Match Centre

Saturday January 24th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Aldershot

2 - 2

2

N. Menzies (4'), C. Mortimore (60')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

A. Rogers (64' o.g.), J. Bain (68')
N. Menzies (4'), C. Mortimore (60')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 5,708

A. Rogers (64' o.g.), J. Bain (68')

Lineups


1
BROWN
2
ROGERS
3
JEFFERSON
4
GORMLEY
5
LAIRD
6
WOOD
7
MORTIMORE
8
MENZIES
9
RAINE
10
ALISON
11
FLINT
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
BETTERIDGE
5
BATCHELOR
6
GRAY
7
RYDER
8
LUNN
9
OWEN
10
WILLIAMS
11
BAIN
Aldershot
1Fred BROWN
2Alf ROGERS
3Arthur JEFFERSON
4Phil GORMLEY
5Davie LAIRD
6Jack WOOD
7Charlie MORTIMORE
8Norman MENZIES
9Bob RAINE
10Jimmy ALISON
11Ken FLINT
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Terry ELWELL3
4Mick BETTERIDGE4
5Ted BATCHELOR5
6George GRAY6
7Terry RYDER7
8Harry LUNN8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Gordon WILLIAMS10
11Jimmy BAIN11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday January 24th, 1953:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday January 24th, 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 27 12 3 0 36 8 8 2 2 27 14 20 5 2 63 22 2.86 45
2 Bristol City Bristol City 28 10 3 1 44 16 5 5 4 21 20 15 8 5 65 36 1.81 38
3 Northampton Town Northampton Town 27 11 1 0 46 17 6 3 6 22 25 17 4 6 68 42 1.62 38
4 Millwall Millwall 27 8 4 1 27 9 7 3 4 20 17 15 7 5 47 26 1.81 37
5 Coventry City Coventry City 28 12 3 1 39 13 3 3 6 17 25 15 6 7 56 38 1.47 36
6 Norwich City Norwich City 27 9 4 1 30 9 6 1 6 25 19 15 5 7 55 28 1.96 35
7 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 28 7 4 2 30 18 5 3 7 20 30 12 7 9 50 48 1.04 31
8 Watford Watford 28 9 4 2 28 13 1 5 7 13 30 10 9 9 41 43 0.95 29
9 Exeter City Exeter City 29 8 6 1 32 14 1 4 9 14 30 9 10 10 46 44 1.05 28
10 Southend United Southend United 28 9 2 2 24 11 2 4 9 21 42 11 6 11 45 53 0.85 28
11 Gillingham Gillingham 28 8 3 4 20 17 2 5 6 13 23 10 8 10 33 40 0.83 28
12 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 27 7 4 2 20 15 2 5 7 17 23 9 9 9 37 38 0.97 27
13 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 28 7 5 2 27 22 1 5 8 13 30 8 10 10 40 52 0.77 26
14 Newport County Newport County 28 8 1 5 32 25 2 4 8 20 30 10 5 13 52 55 0.95 25
15 Aldershot Aldershot 27 5 5 4 24 18 4 2 7 16 27 9 7 11 40 45 0.89 25
16 Reading Reading 27 7 1 3 25 11 2 5 9 15 34 9 6 12 40 45 0.89 24
17 Colchester United Colchester United 25 5 5 2 19 14 3 2 8 10 19 8 7 10 29 33 0.88 23
18 Swindon Town Swindon 27 6 2 7 28 26 2 4 6 13 24 8 6 13 41 50 0.82 22
19 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 27 8 0 5 25 15 2 2 10 15 34 10 2 15 40 49 0.82 22
20 Torquay United Torquay United 28 6 3 4 28 18 1 3 11 15 41 7 6 15 43 59 0.73 20
21 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 28 6 3 5 23 25 0 5 9 19 33 6 8 14 42 58 0.72 20
22 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 26 6 4 3 22 17 1 2 10 14 36 7 6 13 36 53 0.68 20
23 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 26 8 2 4 31 17 0 1 11 8 31 8 3 15 39 48 0.81 19
24 Walsall Walsall 29 1 6 7 20 35 2 0 13 15 43 3 6 20 35 78 0.45 12

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