Football League Division Three (South)
Lineups
1
BURTON
BURTON
2
HUNT
HUNT
3
RADFORD
RADFORD
4
BETTERIDGE
BETTERIDGE
5
BATCHELOR
BATCHELOR
6
PROUTON
PROUTON
7
RYDER
RYDER
8
LUNN
LUNN
9
JOHNSON
JOHNSON
10
MILLAR
MILLAR
11
BAIN
BAIN
1
McBRIDE
McBRIDE
2
MOYSE
MOYSE
3
REEVES
REEVES
4
LEWIS
LEWIS
5
WICKS
WICKS
6
JOHNSTON
JOHNSTON
7
SIMPSON
SIMPSON
8
BROOKS
BROOKS
9
BLACKMAN
BLACKMAN
10
HENLEY
HENLEY
11
HINSHELWOOD
HINSHELWOOD
| Reading | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1John McBRIDE1 | ||
| 2Ron MOYSE2 | ||
| 3Ray REEVES3 | ||
| 4Jack LEWIS4 | ||
| 5Stan WICKS5 | ||
| 6Jimmy JOHNSTON6 | ||
| 7Dennis SIMPSON7 | ||
| 8Johnny BROOKS8 | ||
| 9Ronnie BLACKMAN9 | ||
| 10Les HENLEY10 | ||
| 11Wally HINSHELWOOD11 |
Newspaper Reports
Results
Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 13th, 1952:
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
1-1 | 
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
|
2-0 | 
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
Colchester United
Colchester United
|
3-1 | 
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
7-2 | 
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
1-1 | 
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
1-2 | 
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
Millwall
Millwall
|
3-0 | 
Newport County
Newport County
|
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
1-2 | 
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
2-1 | 
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
7-1 | 
Southend United
Southend United
|
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
2-0 | 
Reading
Reading
|
Walsall
Walsall
|
0-0 | 
Watford
Watford
|
Table
Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 13th, 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 |
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
|
21 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 20 | 2.60 | 34 |
| 2 |
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 35 | 1.43 | 29 |
| 3 |
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 20 | 2.25 | 28 |
| 4 |
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 33 | 1.45 | 27 |
| 5 |
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 1.45 | 26 |
| 6 |
Millwall
Millwall
|
20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 1.50 | 24 |
| 7 |
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 39 | 0.97 | 23 |
| 8 |
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 32 | 1.13 | 22 |
| 9 |
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town
|
21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 1.07 | 22 |
| 10 |
Watford
Watford
|
21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 22 |
| 11 |
Southend United
Southend United
|
22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 40 | 0.93 | 22 |
| 12 |
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 41 | 0.83 | 22 |
| 13 |
Reading
Reading
|
21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 31 | 1.10 | 21 |
| 14 |
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 0.73 | 20 |
| 15 |
Colchester United
Colchester United
|
19 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 1.04 | 19 |
| 16 |
Newport County
Newport County
|
21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 43 | 44 | 0.98 | 19 |
| 17 |
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
20 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 34 | 0.91 | 18 |
| 18 |
Aldershot
Aldershot
|
21 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 34 | 0.82 | 18 |
| 19 |
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
21 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 0.76 | 16 |
| 20 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
20 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 0.74 | 16 |
| 21 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
20 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 43 | 0.70 | 16 |
| 22 |
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient
|
20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 31 | 40 | 0.78 | 14 |
| 23 |
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
21 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 48 | 0.60 | 12 |
| 24 |
Walsall
Walsall
|
21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 56 | 0.46 | 10 |
Match Programme
