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Saturday December 19th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Newport County

2 - 0

2

L. Graham (30'), B. Shergold (79')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

L. Graham (30'), B. Shergold (79')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 9,276

G.F.J. Sawyer

Lineups


1
HUGHES
2
STAPLES
3
HAYWARD
4
HOLLYMAN
5
WILCOX
6
WITCOMB
7
BIRCH
8
LUCAS
9
GRAHAM
10
SHERGOLD
11
WHARTON
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
8
ONSLOW
9
JOHNSON
10
LAMBERT
11
BULL

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 19th, 1953:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 19th, 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 23 8 3 0 27 7 7 3 2 21 17 15 6 2 48 24 2 36
2 Southampton Southampton 23 11 1 0 33 12 4 1 6 15 18 15 2 6 48 30 1.60 32
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 22 7 1 2 23 16 6 3 3 15 11 13 4 5 38 27 1.41 30
4 Reading Reading 23 9 2 1 32 11 3 2 6 11 21 12 4 7 43 32 1.34 28
5 Northampton Town Northampton Town 23 9 2 0 38 9 1 5 6 13 19 10 7 6 51 28 1.82 27
6 Watford Watford 23 8 1 2 33 13 3 3 6 19 25 11 4 8 52 38 1.37 26
7 Torquay United Torquay United 24 5 5 2 24 16 5 1 6 20 21 10 6 8 44 37 1.19 26
8 Bristol City Bristol City 23 8 1 2 30 11 3 3 6 13 28 11 4 8 43 39 1.10 26
9 Norwich City Norwich City 23 5 4 3 18 16 5 2 4 18 17 10 6 7 36 33 1.09 26
10 Gillingham Gillingham 24 6 3 3 17 11 4 3 5 14 24 10 6 8 31 35 0.89 26
11 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 23 8 2 2 28 16 2 3 6 14 22 10 5 8 42 38 1.11 25
12 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 23 7 1 3 25 18 3 4 5 14 25 10 5 8 39 43 0.91 25
13 Millwall Millwall 22 8 1 3 26 12 2 3 5 14 22 10 4 8 40 34 1.18 24
14 Coventry City Coventry City 23 7 3 1 15 3 2 2 8 14 21 9 5 9 29 24 1.21 23
15 Exeter City Exeter City 23 6 0 6 19 13 4 3 4 15 17 10 3 10 34 30 1.13 23
16 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 23 6 3 2 24 13 3 0 9 14 25 9 3 11 38 38 1 21
17 Swindon Town Swindon 23 7 2 3 31 14 1 1 9 9 27 8 3 12 40 41 0.98 19
18 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 23 5 4 2 25 20 1 2 9 9 22 6 6 11 34 42 0.81 18
19 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 22 3 3 6 9 15 3 3 4 14 18 6 6 10 23 33 0.70 18
20 Aldershot Aldershot 23 4 3 4 15 13 2 2 8 15 39 6 5 12 30 52 0.58 17
21 Newport County Newport County 24 6 2 4 21 21 1 1 10 8 33 7 3 14 29 54 0.54 17
22 Southend United Southend United 23 6 1 4 18 12 0 3 9 9 25 6 4 13 27 37 0.73 16
23 Colchester United Colchester United 23 4 3 5 16 14 1 0 10 6 25 5 3 15 22 39 0.56 13
24 Walsall Walsall 23 3 3 6 7 16 0 1 10 8 32 3 4 16 15 48 0.31 10

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