Match Centre

Wednesday September 30th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 4

2

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

Exeter City

Exeter City

4

A. Mackay (??', ??'), C. McClelland (??', ??')
M. Betteridge (??', ??')
(HT: 0-2)

Attendance: 7,727

A. Mackay (??', ??'), C. McClelland (??', ??')
R.E. Smith
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
CHURCHILL
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
CROSS
5
BATCHELOR
6
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
8
BETTERIDGE
9
OWEN
10
LAMBERT
11
BULL
1
SINGLETON
2
WALTON
3
DOYLE
4
BOOTH
5
DAVEY
6
DODGIN
7
PRIESTLEY
8
DAILEY
9
DONALDSON
10
MACKAY
11
McCLELLAND
Swindon Town
1Trevor CHURCHILL
2George HUNT
3Terry ELWELL
4Jim CROSS
5Ted BATCHELOR
6Jimmy JOHNSTON
7Harry LUNN
8Mick BETTERIDGE
9Maurice OWEN
10Ken LAMBERT
11Mickey BULL
Exeter City
1Barney SINGLETON1
2Dick WALTON2
3Les DOYLE3
4Sam BOOTH4
5Fred DAVEY5
6Norman DODGIN6
7Gerry PRIESTLEY7
8Jimmy DAILEY8
9Andy DONALDSON9
10Angus MACKAY10
11Charlie McCLELLAND11

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Wednesday September 30th, 1953:

Aldershot Aldershot 2-0 Newport County Newport County
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 2-3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Bristol City Bristol City 3-1 Norwich City Norwich City
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 0-3 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Gillingham Gillingham 1-2 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient
Reading Reading 2-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Southend United Southend United 1-0 Torquay United Torquay United
Swindon Town Swindon 2-4 Exeter City Exeter City

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Wednesday September 30th, 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 13 5 1 0 17 5 4 2 1 12 9 9 3 1 29 14 2.07 21
2 Norwich City Norwich City 13 4 3 0 11 6 4 1 1 10 4 8 4 1 21 10 2.10 20
3 Southampton Southampton 12 7 0 0 22 7 2 1 2 9 6 9 1 2 31 13 2.38 19
4 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 13 4 1 1 15 11 3 3 1 9 7 7 4 2 24 18 1.33 18
5 Bristol City Bristol City 13 5 1 1 21 6 2 2 2 7 10 7 3 3 28 16 1.75 17
6 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 13 4 1 2 16 14 2 3 1 10 10 6 4 3 26 24 1.08 16
7 Aldershot Aldershot 13 4 2 1 10 5 2 1 3 7 12 6 3 4 17 17 1 15
8 Reading Reading 13 5 1 0 16 6 1 2 4 5 15 6 3 4 21 21 1 15
9 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 13 4 1 1 17 8 2 1 4 9 15 6 2 5 26 23 1.13 14
10 Swindon Town Swindon 13 5 0 2 20 8 1 1 4 7 12 6 1 6 27 20 1.35 13
11 Coventry City Coventry City 13 4 1 1 9 2 1 1 5 9 16 5 2 6 18 18 1 12
12 Northampton Town Northampton Town 13 4 2 0 13 6 0 2 5 6 13 4 4 5 19 19 1 12
13 Watford Watford 13 4 1 1 17 7 1 1 5 10 20 5 2 6 27 27 1 12
14 Exeter City Exeter City 13 2 0 4 6 8 3 2 2 12 11 5 2 6 18 19 0.95 12
15 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 13 1 2 4 4 8 3 2 1 10 7 4 4 5 14 15 0.93 12
16 Southend United Southend United 13 4 1 2 10 6 0 2 4 4 9 4 3 6 14 15 0.93 11
17 Millwall Millwall 12 3 1 2 8 6 1 2 3 8 13 4 3 5 16 19 0.84 11
18 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 11 3 2 1 14 10 1 0 4 5 9 4 2 5 19 19 1 10
19 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 13 3 2 1 11 7 1 0 6 7 17 4 2 7 18 24 0.75 10
20 Colchester United Colchester United 12 3 1 2 11 5 1 0 5 4 14 4 1 7 15 19 0.79 9
21 Gillingham Gillingham 13 2 2 2 7 7 0 3 4 7 20 2 5 6 14 27 0.52 9
22 Torquay United Torquay United 13 1 4 2 11 12 1 0 5 9 12 2 4 7 20 24 0.83 8
23 Newport County Newport County 13 2 1 3 11 15 0 0 7 2 21 2 1 10 13 36 0.36 5
24 Walsall Walsall 12 1 2 3 3 8 0 1 5 5 18 1 3 8 8 26 0.31 5

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