Match Centre

Saturday February 7th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic

1 - 1

1

F. Fidler (15')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

M. Owen (72')
F. Fidler (15')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 8,797

M. Owen (72')
R.E. Smith
Dean Court, Bournemouth

Lineups


1
GODWIN
2
DRUMMOND
3
THOMPSON
4
WOODWARD
5
HARDY
6
NEAVE
7
STROUD
8
BUCHANAN
9
FIDLER
10
GAYNOR
11
HARRISON
1
BURTON
2
RADFORD
3
ELWELL
4
BETTERIDGE
5
BATCHELOR
6
BINES
7
LUNN
8
WILLIAMS
9
OWEN
10
PARKER
11
BAIN
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
1Tommy GODWIN
2Ian DRUMMOND
3Bill THOMPSON
4Dai WOODWARD
5Bob HARDY
6Gordon NEAVE
7Derek STROUD
8Cameron BUCHANAN
9Frank FIDLER
10Len GAYNOR
11Peter HARRISON
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Arthur 'Connor' RADFORD2
3Terry ELWELL3
4Mick BETTERIDGE4
5Ted BATCHELOR5
6Mel BINES6
7Harry LUNN7
8Gordon WILLIAMS8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Bill PARKER10
11Jimmy BAIN11

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday February 7th, 1953:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Bristol City Bristol City 0-0 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Gillingham Gillingham 0-0 Coventry City Coventry City
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 1-1 Watford Watford
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 3-0 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Millwall Millwall 0-0 Exeter City Exeter City
Northampton Town Northampton Town 5-0 Newport County Newport County
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 2-2 Aldershot Aldershot
Reading Reading 1-0 Southend United Southend United
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 3-0 Colchester United Colchester United
Torquay United Torquay United 1-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Walsall Walsall 3-2 Norwich City Norwich City

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday February 7th, 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 29 13 3 0 40 9 8 3 2 27 14 21 6 2 67 23 2.91 48
2 Northampton Town Northampton Town 29 13 1 0 54 18 6 3 6 22 25 19 4 6 76 43 1.77 42
3 Millwall Millwall 29 9 5 1 30 9 7 3 4 20 17 16 8 5 50 26 1.92 40
4 Bristol City Bristol City 30 10 4 1 44 16 5 5 5 21 24 15 9 6 65 40 1.63 39
5 Coventry City Coventry City 30 12 3 1 39 13 3 5 6 18 26 15 8 7 57 39 1.46 38
6 Norwich City Norwich City 29 9 5 1 31 10 6 1 7 27 22 15 6 8 58 32 1.81 36
7 Watford Watford 30 9 4 2 28 13 2 6 7 16 32 11 10 9 44 45 0.98 32
8 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 30 7 4 3 31 20 5 3 8 20 33 12 7 11 51 53 0.96 31
9 Southend United Southend United 30 10 2 2 25 11 2 4 10 21 43 12 6 12 46 54 0.85 30
10 Gillingham Gillingham 30 8 4 4 20 17 2 6 6 14 24 10 10 10 34 41 0.83 30
11 Exeter City Exeter City 31 8 6 1 32 14 1 5 10 15 33 9 11 11 47 47 1 29
12 Reading Reading 29 9 1 3 30 11 2 5 9 15 34 11 6 12 45 45 1 28
13 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 29 7 5 2 21 16 2 5 8 18 27 9 10 10 39 43 0.91 28
14 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 30 7 7 2 30 25 1 5 8 13 30 8 12 10 43 55 0.78 28
15 Aldershot Aldershot 29 5 5 4 24 18 4 3 8 19 33 9 8 12 43 51 0.84 26
16 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 29 9 1 5 30 18 2 2 10 15 34 11 3 15 45 52 0.87 25
17 Colchester United Colchester United 27 6 5 2 22 15 3 2 9 10 22 9 7 11 32 37 0.86 25
18 Newport County Newport County 30 8 1 5 32 25 2 4 10 20 36 10 5 15 52 61 0.85 25
19 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 30 8 3 5 27 25 0 5 9 19 33 8 8 14 46 58 0.79 24
20 Torquay United Torquay United 30 7 4 4 33 20 1 3 11 15 41 8 7 15 48 61 0.79 23
21 Swindon Town Swindon 29 6 2 7 28 26 2 5 7 14 28 8 7 14 42 54 0.78 23
22 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 28 9 2 4 34 17 0 1 12 9 34 9 3 16 43 51 0.84 21
23 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 28 6 4 3 22 17 1 3 11 17 41 7 7 14 39 58 0.67 21
24 Walsall Walsall 31 2 6 7 23 37 2 0 14 15 44 4 6 21 38 81 0.47 14