Match Centre

Thursday April 23rd, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Walsall

1 - 2

1

J. Bridgett (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

M. Owen (??', ??')
J. Bridgett (??')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 5,304

M. Owen (??', ??')
S.V. Davis
Fellows Park, Walsall

Lineups


1
CHILVERS
2
ROWE
3
MONTGOMERY
4
WALTERS
5
HORNE
6
MILLINGTON
7
BOWEN
8
GREEN
9
BRIDGETT
10
HUGHES
11
GILES
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
JOHNSTON
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
LUNN
8
BETTERIDGE
9
OWEN
10
MILLAR
11
BAIN
Walsall
1Gordon CHILVERS
2Norman ROWE
3Alec MONTGOMERY
4Henry WALTERS
5Les HORNE
6John MILLINGTON
7Tommy BOWEN
8Billy GREEN
9Jack BRIDGETT
10John HUGHES
11Phil GILES
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Terry ELWELL3
4Jimmy JOHNSTON4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Gordon WILLIAMS6
7Harry LUNN7
8Mick BETTERIDGE8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Willie MILLAR10
11Jimmy BAIN11

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Thursday April 23rd, 1953:

Colchester United Colchester United 0-0 Millwall Millwall
Newport County Newport County 1-0 Reading Reading
Northampton Town Northampton Town 3-3 Torquay United Torquay United
Walsall Walsall 1-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Watford Watford 1-1 Southend United Southend United

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Thursday April 23rd, 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 43 16 4 2 52 18 9 7 5 37 26 25 11 7 89 44 2.02 61
2 Northampton Town Northampton Town 44 18 3 1 72 27 7 6 9 32 39 25 9 10 104 66 1.58 59
3 Millwall Millwall 43 13 6 2 42 14 9 7 6 33 27 22 13 8 75 41 1.83 57
4 Norwich City Norwich City 43 15 6 1 53 17 8 3 10 36 35 23 9 11 89 52 1.71 55
5 Bristol City Bristol City 43 12 8 2 61 28 8 6 7 27 31 20 14 9 88 59 1.49 54
6 Coventry City Coventry City 43 15 4 3 50 20 4 7 10 24 37 19 11 13 74 57 1.30 49
7 Watford Watford 44 12 8 3 39 21 3 9 9 22 39 15 17 12 61 60 1.02 47
8 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 44 11 6 5 43 30 7 5 10 32 44 18 11 15 75 74 1.01 47
9 Southend United Southend United 43 15 4 2 39 15 3 7 12 27 52 18 11 14 66 67 0.99 47
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 43 14 3 5 48 23 4 5 12 23 43 18 8 17 71 66 1.08 44
11 Torquay United Torquay United 44 14 4 4 59 27 3 5 14 26 57 17 9 18 85 84 1.01 43
12 Reading Reading 43 15 3 3 47 17 2 5 15 16 45 17 8 18 63 62 1.02 42
13 Newport County Newport County 44 12 4 6 42 31 4 6 12 26 45 16 10 18 68 76 0.89 42
14 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 44 11 7 4 47 25 4 3 15 16 43 15 10 19 63 68 0.93 40
15 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 44 9 7 6 32 27 3 8 11 26 39 12 15 17 58 66 0.88 39
16 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 43 10 7 4 38 26 3 6 13 26 54 13 13 17 64 80 0.80 39
17 Colchester United Colchester United 42 9 9 3 39 23 3 5 13 15 39 12 14 16 54 62 0.87 38
18 Exeter City Exeter City 45 10 8 4 38 24 2 6 15 21 47 12 14 19 59 71 0.83 38
19 Swindon Town Swindon 44 8 5 9 36 33 5 7 10 25 42 13 12 19 61 75 0.81 38
20 Gillingham Gillingham 44 9 7 6 28 25 2 8 12 25 43 11 15 18 53 68 0.78 37
21 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 43 8 9 5 36 34 3 6 12 24 45 11 15 17 60 79 0.76 37
22 Aldershot Aldershot 43 7 7 7 34 29 4 7 11 24 46 11 14 18 58 75 0.77 36
23 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 44 10 5 7 37 35 1 6 15 28 54 11 11 22 65 89 0.73 33
24 Walsall Walsall 44 5 7 9 32 43 2 1 20 21 72 7 8 29 53 115 0.46 22

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