Match Centre

Friday May 1st, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Reading

4 - 1

4

D. Uphill (20', 64'), J. Lewis (~44' pen, 79' pen)

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

W. Millar (??')
D. Uphill (20', 64'), J. Lewis (~44' pen, 79' pen)
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 7,188

W. Millar (??')
J.C. Pollard
Elm Park, Reading

Lineups


1
MARKS
2
SMITH
3
REEVES
4
ROBSHAW
5
WICKS
6
LEWIS
7
HINSHELWOOD
8
UPHILL
9
BLACKMAN
10
McLEAN
11
WHEELER
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
JOHNSTON
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
LUNN
8
BETTERIDGE
9
OWEN
10
MILLAR
11
BAIN
Reading
1George MARKS
2Eric SMITH
3Ray REEVES
4Harry ROBSHAW
5Stan WICKS
6Jack LEWIS
7Wally HINSHELWOOD
8Dennis UPHILL
9Ronnie BLACKMAN
10Peter McLEAN
11Jimmy WHEELER
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 Friday May 1st, 1953:

Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 1-0 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 2-1 Aldershot Aldershot
Reading Reading 4-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Southend United Southend United 2-2 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Friday May 1st, 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 46 17 4 2 55 19 9 8 6 37 27 26 12 8 92 46 2 64
2 Millwall Millwall 46 14 7 2 46 16 10 7 6 36 28 24 14 8 82 44 1.86 62
3 Northampton Town Northampton Town 46 18 4 1 75 30 8 6 9 34 40 26 10 10 109 70 1.56 62
4 Bristol City Bristol City 46 13 8 2 62 28 9 7 7 33 33 22 15 9 95 61 1.56 59
5 Norwich City Norwich City 45 16 6 1 56 17 8 4 10 39 38 24 10 11 95 55 1.73 58
6 Coventry City Coventry City 45 15 5 3 52 22 4 7 11 24 38 19 12 14 76 60 1.27 50
7 Southend United Southend United 46 15 5 3 41 21 3 8 12 28 53 18 13 15 69 74 0.93 49
8 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 45 11 6 5 43 30 7 6 10 33 45 18 12 15 76 75 1.01 48
9 Watford Watford 46 12 8 3 39 21 3 9 11 23 42 15 17 14 62 63 0.98 47
10 Reading Reading 46 17 3 3 53 18 2 5 16 16 46 19 8 19 69 64 1.08 46
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 45 14 3 5 48 23 4 6 13 25 46 18 9 18 73 69 1.06 45
12 Torquay United Torquay United 45 14 4 4 59 27 3 5 15 26 60 17 9 19 85 87 0.98 43
13 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 46 12 7 4 40 26 3 6 14 26 56 15 13 18 66 82 0.80 43
14 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 46 12 7 4 52 28 4 3 16 16 45 16 10 20 68 73 0.93 42
15 Newport County Newport County 46 12 4 7 43 34 4 6 13 27 48 16 10 20 70 82 0.85 42
16 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 46 10 7 6 34 28 3 8 12 26 41 13 15 18 60 69 0.87 41
17 Exeter City Exeter City 46 11 8 4 40 24 2 6 15 21 47 13 14 19 61 71 0.86 40
18 Swindon Town Swindon 46 9 5 9 38 33 5 7 11 26 46 14 12 20 64 79 0.81 40
19 Gillingham Gillingham 45 10 7 6 30 26 2 8 12 25 43 12 15 18 55 69 0.80 39
20 Aldershot Aldershot 46 8 8 7 36 29 4 7 12 25 48 12 15 19 61 77 0.79 39
21 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 45 9 9 5 37 34 3 6 13 24 47 12 15 18 61 81 0.75 39
22 Colchester United Colchester United 45 9 9 4 40 25 3 5 15 19 47 12 14 19 59 72 0.82 38
23 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 46 11 5 7 38 35 1 7 15 30 56 12 12 22 68 91 0.75 36
24 Walsall Walsall 46 5 9 9 35 46 2 1 20 21 72 7 10 29 56 118 0.47 24

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