Match Centre

Saturday November 21st, 1953

Football Association Challenge Cup

First Round

Swindon Town

2 - 1

2

T. Batchelor (54', 89')

Newport (IOW)

Newport (IOW)

1

T. Batchelor (54', 89')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 12,176

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
8
LAMBERT
9
BATCHELOR
10
BETTERIDGE
11
BULL
1
GRIST
2
BROWN
3
SLADE
4
LEGG
5
TAULBUT
6
KNIGHT
7
O'CONNOR
8
ANDERSON
9
GILFILLAN
10
BRYANT
11
MITCHELL

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Results


Football Association Challenge Cup results on Saturday November 21st, 1953:

Aldershot Aldershot 5-3 Wellington Town Wellington
Barnsley Barnsley 5-2 York City York City
Bath City Bath City 0-3 Walsall Walsall
Blyth Spartans Blyth 0-1 Accrington Stanley Accrington
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 5-1 Coventry City Coventry City
Cambridge United Cambridge United 2-2 Newport County Newport County
Colchester United Colchester United 1-1 Millwall Millwall
Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 0-0 Bradford City Bradford
Darlington Darlington 1-3 Port Vale Port Vale
Exeter City Exeter City 1-1 Hereford United Hereford United
Finchley Finchley 1-3 Southend United Southend United
Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough 1-4 Chesterfield Chesterfield
Gateshead AFC Gateshead 1-2 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Great Yarmouth Town Great Yarmouth Town 1-0 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 2-0 Rochdale Rochdale
Halifax Town Halifax Town 0-0 Rhyl Rhyl
Hartlepools United Hartlepools United 1-1 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Harwich and Parkeston Harwich and Parkeston 2-3 Headington United Headington United
Hastings and St. Leonards Hastings & St. Leonards 1-0 Guildford City Guildford City
Hitchin Town Hitchin 1-3 Peterborough United Peterborough United
Horden Colliery Welfare Horden CW 0-1 Wrexham Wrexham
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 4-1 Reading Reading
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 3-0 Kettering Town Kettering Town
Northampton Town Northampton Town 3-0 Llanelly Llanelly
Nuneaton Borough Nuneaton Borough 3-0 Watford Watford
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 2-0 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Scunthorpe and Lindsey United Scunthorpe & Lindsey 9-0 Boston United Boston Utd
Selby Town Selby Town 0-2 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA)
Southampton Southampton 1-1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Southport Southport 1-0 Carlisle United Carlisle United
Spennymoor United Spennymoor United 0-3 Barrow Barrow
Stockport County Stockport County 4-2 Chester Chester
Swindon Town Swindon 2-1 Newport (IOW) Newport (IOW)
Torquay United Torquay United 1-3 Bristol City Bristol City
Walthamstow Avenue Walthamstow Avenue 1-0 Gillingham Gillingham
Weymouth Weymouth 2-0 Bedford Town Bedford Town
Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic 4-0 Scarborough Scarborough
Witton Albion Witton 4-1 Nelson Nelson
Workington Workington 3-0 Ferryhill Athletic Ferryhill Athletic
Yeovil Town Yeovil Town 0-2 Norwich City Norwich City

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