Football League Division Three (South)
Wednesday, April 27, 1955

Swindon Town Coventry City
H.Williams (??', ??'), C.Riseborough (??')
HT: 2-0
Attendance:  4,293    


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
BATCHELOR
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
RISEBOROUGH
8
SAMPSON
9
ONSLOW
10
WILLIAMS
11
HOPE
1
MATTHEWS
2
TIMMINS
3
AUSTIN
4
JAMIESON
5
KIRK
6
SIMPSON
7
MOORE
8
HILL
9
HAWKINGS
10
SAMBROOK
11
JOHNSON

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
  Reg MATTHEWS
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Charlie TIMMINS
2
3
Peter HILTON
                 
Frank AUSTIN
3
4
Ted BATCHELOR
                 
Iain JAMIESON
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Roy KIRK
5
6
Gordon WILLIAMS
                 
Noel SIMPSON
6
7
Cyril RISEBOROUGH
               
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7

8
Ray SAMPSON
                 
Peter HILL
8

9
Roy ONSLOW
                 
Barry HAWKINGS
9
10
Henry WILLIAMS
               
Ray SAMBROOK
10
11
Alex HOPE
                 
Eric JOHNSON
11













Results on Wednesday, April 27, 1955: League Table

 
  Aldershot 2 - 0 Southampton  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 0 - 1 Bristol City  
  Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Brentford  
  Exeter City 3 - 1 Reading  
  Northampton Town 1 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Norwich City 1 - 1 Leyton Orient  
  Swindon Town 3 - 0 Coventry City  

Table as at Wednesday, April 27, 1955:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol City 45 29 10 6 99 46 2.15 68 
2 Leyton Orient 44 24 9 11 83 45 1.84 57 
3 Southampton 45 23 11 11 70 48 1.46 57 
4 Gillingham 43 20 12 11 73 62 1.18 52 
5 Millwall 44 19 10 15 66 65 1.02 48 
6 Watford 44 17 13 14 68 60 1.13 47 
7 Brighton and Hove Albion 43 18 9 16 67 58 1.16 45 
8 Norwich City 44 18 9 17 59 57 1.04 45 
9 Torquay United 44 17 11 16 80 81 0.99 45 
10 Northampton Town 45 19 7 19 72 80 0.90 45 
11 Coventry City 42 17 10 15 60 51 1.18 44 
12 Aldershot 44 16 12 16 70 64 1.09 44 
13 Brentford 43 15 13 15 77 77 1.00 43 
14 Queens Park Rangers 44 15 13 16 67 69 0.97 43 
15 Southend United 42 15 11 16 73 71 1.03 41 
16 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 45 12 17 16 57 65 0.88 41 
17 Reading 44 13 14 17 65 71 0.92 40 
18 Shrewsbury Town 42 15 8 19 60 74 0.81 38 
19 Newport County 43 11 15 17 58 69 0.84 37 
20 Crystal Palace 44 10 16 18 49 78 0.63 36 
21 Exeter City 43 11 13 19 43 66 0.65 35 
22 Swindon Town 43 10 14 19 44 57 0.77 34 
23 Walsall 43 9 13 21 69 80 0.86 31 
24 Colchester United 43 9 12 22 47 82 0.57 30 

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