Match Centre

Saturday February 21st, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Shrewsbury Town

2 - 1

2

B. Brown (35'), A. Jackson (52')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

T. Ryder (??' pen)
B. Brown (35'), A. Jackson (52')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 8,556

T. Ryder (??' pen)
R.H. Mann
Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury

Lineups


1
WAKEMAN
2
BANNISTER
3
LEWIS
4
BEYNON
5
ASHWORTH
6
CRUTCHLEY
7
FISHER
8
JACKSON
9
McCULLOCH
10
BROWN
11
ROBERTS
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
BETTERIDGE
5
BATCHELOR
6
PROUTON
7
RYDER
8
LUNN
9
OWEN
10
PARKER
11
BRANDON
Shrewsbury Town
1Alan WAKEMAN
2Jimmy BANNISTER
3Norman LEWIS
4Eddie BEYNON
5Fred ASHWORTH
6Ron CRUTCHLEY
7Freddie FISHER
8Arnold JACKSON
9Adam McCULLOCH
10Bobby BROWN
11Harold ROBERTS
Manager/Head Coach
Sammy CROOKS
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Terry ELWELL3
4Mick BETTERIDGE4
5Ted BATCHELOR5
6Ralph PROUTON6
7Terry RYDER7
8Harry LUNN8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Bill PARKER10
11Ken BRANDON11
Manager/Head Coach
Louis PAGE

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday February 21st, 1953:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 4-1 Watford Watford
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 5-2 Coventry City Coventry City
Gillingham Gillingham 1-1 Colchester United Colchester United
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 3-0 Newport County Newport County
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 0-0 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Millwall Millwall 2-3 Norwich City Norwich City
Northampton Town Northampton Town 0-2 Bristol City Bristol City
Reading Reading 0-0 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Southend United Southend United 2-0 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Torquay United Torquay United 5-2 Exeter City Exeter City
Walsall Walsall 0-0 Aldershot Aldershot

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday February 21st, 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 31 14 3 0 45 11 8 4 2 27 14 22 7 2 72 25 2.88 51
2 Bristol City Bristol City 32 10 5 1 48 20 6 5 5 23 24 16 10 6 71 44 1.61 42
3 Northampton Town Northampton Town 31 13 1 1 54 20 6 3 7 25 29 19 4 8 79 49 1.61 42
4 Norwich City Norwich City 31 10 5 1 34 12 7 1 7 30 24 17 6 8 64 36 1.78 40
5 Millwall Millwall 31 9 5 2 32 12 7 3 5 21 21 16 8 7 53 33 1.61 40
6 Coventry City Coventry City 32 13 3 1 43 14 3 5 7 20 31 16 8 8 63 45 1.40 40
7 Watford Watford 32 10 4 2 30 14 2 6 8 17 36 12 10 10 47 50 0.94 34
8 Southend United Southend United 32 11 3 2 27 11 2 4 10 21 43 13 7 12 48 54 0.89 33
9 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 31 8 5 2 24 16 3 5 8 22 28 11 10 10 46 44 1.05 32
10 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 32 7 4 4 32 24 5 4 8 20 33 12 8 12 52 57 0.91 32
11 Gillingham Gillingham 32 8 5 4 21 18 2 6 7 16 27 10 11 11 37 45 0.82 31
12 Exeter City Exeter City 33 8 7 1 32 14 1 5 11 17 38 9 12 12 49 52 0.94 30
13 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 32 7 7 2 30 25 2 5 9 16 33 9 12 11 46 58 0.79 30
14 Reading Reading 31 9 2 3 30 11 2 5 10 16 36 11 7 13 46 47 0.98 29
15 Aldershot Aldershot 31 6 5 4 28 20 4 4 8 19 33 10 9 12 47 53 0.89 29
16 Colchester United Colchester United 29 7 5 2 28 16 3 3 9 11 23 10 8 11 39 39 1 28
17 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 31 10 1 5 34 19 2 3 10 15 34 12 4 15 49 53 0.92 28
18 Torquay United Torquay United 32 8 4 4 38 22 1 4 11 19 45 9 8 15 57 67 0.85 26
19 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 32 9 3 5 29 26 0 5 10 21 37 9 8 15 50 63 0.79 26
20 Newport County Newport County 32 8 1 6 32 26 2 4 11 20 39 10 5 17 52 65 0.80 25
21 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 30 9 3 4 34 17 1 1 12 10 34 10 4 16 44 51 0.86 24
22 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 30 7 4 3 26 20 1 4 11 17 41 8 8 14 43 61 0.70 24
23 Swindon Town Swindon 31 6 2 8 29 29 2 5 8 15 30 8 7 16 44 59 0.75 23
24 Walsall Walsall 33 2 7 7 23 37 2 0 15 16 50 4 7 22 39 87 0.45 15

Match Programme