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')
J.B. Jackson
Recreation Ground, Aldershot

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
Manager/Head Coach
Gordon CLARK
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Terry ELWELL3
4Mick BETTERIDGE4
5Ted BATCHELOR5
6George GRAY6
7Terry RYDER7
8Harry LUNN8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Gordon WILLIAMS10
11Jimmy BAIN11
Manager/Head Coach
Louis PAGE

Newspaper Reports


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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