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