Match Centre

Wednesday August 26th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

3 - 1

3

M. Betteridge (??'), M. Owen (??', ??')

Aldershot

Aldershot

1

K. Flint (??')
M. Betteridge (??'), M. Owen (??', ??')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 14,964

K. Flint (??')

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
CROSS
5
BATCHELOR
6
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
8
LAMBERT
9
OWEN
10
BETTERIDGE
11
BULL
1
BROWN
2
ROGERS
3
JEFFERSON
4
LAIRD
5
BILLINGTON
6
CROPLEY
7
HOBBS
8
MENZIES
9
LACEY
10
McCULLOCH
11
FLINT
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Terry ELWELL
4Jim CROSS
5Ted BATCHELOR
6Jimmy JOHNSTON
7Harry LUNN
8Ken LAMBERT
9Maurice OWEN
10Mick BETTERIDGE
11Mickey BULL
Aldershot
1Fred BROWN1
2Alf ROGERS2
3Arthur JEFFERSON3
4Davie LAIRD4
5Charlie BILLINGTON5
6Jack CROPLEY6
7Ronnie HOBBS7
8Norman MENZIES8
9Bill LACEY9
10Adam McCULLOCH10
11Ken FLINT11

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Wednesday August 26th, 1953:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 2-1 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 2-1 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient
Exeter City Exeter City 1-2 Colchester United Colchester United
Gillingham Gillingham 2-0 Coventry City Coventry City
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 2-1 Torquay United Torquay United
Norwich City Norwich City 2-2 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Reading Reading 2-0 Southend United Southend United
Swindon Town Swindon 3-1 Aldershot Aldershot

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Wednesday August 26th, 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 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 3 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 7 1 7 6
2 Swindon Town Swindon 3 3 0 0 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 12 3 4 6
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 5 3 3 0 0 7 4 1.75 6
4 Gillingham Gillingham 3 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 6 1 6 5
5 Southampton Southampton 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7 4 2 0 1 9 4 2.25 4
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 3 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 7 4 1.75 4
7 Norwich City Norwich City 3 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 1.50 4
8 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 3 1 1 0 6 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 7 6 1.17 4
9 Colchester United Colchester United 3 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 1 5 5 1 4
10 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 2 1 1 0 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 5 1.40 3
11 Aldershot Aldershot 3 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 3
12 Exeter City Exeter City 3 1 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 3
13 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 3 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 3
14 Coventry City Coventry City 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 2 6 6 1 2
15 Southend United Southend United 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 2 2 3 0.67 2
16 Millwall Millwall 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 2 4 0.50 2
17 Reading Reading 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 7 1 0 2 3 7 0.43 2
18 Newport County Newport County 3 1 0 1 4 5 0 0 1 1 7 1 0 2 5 12 0.42 2
19 Bristol City Bristol City 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0.67 1
20 Northampton Town Northampton Town 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 0 1 2 3 6 0.50 1
21 Walsall Walsall 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.33 1
22 Torquay United Torquay United 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 3 4 8 0.50 0
23 Watford Watford 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 9 0 0 3 4 9 0.44 0
24 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 8 0 0 3 2 8 0.25 0

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