Match Centre

Saturday October 17th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Millwall

6 - 1

6

G. Stobbart (??', ??', ??'), F. Neary (??'), J. Hartburn (??'), G. Hazlett (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

M. Bull (??')
G. Stobbart (??', ??', ??'), F. Neary (??'), J. Hartburn (??'), G. Hazlett (??')
(HT: 3-1)

Attendance: 9,612

M. Bull (??')
G. Pankhurst
The Den, New Cross

Lineups


1
BREWER
2
JARDINE
3
FISHER
4
SHORT
5
BOWLER
6
HEYDON
7
HAZLETT
8
STOBBART
9
NEARY
10
SAWARD
11
HARTBURN
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
8
BETTERIDGE
9
ONSLOW
10
LAMBERT
11
BULL
Millwall
1Tony BREWER
2Alex JARDINE
3George FISHER
4John SHORT
5Gerry BOWLER
6Jackie HEYDON
7George HAZLETT
8George STOBBART
9Frank NEARY
10Pat SAWARD
11Johnny HARTBURN
Manager/Head Coach
Charlie HEWITT
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Peter HILTON3
4Jim CROSS4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Jimmy JOHNSTON6
7Harry LUNN7
8Mick BETTERIDGE8
9Roy ONSLOW9
10Ken LAMBERT10
11Mickey BULL11
Manager/Head Coach
Maurice LINDLEY

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday October 17th, 1953:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday October 17th, 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 16 7 1 0 22 5 5 2 1 15 11 12 3 1 37 16 2.31 27
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 16 5 1 1 19 13 5 3 1 12 7 10 4 2 31 20 1.55 24
3 Southampton Southampton 16 8 0 0 23 7 3 1 4 10 13 11 1 4 33 20 1.65 23
4 Norwich City Norwich City 16 4 3 1 11 7 5 1 2 14 8 9 4 3 25 15 1.67 22
5 Reading Reading 16 6 2 0 23 8 2 2 4 8 16 8 4 4 31 24 1.29 20
6 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 16 5 1 2 19 15 2 4 2 10 11 7 5 4 29 26 1.12 19
7 Swindon Town Swindon 16 7 0 2 27 9 1 1 5 8 18 8 1 7 35 27 1.30 17
8 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 16 5 2 1 20 10 2 1 5 10 17 7 3 6 30 27 1.11 17
9 Bristol City Bristol City 16 5 1 2 23 9 2 2 4 9 20 7 3 6 32 29 1.10 17
10 Coventry City Coventry City 16 4 3 1 9 2 2 1 5 12 16 6 4 6 21 18 1.17 16
11 Exeter City Exeter City 16 3 0 5 10 9 4 2 2 13 11 7 2 7 23 20 1.15 16
12 Northampton Town Northampton Town 16 5 2 0 16 6 0 4 5 7 14 5 6 5 23 20 1.15 16
13 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 15 5 2 1 19 12 1 2 4 6 10 6 4 5 25 22 1.14 16
14 Aldershot Aldershot 16 4 3 1 11 6 2 1 5 8 22 6 4 6 19 28 0.68 16
15 Millwall Millwall 15 4 1 3 14 9 1 3 3 9 14 5 4 6 23 23 1 14
16 Watford Watford 16 4 1 2 18 10 2 1 6 11 21 6 2 8 29 31 0.94 14
17 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 16 1 3 4 5 9 3 3 2 13 11 4 6 6 18 20 0.90 14
18 Torquay United Torquay United 16 1 5 2 13 14 3 0 5 12 13 4 5 7 25 27 0.93 13
19 Gillingham Gillingham 16 4 2 2 12 8 0 3 5 7 21 4 5 7 19 29 0.66 13
20 Southend United Southend United 16 4 1 3 10 7 0 3 5 6 12 4 4 8 16 19 0.84 12
21 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 16 4 2 2 17 11 1 0 7 8 20 5 2 9 25 31 0.81 12
22 Colchester United Colchester United 16 3 1 4 11 9 1 0 7 5 19 4 1 11 16 28 0.57 9
23 Walsall Walsall 16 2 3 4 5 11 0 1 6 6 20 2 4 10 11 31 0.35 8
24 Newport County Newport County 16 3 1 4 13 17 0 0 8 4 25 3 1 12 17 42 0.40 7

Match Programme