Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 21 41   7 3 0 21 7   4 5 2 18 13
2 Portsmouth 20 41   7 4 0 21 10   5 1 3 14 10
3 Reading 21 40   7 1 2 20 12   6 0 5 20 23
4 Peterborough United 21 38   7 0 4 29 23   5 2 3 23 25
5 Crystal Palace 22 36   5 3 3 26 19   5 3 3 20 12
6 Bristol City 22 36   7 1 3 21 11   4 2 5 16 20
7 Grimsby Town 21 34   7 2 2 20 9   3 2 5 11 23
8 Queens Park Rangers 20 33   6 2 3 32 20   3 4 2 15 12
9 Northampton Town 22 32   3 4 3 22 13   6 1 5 21 15
10 21 32   7 2 2 25 13   3 0 7 16 24
11 Shrewsbury Town 22 31   5 4 3 31 23   3 3 4 11 15
12 Watford 22 31   5 5 1 21 15   3 2 6 16 24
13 Port Vale 22 30   6 2 3 18 10   2 4 5 12 19
14 Coventry City 21 28   6 3 2 20 12   1 4 5 9 20
15 Hull City 19 26   5 0 3 13 6   2 5 4 13 15
16 Notts. County 20 26   7 3 1 24 10   0 2 7 12 24
17 Halifax Town 19 26   4 3 1 13 9   3 2 6 16 23
18 Barnsley 21 25   5 2 3 28 20   2 2 7 15 30
19 Southend United 22 24   5 2 4 16 14   1 4 6 12 20
20 22 22   3 6 2 19 14   2 1 8 15 31
21 Lincoln City 20 20   3 2 4 12 16   2 3 6 16 24
22 Brentford 21 18   5 2 3 14 11   0 1 10 6 32
23 20 15   2 1 8 22 27   2 2 5 11 20
24 Newport County 22 13   2 1 8 16 23   1 3 7 9 30