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')

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
Bristol Rovers
1Howard RADFORD1
2Harry BAMFORD2
3Geoff FOX3
4Jackie PITT4
5Ray WARREN5
6Peter SAMPSON6
7George PETHERBRIDGE7
8Bill ROOST8
9Vic LAMBDEN9
10Geoff BRADFORD10
11Bryan BUSH11

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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