Match Centre

Saturday October 3rd, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

5 - 0

5

M. Owen (26'), M. Bull (38'), J. Cross (52'), K. Lambert (71'), H. Lunn (89')

Bristol City

Bristol City

0

M. Owen (26'), M. Bull (38'), J. Cross (52'), K. Lambert (71'), H. Lunn (89')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 15,481

S.V. Davis
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
8
BETTERIDGE
9
OWEN
10
LAMBERT
11
BULL
1
COOK
2
GUY
3
BAILEY
4
PEACOCK
5
ROBERTS
6
WILLIAMS
7
ROGERS
8
EISENTRAGER
9
MICKLEWRIGHT
10
BOXLEY
11
WATKINS
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Peter HILTON
4Jim CROSS
5Garth HUDSON
6Jimmy JOHNSTON
7Harry LUNN
8Mick BETTERIDGE
9Maurice OWEN
10Ken LAMBERT
11Mickey BULL
Manager/Head Coach
Maurice LINDLEY
Bristol City
1Tony COOK1
2Ivor GUY2
3Jack BAILEY3
4Ernie PEACOCK4
5Dennis ROBERTS5
6Cyril WILLIAMS6
7Jimmy ROGERS7
8Alec EISENTRAGER8
9Andy MICKLEWRIGHT9
10Jack BOXLEY10
11Johnny WATKINS11
Manager/Head Coach
Pat BEASLEY

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday October 3rd, 1953:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1-2 Torquay United Torquay United
Coventry City Coventry City 0-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Exeter City Exeter City 4-0 Southampton Southampton
Gillingham Gillingham 3-1 Norwich City Norwich City
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 1-0 Watford Watford
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 1-1 Southend United Southend United
Millwall Millwall 0-2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Newport County Newport County 2-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Reading Reading 6-1 Aldershot Aldershot
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 3-1 Colchester United Colchester United
Swindon Town Swindon 5-0 Bristol City Bristol City
Walsall Walsall 1-0 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday October 3rd, 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 14 6 1 0 18 5 4 2 1 12 9 10 3 1 30 14 2.14 23
2 Southampton Southampton 14 7 0 0 22 7 3 1 3 10 10 10 1 3 32 17 1.88 21
3 Norwich City Norwich City 14 4 3 0 11 6 4 1 2 11 7 8 4 2 22 13 1.69 20
4 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 14 4 1 1 15 11 4 3 1 11 7 8 4 2 26 18 1.44 20
5 Bristol City Bristol City 14 5 1 1 21 6 2 2 3 7 15 7 3 4 28 21 1.33 17
6 Reading Reading 14 6 1 0 22 7 1 2 4 5 15 7 3 4 27 22 1.23 17
7 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 14 4 1 2 16 14 2 3 2 10 11 6 4 4 26 25 1.04 16
8 Swindon Town Swindon 14 6 0 2 25 8 1 1 4 7 12 7 1 6 32 20 1.60 15
9 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 14 4 2 1 18 9 2 1 4 9 15 6 3 5 27 24 1.13 15
10 Aldershot Aldershot 14 4 2 1 10 5 2 1 4 8 18 6 3 5 18 23 0.78 15
11 Exeter City Exeter City 14 3 0 4 10 8 3 2 2 12 11 6 2 6 22 19 1.16 14
12 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 13 4 2 1 17 11 1 1 4 5 9 5 3 5 22 20 1.10 13
13 Coventry City Coventry City 14 4 2 1 9 2 1 1 5 9 16 5 3 6 18 18 1 13
14 Northampton Town Northampton Town 14 4 2 0 13 6 0 3 5 6 13 4 5 5 19 19 1 13
15 Watford Watford 14 4 1 1 17 7 1 1 6 10 21 5 2 7 27 28 0.96 12
16 Southend United Southend United 14 4 1 2 10 6 0 3 4 5 10 4 4 6 15 16 0.94 12
17 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 14 1 2 4 4 8 3 2 2 11 9 4 4 6 15 17 0.88 12
18 Millwall Millwall 13 3 1 3 8 8 1 2 3 8 13 4 3 6 16 21 0.76 11
19 Gillingham Gillingham 14 3 2 2 10 8 0 3 4 7 20 3 5 6 17 28 0.61 11
20 Torquay United Torquay United 14 1 4 2 11 12 2 0 5 11 13 3 4 7 22 25 0.88 10
21 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 14 3 2 2 12 9 1 0 6 7 17 4 2 8 19 26 0.73 10
22 Colchester United Colchester United 14 3 1 3 11 6 1 0 6 5 17 4 1 9 16 23 0.70 9
23 Walsall Walsall 14 2 3 3 4 8 0 1 5 5 18 2 4 8 9 26 0.35 8
24 Newport County Newport County 14 3 1 3 13 16 0 0 7 2 21 3 1 10 15 37 0.41 7

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