Match Centre

Saturday April 18th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Leyton Orient

2 - 2

2

L. Lusted (32'), D. Pacey (60')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

M. Betteridge (16'), M. Owen (88')
L. Lusted (32'), D. Pacey (60')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 11,115

M. Betteridge (16'), M. Owen (88')
L.H.R. Burfield
Brisbane Road, Leyton

Lineups


1
WELTON
2
BANNER
3
CHARLTON
4
BLIZZARD
5
ALDOUS
6
McMAHON
7
FACEY
8
REES
9
PACEY
10
LUSTED
11
WHITELEY
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
JOHNSTON
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
LUNN
8
BETTERIDGE
9
OWEN
10
MILLAR
11
BAIN
Leyton Orient
1Pat WELTON
2Arthur BANNER
3Stan CHARLTON
4Les BLIZZARD
5Stan ALDOUS
6Peter McMAHON
7Ken FACEY
8Billy REES
9Denis PACEY
10Les LUSTED
11Albert WHITELEY
Manager/Head Coach
Alec STOCK
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Terry ELWELL3
4Jimmy JOHNSTON4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Gordon WILLIAMS6
7Harry LUNN7
8Mick BETTERIDGE8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Willie MILLAR10
11Jimmy BAIN11
Manager/Head Coach
Louis PAGE

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 18th, 1953:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 18th, 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 42 16 4 2 52 18 9 6 5 37 26 25 10 7 89 44 2.02 60
2 Northampton Town Northampton Town 43 18 2 1 69 24 7 6 9 32 39 25 8 10 101 63 1.60 58
3 Millwall Millwall 42 13 6 2 42 14 9 6 6 33 27 22 12 8 75 41 1.83 56
4 Norwich City Norwich City 42 15 5 1 53 17 8 3 10 36 35 23 8 11 89 52 1.71 54
5 Bristol City Bristol City 42 11 8 2 59 27 8 6 7 27 31 19 14 9 86 58 1.48 52
6 Coventry City Coventry City 42 15 4 3 50 20 4 7 9 24 36 19 11 12 74 56 1.32 49
7 Watford Watford 43 12 7 3 38 20 3 9 9 22 39 15 16 12 60 59 1.02 46
8 Southend United Southend United 42 15 4 2 39 15 3 6 12 26 51 18 10 14 65 66 0.98 46
9 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 43 10 6 5 41 30 7 5 10 32 44 17 11 15 73 74 0.99 45
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 42 14 3 5 48 23 4 5 11 23 41 18 8 16 71 64 1.11 44
11 Reading Reading 42 15 3 3 47 17 2 5 14 16 44 17 8 17 63 61 1.03 42
12 Torquay United Torquay United 43 14 4 4 59 27 3 4 14 23 54 17 8 18 82 81 1.01 42
13 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 43 11 7 4 47 25 4 3 14 15 41 15 10 18 62 66 0.94 40
14 Newport County Newport County 43 11 4 6 41 31 4 6 12 26 45 15 10 18 67 76 0.88 40
15 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 43 9 7 6 32 27 3 7 11 25 38 12 14 17 57 65 0.88 38
16 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 42 10 6 4 37 25 3 6 13 26 54 13 12 17 63 79 0.80 38
17 Colchester United Colchester United 41 9 8 3 39 23 3 5 13 15 39 12 13 16 54 62 0.87 37
18 Gillingham Gillingham 43 9 7 6 28 25 2 8 11 23 40 11 15 17 51 65 0.78 37
19 Exeter City Exeter City 44 9 8 4 37 24 2 6 15 21 47 11 14 19 58 71 0.82 36
20 Swindon Town Swindon 43 8 5 9 36 33 4 7 10 23 41 12 12 19 59 74 0.80 36
21 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 42 7 9 5 35 34 3 6 12 24 45 10 15 17 59 79 0.75 35
22 Aldershot Aldershot 42 6 7 7 31 27 4 7 11 24 46 10 14 18 55 73 0.75 34
23 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 43 10 5 7 37 35 1 6 14 28 53 11 11 21 65 88 0.74 33
24 Walsall Walsall 43 5 7 8 31 41 2 1 20 21 72 7 8 28 52 113 0.46 22

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