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')

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
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Terry ELWELL3
4Jimmy JOHNSTON4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Gordon WILLIAMS6
7Harry LUNN7
8Mick BETTERIDGE8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Willie MILLAR10
11Jimmy BAIN11

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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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