Match Centre

Saturday December 27th, 1952

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

5 - 2

5

W. Millar (12'), T. Ryder (54'), M. Betteridge (59'), J. Bain (85', 88')

Exeter City

Exeter City

2

A. Mitchell (5'), J. Dailey (52')
W. Millar (12'), T. Ryder (54'), M. Betteridge (59'), J. Bain (85', 88')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 10,580

A. Mitchell (5'), J. Dailey (52')
B.M. Griffiths
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
RADFORD
4
BETTERIDGE
5
HUDSON
6
PROUTON
7
RYDER
8
LUNN
9
JOHNSON
10
MILLAR
11
BAIN
1
KELLY
2
WALTON
3
ROWE
4
BOOTH
5
GODDARD
6
DAVEY
7
MITCHELL
8
KNIGHT
9
DAILEY
10
MACKAY
11
MURPHY
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Arthur 'Connor' RADFORD
4Mick BETTERIDGE
5Garth HUDSON
6Ralph PROUTON
7Terry RYDER
8Harry LUNN
9Roy JOHNSON
10Willie MILLAR
11Jimmy BAIN
Manager/Head Coach
Louis PAGE
Exeter City
1Hugh KELLY1
2Dick WALTON2
3Stan ROWE3
4Sam BOOTH4
5Ray GODDARD5
6Fred DAVEY6
7Arnold MITCHELL7
8Jackie KNIGHT8
9Jimmy DAILEY9
10Angus MACKAY10
11Eddie MURPHY11
Manager/Head Coach
Norman KIRKMAN

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 27th, 1952:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 0-1 Torquay United Torquay United
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 2-2 Newport County Newport County
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 2-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Coventry City Coventry City 3-0 Aldershot Aldershot
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 2-4 Millwall Millwall
Swindon Town Swindon 5-2 Exeter City Exeter City
Walsall Walsall 1-3 Gillingham Gillingham

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 27th, 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 24 11 2 0 33 7 7 2 2 23 14 18 4 2 56 21 2.67 40
2 Northampton Town Northampton Town 23 10 1 0 42 16 5 2 5 19 21 15 3 5 61 37 1.65 33
3 Norwich City Norwich City 23 8 3 1 27 7 6 1 4 23 14 14 4 5 50 21 2.38 32
4 Bristol City Bristol City 24 9 2 1 41 15 3 5 4 17 19 12 7 5 58 34 1.71 31
5 Millwall Millwall 23 7 4 1 24 8 5 2 4 16 15 12 6 5 40 23 1.74 30
6 Coventry City Coventry City 24 9 3 1 32 11 3 3 5 17 24 12 6 6 49 35 1.40 30
7 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 24 7 3 1 29 16 3 3 7 15 27 10 6 8 44 43 1.02 26
8 Gillingham Gillingham 24 7 3 3 17 13 2 4 5 12 20 9 7 8 29 33 0.88 25
9 Watford Watford 23 7 3 1 21 9 1 5 6 12 26 8 8 7 33 35 0.94 24
10 Exeter City Exeter City 25 7 4 1 28 12 1 3 9 12 28 8 7 10 40 40 1 23
11 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 23 6 3 2 16 12 2 4 6 16 20 8 7 8 32 32 1 23
12 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 24 6 5 2 24 21 1 4 6 12 24 7 9 8 36 45 0.80 23
13 Reading Reading 23 7 0 2 22 7 2 4 8 14 31 9 4 10 36 38 0.95 22
14 Southend United Southend United 24 7 2 2 19 10 1 4 8 20 39 8 6 10 39 49 0.80 22
15 Newport County Newport County 24 6 1 4 26 22 2 4 7 20 28 8 5 11 46 50 0.92 21
16 Colchester United Colchester United 21 5 4 1 17 11 2 2 7 9 17 7 6 8 26 28 0.93 20
17 Swindon Town Swindon 23 6 2 5 27 23 2 2 6 10 21 8 4 11 37 44 0.84 20
18 Aldershot Aldershot 24 5 4 4 22 16 2 2 7 11 24 7 6 11 33 40 0.83 20
19 Torquay United Torquay United 24 6 3 3 27 16 1 1 10 12 35 7 4 13 39 51 0.76 18
20 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 23 6 0 5 19 14 2 2 8 14 31 8 2 13 33 45 0.73 18
21 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 22 5 4 1 20 13 1 2 9 12 33 6 6 10 32 46 0.70 18
22 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 22 7 2 3 28 16 0 1 9 7 26 7 3 12 35 42 0.83 17
23 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 24 5 3 5 22 25 0 3 8 12 25 5 6 13 34 50 0.68 16
24 Walsall Walsall 24 1 4 7 14 29 2 0 10 14 35 3 4 17 28 64 0.44 10

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