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
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Terry ELWELL3
4Mick BETTERIDGE4
5Ted BATCHELOR5
6Ralph PROUTON6
7Terry RYDER7
8Harry LUNN8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Bill PARKER10
11Ken BRANDON11

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

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