Match Centre

Saturday December 5th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 2

2

M. Owen (6'), R. Sampson (10')

Watford

Watford

2

J. Paton (8'), J. Bowie (51' pen)
M. Owen (6'), R. Sampson (10')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 8,769

J. Paton (8'), J. Bowie (51' pen)
F.C. Williams

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
CROSS
5
BATCHELOR
6
JOHNSTON
7
BULL
8
BETTERIDGE
9
OWEN
10
LAMBERT
11
SAMPSON
1
UNDERWOOD
2
BEWLEY
3
JONES
4
KELLY
5
OELOFSE
6
MITCHELL
7
COOK
8
SMITH
9
BROWN
10
BOWIE
11
PATON

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 5th, 1953:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 5th, 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 22 8 3 0 27 7 6 3 2 19 16 14 6 2 46 23 2 34
2 Southampton Southampton 22 10 1 0 30 11 4 1 6 15 18 14 2 6 45 29 1.55 30
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 21 7 1 1 22 14 6 3 3 15 11 13 4 4 37 25 1.48 30
4 Reading Reading 22 9 2 0 32 10 3 2 6 11 21 12 4 6 43 31 1.39 28
5 Northampton Town Northampton Town 22 8 2 0 33 9 1 5 6 13 19 9 7 6 46 28 1.64 25
6 Norwich City Norwich City 22 5 3 3 15 13 5 2 4 18 17 10 5 7 33 30 1.10 25
7 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 22 7 1 3 25 18 3 4 4 13 22 10 5 7 38 40 0.95 25
8 Watford Watford 22 7 1 2 30 12 3 3 6 19 25 10 4 8 49 37 1.32 24
9 Bristol City Bristol City 22 8 1 2 30 11 2 3 6 12 28 10 4 8 42 39 1.08 24
10 Gillingham Gillingham 22 6 3 2 17 10 3 3 5 13 24 9 6 7 30 34 0.88 24
11 Coventry City Coventry City 22 7 3 1 15 3 2 2 7 14 20 9 5 8 29 23 1.26 23
12 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 22 7 2 2 27 16 2 3 6 14 22 9 5 8 41 38 1.08 23
13 Millwall Millwall 21 7 1 3 24 11 2 3 5 14 22 9 4 8 38 33 1.15 22
14 Torquay United Torquay United 22 4 5 2 22 16 4 1 6 18 20 8 6 8 40 36 1.11 22
15 Exeter City Exeter City 22 5 0 6 17 12 4 3 4 15 17 9 3 10 32 29 1.10 21
16 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 22 6 3 2 24 13 3 0 8 13 23 9 3 10 37 36 1.03 21
17 Swindon Town Swindon 22 7 2 3 31 14 1 1 8 9 25 8 3 11 40 39 1.03 19
18 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 21 5 4 2 25 20 1 2 7 8 17 6 6 9 33 37 0.89 18
19 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 21 3 3 5 9 14 3 3 4 14 18 6 6 9 23 32 0.72 18
20 Southend United Southend United 22 6 1 4 18 12 0 3 8 9 20 6 4 12 27 32 0.84 16
21 Aldershot Aldershot 22 4 3 4 15 13 2 1 8 12 36 6 4 12 27 49 0.55 16
22 Colchester United Colchester United 22 4 3 4 15 12 1 0 10 6 25 5 3 14 21 37 0.57 13
23 Newport County Newport County 22 5 2 4 19 21 0 1 10 7 33 5 3 14 26 54 0.48 13
24 Walsall Walsall 22 3 3 6 7 16 0 1 9 7 30 3 4 15 14 46 0.30 10

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