Match Centre

Friday April 3rd, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

1 - 3

1

H. Lunn (27')

Bristol Rovers

Bristol Rovers

3

T. Batchelor (1' o.g.), G. Bradford (78', 81')
H. Lunn (27')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 24,459

T. Batchelor (1' o.g.), G. Bradford (78', 81')
R.H. Mann
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
BETTERIDGE
5
BATCHELOR
6
JOHNSTON
7
RYDER
8
LUNN
9
OWEN
10
PARKER
11
BAIN
1
RADFORD
2
BAMFORD
3
FOX
4
PITT
5
WARREN
6
SAMPSON
7
PETHERBRIDGE
8
ROOST
9
LAMBDEN
10
BRADFORD
11
BUSH
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Terry ELWELL
4Mick BETTERIDGE
5Ted BATCHELOR
6Jimmy JOHNSTON
7Terry RYDER
8Harry LUNN
9Maurice OWEN
10Bill PARKER
11Jimmy BAIN
Manager/Head Coach
Louis PAGE
Bristol Rovers
1Howard RADFORD1
2Harry BAMFORD2
3Geoff FOX3
4Jackie PITT4
5Ray WARREN5
6Peter SAMPSON6
7George PETHERBRIDGE7
8Bill ROOST8
9Vic LAMBDEN9
10Geoff BRADFORD10
11Bryan BUSH11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert TANN

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Friday April 3rd, 1953:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Friday April 3rd, 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 37 16 4 0 51 13 9 5 3 33 20 25 9 3 84 33 2.55 59
2 Bristol City Bristol City 38 11 7 1 59 26 8 6 5 25 24 19 13 6 84 50 1.68 51
3 Millwall Millwall 37 12 6 2 38 13 8 4 5 28 23 20 10 7 66 36 1.83 50
4 Northampton Town Northampton Town 36 14 2 1 57 22 7 5 7 31 33 21 7 8 88 55 1.60 49
5 Norwich City Norwich City 37 13 5 1 43 15 7 2 9 33 30 20 7 10 76 45 1.69 47
6 Coventry City Coventry City 38 15 3 2 48 17 4 5 9 21 33 19 8 11 69 50 1.38 46
7 Southend United Southend United 38 13 4 2 34 13 3 5 11 25 47 16 9 13 59 60 0.98 41
8 Watford Watford 38 11 5 2 34 17 2 9 9 19 39 13 14 11 53 56 0.95 40
9 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 38 8 5 5 37 28 6 5 9 27 40 14 10 14 64 68 0.94 38
10 Gillingham Gillingham 38 9 7 5 27 23 2 7 8 19 31 11 14 13 46 54 0.85 36
11 Reading Reading 37 12 2 3 37 12 2 5 13 16 42 14 7 16 53 54 0.98 35
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 37 11 2 5 36 20 3 5 11 21 40 14 7 16 57 60 0.95 35
13 Exeter City Exeter City 39 9 7 3 34 17 2 6 12 20 41 11 13 15 54 58 0.93 35
14 Colchester United Colchester United 36 8 8 3 36 22 3 4 10 11 27 11 12 13 47 49 0.96 34
15 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 38 10 5 4 41 22 3 3 13 13 36 13 8 17 54 58 0.93 34
16 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 37 8 5 5 25 24 3 6 10 23 34 11 11 15 48 58 0.83 33
17 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 38 7 9 3 34 30 2 6 11 21 41 9 15 14 55 71 0.77 33
18 Aldershot Aldershot 37 6 7 6 31 25 4 5 9 21 36 10 12 15 52 61 0.85 32
19 Torquay United Torquay United 38 10 4 4 45 24 2 4 14 21 54 12 8 18 66 78 0.85 32
20 Newport County Newport County 38 10 2 6 37 28 2 6 12 24 45 12 8 18 61 73 0.84 32
21 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 37 8 4 4 30 22 3 6 12 25 49 11 10 16 55 71 0.77 32
22 Swindon Town Swindon 38 7 5 9 33 33 3 5 9 17 34 10 10 18 50 67 0.75 30
23 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 38 9 4 7 32 32 1 5 12 25 46 10 9 19 57 78 0.73 29
24 Walsall Walsall 39 4 7 8 28 41 2 0 18 20 62 6 7 26 48 103 0.47 19

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