Match Centre

Saturday March 1st, 1952

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 1

2

M. Betteridge (24'), M. Owen (45')

Gillingham

Gillingham

1

B. Hales (81')
M. Betteridge (24'), M. Owen (45')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 9,769

B. Hales (81')
A.W. Smith
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
UPRICHARD
2
HUNT
3
MAY
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
GRAY
7
LUNN
8
MILLAR
9
OWEN
10
BETTERIDGE
11
BAIN
1
RIGG
2
MARKS
3
LEWIN
4
BOSWELL
5
NIBLETT
6
AYRES
7
SCARTH
8
RUSSELL
9
HALES
10
FORRESTER
11
POULTON
Swindon Town
1Norman UPRICHARD
2George HUNT
3Harry MAY
4Harry KAYE
5Garth HUDSON
6George GRAY
7Harry LUNN
8Willie MILLAR
9Maurice OWEN
10Mick BETTERIDGE
11Jimmy BAIN
Gillingham
1Tommy RIGG1
2Charlie MARKS2
3Ron LEWIN3
4Jimmy BOSWELL4
5Vic NIBLETT5
6Harry AYRES6
7Jimmy SCARTH7
8Hughie RUSSELL8
9Bill HALES9
10George FORRESTER10
11George POULTON11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 1st, 1952:

Aldershot Aldershot 2-2 Southend United Southend United
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 1-2 Reading Reading
Colchester United Colchester United 1-0 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 1-1 Torquay United Torquay United
Exeter City Exeter City 0-0 Bristol City Bristol City
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 2-3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Norwich City Norwich City 2-3 Port Vale Port Vale
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 2-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 2-0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Swindon Town Swindon 2-1 Gillingham Gillingham
Walsall Walsall 1-2 Millwall Millwall
Watford Watford 1-1 Newport County Newport County

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 1st, 1952:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 34 16 1 1 54 14 7 4 5 29 24 23 5 6 83 38 2.18 51
2 Reading Reading 34 13 1 2 53 18 10 1 7 37 25 23 2 9 90 43 2.09 48
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 34 12 2 3 42 16 9 3 5 25 27 21 5 8 67 43 1.56 47
4 Millwall Millwall 33 11 3 1 33 15 7 6 5 23 23 18 9 6 56 38 1.47 45
5 Norwich City Norwich City 34 11 1 4 34 14 6 7 5 27 27 17 8 9 61 41 1.49 42
6 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 33 8 4 4 37 16 6 5 6 22 21 14 9 10 59 37 1.59 37
7 Newport County Newport County 31 9 4 2 34 19 6 3 7 22 34 15 7 9 56 53 1.06 37
8 Northampton Town Northampton Town 34 12 1 4 48 25 4 3 10 19 30 16 4 14 67 55 1.22 36
9 Southend United Southend United 33 10 4 1 34 12 3 4 11 17 39 13 8 12 51 51 1 34
10 Swindon Town Swindon 33 6 8 3 21 17 5 4 7 21 26 11 12 10 42 43 0.98 34
11 Colchester United Colchester United 33 8 4 4 22 18 4 5 8 21 37 12 9 12 43 55 0.78 33
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 34 8 4 5 32 22 4 4 9 17 26 12 8 14 49 48 1.02 32
13 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 34 9 4 5 30 22 4 2 10 14 28 13 6 15 44 50 0.88 32
14 Bristol City Bristol City 33 8 5 4 30 23 2 5 9 11 27 10 10 13 41 50 0.82 30
15 Watford Watford 34 4 7 7 24 31 6 3 7 22 29 10 10 14 46 60 0.77 30
16 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 33 7 4 7 22 21 5 1 9 26 36 12 5 16 48 57 0.84 29
17 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 33 9 2 6 36 26 2 3 11 11 31 11 5 17 47 57 0.82 27
18 Aldershot Aldershot 34 6 3 8 24 23 5 2 10 28 48 11 5 18 52 71 0.73 27
19 Torquay United Torquay United 35 5 2 10 29 38 5 5 8 27 45 10 7 18 56 83 0.67 27
20 Port Vale Port Vale 34 4 11 1 17 13 3 2 13 15 40 7 13 14 32 53 0.60 27
21 Exeter City Exeter City 34 8 3 6 32 26 2 3 12 18 39 10 6 18 50 65 0.77 26
22 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 35 9 1 9 28 26 1 5 10 24 47 10 6 19 52 73 0.71 26
23 Gillingham Gillingham 33 7 4 5 36 26 1 5 11 21 33 8 9 16 57 59 0.97 25
24 Walsall Walsall 34 8 3 7 31 27 2 1 13 11 41 10 4 20 42 68 0.62 24

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