Match Centre

Saturday March 21st, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Crystal Palace

3 - 0

3

W. Simpson (26', 58', 81')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

W. Simpson (26', 58', 81')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 9,983

Lineups


1
BAILEY
2
HARDING
3
GEORGE
4
GRIMSHAW
5
BRIGGS
6
ANDREWS
7
FELL
8
HANCOX
9
SIMPSON
10
THOMAS
11
DOWNS
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
GRAY
5
BATCHELOR
6
BINES
7
LUNN
8
BETTERIDGE
9
OWEN
10
PARKER
11
BAIN

Results


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

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 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 35 15 4 0 49 12 8 5 3 30 19 23 9 3 79 31 2.55 55
2 Bristol City Bristol City 36 11 6 1 58 25 8 5 5 25 24 19 11 6 83 49 1.69 49
3 Northampton Town Northampton Town 35 14 2 1 57 22 6 5 7 27 31 20 7 8 84 53 1.58 47
4 Millwall Millwall 35 10 6 2 35 12 8 4 5 28 23 18 10 7 63 35 1.80 46
5 Norwich City Norwich City 35 12 5 1 40 13 7 2 8 32 27 19 7 9 72 40 1.80 45
6 Coventry City Coventry City 36 14 3 2 47 17 3 5 9 20 33 17 8 11 67 50 1.34 42
7 Watford Watford 36 11 5 2 34 17 2 8 8 18 37 13 13 10 52 54 0.96 39
8 Southend United Southend United 36 13 3 2 32 11 2 5 11 23 47 15 8 13 55 58 0.95 38
9 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 36 7 5 5 33 26 6 5 8 25 37 13 10 13 58 63 0.92 36
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 35 11 2 5 36 20 3 4 10 19 37 14 6 15 55 57 0.96 34
11 Exeter City Exeter City 37 9 7 2 34 15 2 5 12 19 40 11 12 14 53 55 0.96 34
12 Colchester United Colchester United 34 8 7 2 33 18 3 4 10 11 27 11 11 12 44 45 0.98 33
13 Reading Reading 35 11 2 3 33 11 2 5 12 16 41 13 7 15 49 52 0.94 33
14 Gillingham Gillingham 36 8 6 5 22 20 2 7 8 19 31 10 13 13 41 51 0.80 33
15 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 36 7 9 2 34 29 2 6 10 20 39 9 15 12 54 68 0.79 33
16 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 35 8 5 4 25 23 3 5 10 22 33 11 10 14 47 56 0.84 32
17 Aldershot Aldershot 35 6 6 5 30 23 4 5 9 21 36 10 11 14 51 59 0.86 31
18 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 35 9 5 4 38 21 2 3 12 12 35 11 8 16 50 56 0.89 30
19 Torquay United Torquay United 36 10 4 4 45 24 1 4 13 19 50 11 8 17 64 74 0.86 30
20 Newport County Newport County 36 10 1 6 36 27 2 5 12 21 42 12 6 18 57 69 0.83 30
21 Swindon Town Swindon 36 7 4 8 32 30 3 5 9 17 34 10 9 17 49 64 0.77 29
22 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 36 9 4 6 30 28 1 5 11 23 42 10 9 17 53 70 0.76 29
23 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 35 8 4 4 30 22 2 5 12 22 47 10 9 16 52 69 0.75 29
24 Walsall Walsall 37 3 7 8 27 41 2 0 17 18 58 5 7 25 45 99 0.45 17

Match Programme