Match Centre

Saturday March 7th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Brighton and Hove Albion

1 - 2

1

K. Bennett (19')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

M. Owen (11'), M. Betteridge (18')
K. Bennett (19')
(HT: 1-2)

Attendance: 12,824

M. Owen (11'), M. Betteridge (18')
R.J. Burgess
Goldstone Ground, Brighton

Lineups


1
GILL
2
TENNANT
3
McLAFFERTY
4
WILLARD
5
SOUTH
6
WILSON
7
GORDON
8
BENNETT
9
ADDINALL
10
SIRREL
11
KEENE
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
GRAY
5
BATCHELOR
6
PROUTON
7
LUNN
8
BETTERIDGE
9
OWEN
10
PARKER
11
BRANDON
Brighton and Hove Albion
1Eric GILL
2Des TENNANT
3Maurice McLAFFERTY
4Jess WILLARD
5Alex SOUTH
6Glen WILSON
7Denis GORDON
8Ken BENNETT
9Bert ADDINALL
10Jimmy SIRREL
11Doug KEENE
Manager/Head Coach
Billy LANE
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Terry ELWELL3
4George GRAY4
5Ted BATCHELOR5
6Ralph PROUTON6
7Harry LUNN7
8Mick BETTERIDGE8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Bill PARKER10
11Ken BRANDON11
Manager/Head Coach
Louis PAGE

Newspaper Reports


Results


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

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 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 33 14 4 0 46 12 8 5 2 30 17 22 9 2 76 29 2.62 53
2 Bristol City Bristol City 34 11 5 1 54 21 7 5 5 24 24 18 10 6 78 45 1.73 46
3 Northampton Town Northampton Town 33 13 2 1 55 21 6 4 7 26 30 19 6 8 81 51 1.59 44
4 Norwich City Norwich City 33 11 5 1 37 12 7 2 7 30 24 18 7 8 67 36 1.86 43
5 Millwall Millwall 33 10 5 2 35 12 7 4 5 22 22 17 9 7 57 34 1.68 43
6 Coventry City Coventry City 34 14 3 1 45 14 3 5 8 20 32 17 8 9 65 46 1.41 42
7 Southend United Southend United 34 12 3 2 31 11 2 5 10 22 44 14 8 12 53 55 0.96 36
8 Watford Watford 34 10 5 2 31 15 2 7 8 17 36 12 12 10 48 51 0.94 36
9 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 34 7 4 5 33 26 5 5 8 23 36 12 9 13 56 62 0.90 33
10 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 33 8 5 3 24 17 3 5 9 22 30 11 10 12 46 47 0.98 32
11 Exeter City Exeter City 35 8 7 2 32 15 2 5 11 18 38 10 12 13 50 53 0.94 32
12 Reading Reading 33 10 2 3 31 11 2 5 11 16 39 12 7 14 47 50 0.94 31
13 Aldershot Aldershot 33 6 6 4 29 21 4 5 8 20 34 10 11 12 49 55 0.89 31
14 Gillingham Gillingham 34 8 5 5 21 19 2 6 8 18 30 10 11 13 39 49 0.80 31
15 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 34 7 8 2 33 28 2 5 10 16 35 9 13 12 49 63 0.78 31
16 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 33 10 2 5 34 19 2 4 10 16 35 12 6 15 50 54 0.93 30
17 Colchester United Colchester United 31 7 6 2 29 17 3 3 10 11 27 10 9 12 40 44 0.91 29
18 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 34 9 4 5 30 27 1 5 10 23 38 10 9 15 53 65 0.82 29
19 Newport County Newport County 34 9 1 6 34 26 2 5 11 21 40 11 6 17 55 66 0.83 28
20 Torquay United Torquay United 34 9 4 4 41 24 1 4 12 19 48 10 8 16 60 72 0.83 28
21 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 32 9 4 4 37 20 2 1 12 11 34 11 5 16 48 54 0.89 27
22 Swindon Town Swindon 33 6 3 8 29 29 3 5 8 17 31 9 8 16 46 60 0.77 26
23 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 32 7 4 4 27 22 2 4 11 21 43 9 8 15 48 65 0.74 26
24 Walsall Walsall 35 2 7 8 25 41 2 0 16 17 56 4 7 24 42 97 0.43 15