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
Manager/Head Coach
Walsall CLUB COMMITTEE
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

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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