Match Centre

Saturday April 25th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 0

2

M. Owen (9'), W. Millar (86')

Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town

0

M. Owen (9'), W. Millar (86')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 8,518

W.E. Dellow
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
JOHNSTON
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
LUNN
8
BETTERIDGE
9
OWEN
10
MILLAR
11
BAIN
1
PARRY
2
ACRES
3
FEENEY
4
MYLES
5
REES
6
PARKER
7
GAYNOR
8
BROWN
9
DOBSON
10
ELSWORTHY
11
BALL
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Terry ELWELL
4Jimmy JOHNSTON
5Garth HUDSON
6Gordon WILLIAMS
7Harry LUNN
8Mick BETTERIDGE
9Maurice OWEN
10Willie MILLAR
11Jimmy BAIN
Ipswich Town
1Jack PARRY1
2Basil ACRES2
3Jim FEENEY3
4Neil MYLES4
5Doug REES5
6Tommy PARKER6
7Jimmy GAYNOR7
8Tommy BROWN8
9Peter DOBSON9
10John ELSWORTHY10
11Joe BALL11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 25th, 1953:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 25th, 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 44 17 4 2 55 19 9 7 5 37 26 26 11 7 92 45 2.04 63
2 Northampton Town Northampton Town 45 18 3 1 72 27 8 6 9 34 40 26 9 10 106 67 1.58 61
3 Millwall Millwall 44 13 7 2 43 15 9 7 6 33 27 22 14 8 76 42 1.81 58
4 Norwich City Norwich City 44 16 6 1 56 17 8 3 10 36 35 24 9 11 92 52 1.77 57
5 Bristol City Bristol City 44 12 8 2 61 28 8 7 7 29 33 20 15 9 90 61 1.48 55
6 Coventry City Coventry City 44 15 5 3 52 22 4 7 10 24 37 19 12 13 76 59 1.29 50
7 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 45 11 6 5 43 30 7 6 10 33 45 18 12 15 76 75 1.01 48
8 Southend United Southend United 44 15 4 2 39 15 3 8 12 28 53 18 12 14 67 68 0.99 48
9 Watford Watford 45 12 8 3 39 21 3 9 10 23 41 15 17 13 62 62 1 47
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 44 14 3 5 48 23 4 5 13 23 44 18 8 18 71 67 1.06 44
11 Torquay United Torquay United 45 14 4 4 59 27 3 5 15 26 60 17 9 19 85 87 0.98 43
12 Reading Reading 44 15 3 3 47 17 2 5 16 16 46 17 8 19 63 63 1 42
13 Newport County Newport County 45 12 4 6 42 31 4 6 13 27 48 16 10 19 69 79 0.87 42
14 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 45 11 7 4 47 25 4 3 16 16 45 15 10 20 63 70 0.90 40
15 Exeter City Exeter City 46 11 8 4 40 24 2 6 15 21 47 13 14 19 61 71 0.86 40
16 Swindon Town Swindon 45 9 5 9 38 33 5 7 10 25 42 14 12 19 63 75 0.84 40
17 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 45 9 7 6 32 27 3 8 12 26 41 12 15 18 58 68 0.85 39
18 Gillingham Gillingham 45 10 7 6 30 26 2 8 12 25 43 12 15 18 55 69 0.80 39
19 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 44 10 7 4 38 26 3 6 14 26 56 13 13 18 64 82 0.78 39
20 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 44 9 9 5 37 34 3 6 12 24 45 12 15 17 61 79 0.77 39
21 Colchester United Colchester United 43 9 9 4 40 25 3 5 13 15 39 12 14 17 55 64 0.86 38
22 Aldershot Aldershot 44 8 7 7 36 29 4 7 11 24 46 12 14 18 60 75 0.80 38
23 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 45 11 5 7 38 35 1 6 15 28 54 12 11 22 66 89 0.74 35
24 Walsall Walsall 45 5 8 9 33 44 2 1 20 21 72 7 9 29 54 116 0.47 23

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