Match Centre

Saturday January 17th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

0 - 1

0

Colchester United

Colchester United

1

J. McKim (83')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 8,545

J. McKim (83')
C.W. Bucknall

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
RADFORD
4
BETTERIDGE
5
HUDSON
6
PROUTON
7
RYDER
8
LUNN
9
JOHNSON
10
OWEN
11
BRANDON
1
WRIGHT
2
HARRISON
3
ROOKES
4
BEARRYMAN
5
STEWART
6
ELDER
7
JONES
8
BARLOW
9
McCURLEY
10
McKIM
11
WRIGHT

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday January 17th, 1953:

Bristol City Bristol City 2-0 Newport County Newport County
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 0-1 Millwall Millwall
Gillingham Gillingham 0-4 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 2-1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 3-0 Southend United Southend United
Northampton Town Northampton Town 4-1 Watford Watford
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 3-1 Norwich City Norwich City
Reading Reading 2-3 Aldershot Aldershot
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Coventry City Coventry City
Swindon Town Swindon 0-1 Colchester United Colchester United
Torquay United Torquay United 1-2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Walsall Walsall 2-2 Exeter City Exeter City

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday January 17th, 1953:

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 26 12 2 0 35 7 8 2 2 27 14 20 4 2 62 21 2.95 44
2 Northampton Town Northampton Town 26 11 1 0 46 17 6 2 6 21 24 17 3 6 67 41 1.63 37
3 Millwall Millwall 26 8 4 1 27 9 7 2 4 19 16 15 6 5 46 25 1.84 36
4 Bristol City Bristol City 27 10 3 1 44 16 4 5 4 18 19 14 8 5 62 35 1.77 36
5 Coventry City Coventry City 27 11 3 1 36 12 3 3 6 17 25 14 6 7 53 37 1.43 34
6 Norwich City Norwich City 26 8 4 1 28 8 6 1 6 25 19 14 5 7 53 27 1.96 33
7 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 27 7 3 2 29 17 5 3 7 20 30 12 6 9 49 47 1.04 30
8 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 26 7 4 2 20 15 2 5 6 17 21 9 9 8 37 36 1.03 27
9 Watford Watford 27 8 4 2 27 13 1 5 7 13 30 9 9 9 40 43 0.93 27
10 Gillingham Gillingham 27 8 3 4 20 17 2 4 6 13 23 10 7 10 33 40 0.83 27
11 Southend United Southend United 27 8 2 2 22 11 2 4 9 21 42 10 6 11 43 53 0.81 26
12 Exeter City Exeter City 27 7 5 1 30 14 1 4 9 14 30 8 9 10 44 44 1 25
13 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 27 7 5 2 27 22 1 4 8 12 29 8 9 10 39 51 0.76 25
14 Reading Reading 26 7 1 3 25 11 2 5 8 15 32 9 6 11 40 43 0.93 24
15 Aldershot Aldershot 26 5 4 4 22 16 4 2 7 16 27 9 6 11 38 43 0.88 24
16 Newport County Newport County 27 7 1 5 29 25 2 4 8 20 30 9 5 13 49 55 0.89 23
17 Colchester United Colchester United 23 5 4 2 18 13 3 2 7 10 17 8 6 9 28 30 0.93 22
18 Swindon Town Swindon 26 6 2 7 28 26 2 3 6 11 22 8 5 13 39 48 0.81 21
19 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 26 7 0 5 23 15 2 2 10 15 34 9 2 15 38 49 0.78 20
20 Torquay United Torquay United 27 6 3 4 28 18 1 3 10 15 38 7 6 14 43 56 0.77 20
21 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 27 6 3 5 23 25 0 5 8 18 31 6 8 13 41 56 0.73 20
22 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 25 6 4 2 21 14 1 2 10 14 36 7 6 12 35 50 0.70 20
23 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 25 8 2 4 31 17 0 1 10 8 30 8 3 14 39 47 0.83 19
24 Walsall Walsall 28 1 6 7 20 35 2 0 12 14 40 3 6 19 34 75 0.45 12