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
Manager/Head Coach
Jack SMITH
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

Newspaper Reports


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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