Match Centre

Monday April 6th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Bristol Rovers

1 - 2

1

G. Bradford (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

J. Bain (??'), H. Lunn (??')
G. Bradford (??')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 24,406

J. Bain (??'), H. Lunn (??')

Lineups


1
RADFORD
2
BAMFORD
3
FOX
4
PITT
5
WARREN
6
SAMPSON
7
McILVENNY
8
BUSH
9
LAMBDEN
10
BRADFORD
11
PETHERBRIDGE
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
JOHNSTON
5
BATCHELOR
6
WILLIAMS
7
LUNN
8
BETTERIDGE
9
OWEN
10
MILLAR
11
BAIN
Bristol Rovers
1Howard RADFORD
2Harry BAMFORD
3Geoff FOX
4Jackie PITT
5Ray WARREN
6Peter SAMPSON
7John McILVENNY
8Bryan BUSH
9Vic LAMBDEN
10Geoff BRADFORD
11George PETHERBRIDGE
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Terry ELWELL3
4Jimmy JOHNSTON4
5Ted BATCHELOR5
6Gordon WILLIAMS6
7Harry LUNN7
8Mick BETTERIDGE8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Willie MILLAR10
11Jimmy BAIN11

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Monday April 6th, 1953:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Monday April 6th, 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 39 16 4 1 52 15 9 5 4 34 22 25 9 5 86 37 2.32 59
2 Millwall Millwall 39 12 6 2 38 13 9 5 5 32 25 21 11 7 70 38 1.84 53
3 Northampton Town Northampton Town 38 15 2 1 61 24 7 6 7 32 34 22 8 8 93 58 1.60 52
4 Bristol City Bristol City 40 11 8 1 59 26 8 6 6 26 28 19 14 7 85 54 1.57 52
5 Norwich City Norwich City 39 14 5 1 48 16 7 3 9 34 31 21 8 10 82 47 1.74 50
6 Coventry City Coventry City 40 15 4 2 50 19 4 6 9 22 34 19 10 11 72 53 1.36 48
7 Southend United Southend United 40 14 4 2 36 14 3 6 11 25 47 17 10 13 61 61 1 44
8 Watford Watford 40 12 5 3 37 19 2 9 9 19 39 14 14 12 56 58 0.97 42
9 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 40 8 6 5 38 29 6 5 10 27 43 14 11 15 65 72 0.90 39
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 39 12 3 5 41 22 3 5 11 21 40 15 8 16 62 62 1 38
11 Reading Reading 39 13 2 3 40 14 2 5 14 16 44 15 7 17 56 58 0.97 37
12 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 39 9 6 5 31 25 3 6 10 23 34 12 12 15 54 59 0.92 36
13 Exeter City Exeter City 41 9 8 3 36 19 2 6 13 21 44 11 14 16 57 63 0.90 36
14 Torquay United Torquay United 40 12 4 4 50 25 2 4 14 21 54 14 8 18 71 79 0.90 36
15 Gillingham Gillingham 40 9 7 5 27 23 2 7 10 22 37 11 14 15 49 60 0.82 36
16 Colchester United Colchester United 38 8 8 3 36 22 3 5 11 14 32 11 13 14 50 54 0.93 35
17 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 40 10 6 4 41 22 3 3 14 14 41 13 9 18 55 63 0.87 35
18 Newport County Newport County 40 10 3 6 38 29 3 6 12 25 45 13 9 18 63 74 0.85 35
19 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 39 9 5 4 33 23 3 6 12 25 49 12 11 16 58 72 0.81 35
20 Aldershot Aldershot 39 6 7 6 31 25 4 7 9 23 38 10 14 15 54 63 0.86 34
21 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 40 7 9 4 35 33 2 6 12 23 45 9 15 16 58 78 0.74 33
22 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 40 10 4 7 35 33 1 6 12 25 46 11 10 19 60 79 0.76 32
23 Swindon Town Swindon 40 7 5 9 33 33 4 5 10 20 38 11 10 19 53 71 0.75 32
24 Walsall Walsall 41 5 7 8 31 41 2 0 19 20 67 7 7 27 51 108 0.47 21

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