Match Centre

Saturday April 4th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Torquay United

3 - 1

3

E. Edds (3', 64'), S. Collins (32')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

W. Millar (31')
E. Edds (3', 64'), S. Collins (32')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 6,334

W. Millar (31')

Lineups


1
HAYES
2
PARFITT
3
DRINKWATER
4
LEWIS
5
WEBBER
6
NORMAN
7
SHAW
8
COLLINS
9
MARCHANT
10
MILLS
11
EDDS
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
JOHNSTON
5
BATCHELOR
6
BINES
7
RYDER
8
BETTERIDGE
9
OWEN
10
MILLAR
11
BAIN
Torquay United
1Billy HAYES
2Harry PARFITT
3Jimmy DRINKWATER
4Dennis LEWIS
5Eric WEBBER
6Griff NORMAN
7Ron SHAW
8Sammy COLLINS
9Marwood MARCHANT
10Don MILLS
11Ernie EDDS
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Terry ELWELL3
4Jimmy JOHNSTON4
5Ted BATCHELOR5
6Mel BINES6
7Terry RYDER7
8Mick BETTERIDGE8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Willie MILLAR10
11Jimmy BAIN11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 4th, 1953:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1-1 Millwall Millwall
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 1-1 Coventry City Coventry City
Bristol City Bristol City 0-0 Aldershot Aldershot
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 3-1 Colchester United Colchester United
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 5-0 Walsall Walsall
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 0-0 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Newport County Newport County 1-1 Norwich City Norwich City
Northampton Town Northampton Town 4-2 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Reading Reading 3-2 Gillingham Gillingham
Southend United Southend United 2-1 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Torquay United Torquay United 3-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Watford Watford 3-1 Exeter City Exeter City

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 4th, 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 38 16 4 0 51 13 9 5 4 34 22 25 9 4 85 35 2.43 59
2 Bristol City Bristol City 39 11 8 1 59 26 8 6 5 25 24 19 14 6 84 50 1.68 52
3 Millwall Millwall 38 12 6 2 38 13 8 5 5 29 24 20 11 7 67 37 1.81 51
4 Northampton Town Northampton Town 37 15 2 1 61 24 7 5 7 31 33 22 7 8 92 57 1.61 51
5 Norwich City Norwich City 38 13 5 1 43 15 7 3 9 34 31 20 8 10 77 46 1.67 48
6 Coventry City Coventry City 39 15 3 2 48 17 4 6 9 22 34 19 9 11 70 51 1.37 47
7 Southend United Southend United 39 14 4 2 36 14 3 5 11 25 47 17 9 13 61 61 1 43
8 Watford Watford 39 12 5 2 37 18 2 9 9 19 39 14 14 11 56 57 0.98 42
9 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 39 8 6 5 38 29 6 5 9 27 40 14 11 14 65 69 0.94 39
10 Reading Reading 38 13 2 3 40 14 2 5 13 16 42 15 7 16 56 56 1 37
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 38 11 3 5 37 21 3 5 11 21 40 14 8 16 58 61 0.95 36
12 Gillingham Gillingham 39 9 7 5 27 23 2 7 9 21 34 11 14 14 48 57 0.84 36
13 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 39 10 6 4 41 22 3 3 13 13 36 13 9 17 54 58 0.93 35
14 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 38 9 5 5 30 24 3 6 10 23 34 12 11 15 53 58 0.91 35
15 Exeter City Exeter City 40 9 7 3 34 17 2 6 13 21 44 11 13 16 55 61 0.90 35
16 Colchester United Colchester United 37 8 8 3 36 22 3 4 11 12 30 11 12 14 48 52 0.92 34
17 Torquay United Torquay United 39 11 4 4 48 25 2 4 14 21 54 13 8 18 69 79 0.87 34
18 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 38 9 4 4 33 23 3 6 12 25 49 12 10 16 58 72 0.81 34
19 Aldershot Aldershot 38 6 7 6 31 25 4 6 9 21 36 10 13 15 52 61 0.85 33
20 Newport County Newport County 39 10 3 6 38 29 2 6 12 24 45 12 9 18 62 74 0.84 33
21 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 39 7 9 3 34 30 2 6 12 23 45 9 15 15 57 75 0.76 33
22 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 39 9 4 7 32 32 1 6 12 25 46 10 10 19 57 78 0.73 30
23 Swindon Town Swindon 39 7 5 9 33 33 3 5 10 18 37 10 10 19 51 70 0.73 30
24 Walsall Walsall 40 4 7 8 28 41 2 0 19 20 67 6 7 27 48 108 0.44 19

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