERD
9
10
Ray SAMPSON
                 
George STOBBART
10
11
Mike BULL
               
George HAZLETT
11















Results on Saturday, March 6, 1954: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, March 6, 1954:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Brighton and Hove Albion 33 21 4 8 66 45 1.47 46 
2 Ipswich Town 33 19 7 7 63 40 1.58 45 
3 Southampton 32 20 2 10 59 40 1.48 42 
4 Bristol City 34 18 5 11 71 52 1.37 41 
5 Watford 34 17 7 10 70 54 1.30 41 
6 Gillingham 36 16 8 12 50 53 0.94 40 
7 Torquay United 36 13 11 12 67 67 1.00 37 
8 Norwich City 33 14 8 11 51 48 1.06 36 
9 Northampton Town 33 13 9 11 64 43 1.49 35 
10 Exeter City 35 14 7 14 51 43 1.19 35 
11 Reading 33 14 7 12 57 49 1.16 35 
12 Leyton Orient 33 14 7 12 58 52 1.12 35 
13 Millwall 33 14 7 12 56 54 1.04 35 
14 Coventry City 35 13 8 14 47 42 1.12 34 
15 Crystal Palace 35 13 8 14 48 64 0.75 34 
16 Swindon Town 35 12 7 16 55 57 0.96 31 
17 Southend United 35 12 7 16 49 53 0.92 31 
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 35 13 4 18 52 55 0.95 30 
19 Newport County 35 13 4 18 45 70 0.64 30 
20 Shrewsbury Town 35 10 9 16 51 62 0.82 29 
21 Queens Park Rangers 33 9 9 15 38 50 0.76 27 
22 Aldershot 34 10 7 17 47 70 0.67 27 
23 Colchester United 34 9 6 19 39 54 0.72 24 
24 Walsall 34 7 4 23 32 69 0.46 18 

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