Match Centre

Saturday February 14th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

1 - 3

1

H. Lunn (43')

Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers

3

C. Hatton (34', 73'), C. Smith (68')
H. Lunn (43')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 7,387

C. Hatton (34', 73'), C. Smith (68')

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
BETTERIDGE
5
BATCHELOR
6
BINES
7
RYDER
8
LUNN
9
OWEN
10
PARKER
11
BAIN
1
BROWN
2
POWELL
3
INGHAM
4
NICHOLAS
5
CHAPMAN
6
CLAYTON
7
WAUGH
8
SMITH
9
TOMKYS
10
HATTON
11
SHEPHERD
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Terry ELWELL
4Mick BETTERIDGE
5Ted BATCHELOR
6Mel BINES
7Terry RYDER
8Harry LUNN
9Maurice OWEN
10Bill PARKER
11Jimmy BAIN
Queens Park Rangers
1Harry BROWN1
2George POWELL2
3Tony INGHAM3
4Brian NICHOLAS4
5Reg CHAPMAN5
6Lew CLAYTON6
7Billy WAUGH7
8Conway SMITH8
9Mike TOMKYS9
10Cyril HATTON10
11Ernie SHEPHERD11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday February 14th, 1953:

Aldershot Aldershot 4-2 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 1-4 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Bristol City Bristol City 4-4 Torquay United Torquay United
Colchester United Colchester United 6-1 Walsall Walsall
Coventry City Coventry City 4-1 Millwall Millwall
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 4-3 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Exeter City Exeter City 0-0 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Newport County Newport County 0-1 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient
Norwich City Norwich City 3-2 Gillingham Gillingham
Southend United Southend United 0-0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Swindon Town Swindon 1-3 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Watford Watford 2-1 Reading Reading

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday February 14th, 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 30 13 3 0 40 9 8 4 2 27 14 21 7 2 67 23 2.91 49
2 Northampton Town Northampton Town 30 13 1 0 54 18 6 3 7 25 29 19 4 7 79 47 1.68 42
3 Millwall Millwall 30 9 5 1 30 9 7 3 5 21 21 16 8 6 51 30 1.70 40
4 Bristol City Bristol City 31 10 5 1 48 20 5 5 5 21 24 15 10 6 69 44 1.57 40
5 Coventry City Coventry City 31 13 3 1 43 14 3 5 6 18 26 16 8 7 61 40 1.53 40
6 Norwich City Norwich City 30 10 5 1 34 12 6 1 7 27 22 16 6 8 61 34 1.79 38
7 Watford Watford 31 10 4 2 30 14 2 6 7 16 32 12 10 9 46 46 1 34
8 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 31 7 4 4 32 24 5 3 8 20 33 12 7 12 52 57 0.91 31
9 Southend United Southend United 31 10 3 2 25 11 2 4 10 21 43 12 7 12 46 54 0.85 31
10 Exeter City Exeter City 32 8 7 1 32 14 1 5 10 15 33 9 12 11 47 47 1 30
11 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 30 7 5 2 21 16 3 5 8 22 28 10 10 10 43 44 0.98 30
12 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 31 7 7 2 30 25 2 5 8 16 31 9 12 10 46 56 0.82 30
13 Gillingham Gillingham 31 8 4 4 20 17 2 6 7 16 27 10 10 11 36 44 0.82 30
14 Reading Reading 30 9 1 3 30 11 2 5 10 16 36 11 6 13 46 47 0.98 28
15 Aldershot Aldershot 30 6 5 4 28 20 4 3 8 19 33 10 8 12 47 53 0.89 28
16 Colchester United Colchester United 28 7 5 2 28 16 3 2 9 10 22 10 7 11 38 38 1 27
17 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 30 9 1 5 30 18 2 3 10 15 34 11 4 15 45 52 0.87 26
18 Newport County Newport County 31 8 1 6 32 26 2 4 10 20 36 10 5 16 52 62 0.84 25
19 Torquay United Torquay United 31 7 4 4 33 20 1 4 11 19 45 8 8 15 52 65 0.80 24
20 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 31 8 3 5 27 25 0 5 10 21 37 8 8 15 48 62 0.77 24
21 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 29 9 2 4 34 17 1 1 12 10 34 10 3 16 44 51 0.86 23
22 Swindon Town Swindon 30 6 2 8 29 29 2 5 7 14 28 8 7 15 43 57 0.75 23
23 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 29 7 4 3 26 20 1 3 11 17 41 8 7 14 43 61 0.70 23
24 Walsall Walsall 32 2 6 7 23 37 2 0 15 16 50 4 6 22 39 87 0.45 14

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