Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 16 33   6 2 0 17 6   3 4 1 14 9
2 Portsmouth 15 32   5 4 0 15 8   4 1 1 11 6
3 Peterborough United 16 31   5 0 3 21 16   5 1 2 20 21
4 Reading 16 28   4 1 2 14 9   5 0 4 19 21
5 Grimsby Town 16 26   5 1 2 17 8   3 1 4 7 16
6 Queens Park Rangers 15 25   4 2 3 26 18   3 2 1 14 9
7 Port Vale 17 25   5 1 2 13 7   2 3 4 10 16
8 Crystal Palace 17 24   3 3 3 20 18   3 3 2 16 10
9 Bristol City 17 24   4 1 3 12 7   3 2 4 10 12
10 Shrewsbury Town 16 23   4 2 2 24 17   2 3 3 8 11
11 Coventry City 16 23   5 2 1 18 9   1 3 4 7 15
12 Northampton Town 17 22   2 3 3 15 11   4 1 4 15 12
13 15 22   4 1 2 15 9   3 0 5 12 17
14 Notts. County 16 21   6 2 1 23 10   0 1 6 8 18
15 Halifax Town 14 21   3 2 1 8 5   3 1 4 14 18
16 Watford 17 21   3 5 1 16 13   2 1 5 12 20
17 Hull City 15 20   4 0 2 10 4   1 5 3 11 14
18 Southend United 16 20   4 2 2 13 9   1 3 4 11 14
19 Barnsley 16 20   4 1 3 19 15   2 1 5 11 22
20 17 18   2 6 1 15 10   2 0 6 8 21
21 Lincoln City 15 16   2 1 4 9 15   2 3 3 12 17
22 15 13   2 0 7 18 21   2 1 3 9 14
23 Newport County 16 12   2 0 6 14 18   1 3 4 8 19
24 Brentford 16 10   3 1 3 8 7   0 0 9 3 28