Match Centre

Saturday March 8th, 1952

Football League Division Three (South)

Torquay United

9 - 0

9

E. Edds (10', ??'), S. Collins (42', 50', 73'), T. Northcott (45', 61'), M. Marchant (70'), R. Shaw (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

E. Edds (10', ??'), S. Collins (42', 50', 73'), T. Northcott (45', 61'), M. Marchant (70'), R. Shaw (??')
(HT: 3-0)

Attendance: 7,084

W.J. Edwards
Plainmoor, Torquay

Lineups


1
WEBBER
2
TOPPING
3
CALLAND
4
LEWIS
5
WEBBER
6
TOWERS
7
SHAW
8
MARCHANT
9
NORTHCOTT
10
COLLINS
11
EDDS
1
UPRICHARD
2
HUNT
3
MAY
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
GRAY
7
LUNN
8
MILLAR
9
OWEN
10
BETTERIDGE
11
BAIN
Torquay United
1George WEBBER
2Dave TOPPING
3Ralph CALLAND
4Dennis LEWIS
5Eric WEBBER
6Bill TOWERS
7Ron SHAW
8Marwood MARCHANT
9Tommy NORTHCOTT
10Sammy COLLINS
11Ernie EDDS
Manager/Head Coach
Eric WEBBER
Swindon Town
~50' 1Norman UPRICHARD1 ~50'
2George HUNT2
~50' 3Harry MAY3 ~50'
4Harry KAYE4
5Garth HUDSON5
6George GRAY6
7Harry LUNN7
8Willie MILLAR8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Mick BETTERIDGE10
11Jimmy BAIN11
Manager/Head Coach
Louis PAGE

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 8th, 1952:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 0-2 Aldershot Aldershot
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 5-1 Walsall Walsall
Bristol City Bristol City 2-0 Colchester United Colchester United
Gillingham Gillingham 1-1 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 1-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Millwall Millwall 0-0 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Newport County Newport County 2-2 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Northampton Town Northampton Town 1-2 Norwich City Norwich City
Port Vale Port Vale 3-0 Exeter City Exeter City
Reading Reading 2-0 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Southend United Southend United 5-1 Watford Watford
Torquay United Torquay United 9-0 Swindon Town Swindon

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 8th, 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 35 16 1 1 54 14 7 4 6 29 26 23 5 7 83 40 2.08 51
2 Reading Reading 35 14 1 2 55 18 10 1 7 37 25 24 2 9 92 43 2.14 50
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 35 13 2 3 47 17 9 3 5 25 27 22 5 8 72 44 1.64 49
4 Millwall Millwall 34 11 4 1 33 15 7 6 5 23 23 18 10 6 56 38 1.47 46
5 Norwich City Norwich City 35 11 1 4 34 14 7 7 5 29 28 18 8 9 63 42 1.50 44
6 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 34 8 4 4 37 16 6 6 6 24 23 14 10 10 61 39 1.56 38
7 Newport County Newport County 32 9 5 2 36 21 6 3 7 22 34 15 8 9 58 55 1.05 38
8 Northampton Town Northampton Town 35 12 1 5 49 27 4 3 10 19 30 16 4 15 68 57 1.19 36
9 Southend United Southend United 34 11 4 1 39 13 3 4 11 17 39 14 8 12 56 52 1.08 36
10 Swindon Town Swindon 34 6 8 3 21 17 5 4 8 21 35 11 12 11 42 52 0.81 34
11 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 35 9 4 5 30 22 4 3 10 15 29 13 7 15 45 51 0.88 33
12 Colchester United Colchester United 34 8 4 4 22 18 4 5 9 21 39 12 9 13 43 57 0.75 33
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 35 8 4 6 32 24 4 4 9 17 26 12 8 15 49 50 0.98 32
14 Bristol City Bristol City 34 9 5 4 32 23 2 5 9 11 27 11 10 13 43 50 0.86 32
15 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 34 7 4 7 22 21 5 2 9 27 37 12 6 16 49 58 0.84 30
16 Watford Watford 35 4 7 7 24 31 6 3 8 23 34 10 10 15 47 65 0.72 30
17 Torquay United Torquay United 36 6 2 10 38 38 5 5 8 27 45 11 7 18 65 83 0.78 29
18 Aldershot Aldershot 35 6 3 8 24 23 6 2 10 30 48 12 5 18 54 71 0.76 29
19 Port Vale Port Vale 35 5 11 1 20 13 3 2 13 15 40 8 13 14 35 53 0.66 29
20 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 34 9 3 6 37 27 2 3 11 11 31 11 6 17 48 58 0.83 28
21 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 36 9 1 9 28 26 1 6 10 24 47 10 7 19 52 73 0.71 27
22 Gillingham Gillingham 34 7 5 5 37 27 1 5 11 21 33 8 10 16 58 60 0.97 26
23 Exeter City Exeter City 35 8 3 6 32 26 2 3 13 18 42 10 6 19 50 68 0.74 26
24 Walsall Walsall 35 8 3 7 31 27 2 1 14 12 46 10 4 21 43 73 0.59 24

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