Match Centre

Saturday March 1st, 1952

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 1

2

M. Betteridge (24'), M. Owen (45')

Gillingham

Gillingham

1

B. Hales (81')
M. Betteridge (24'), M. Owen (45')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 9,769

B. Hales (81')
A.W. Smith
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
UPRICHARD
2
HUNT
3
MAY
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
GRAY
7
LUNN
8
MILLAR
9
OWEN
10
BETTERIDGE
11
BAIN
1
RIGG
2
MARKS
3
LEWIN
4
BOSWELL
5
NIBLETT
6
AYRES
7
SCARTH
8
RUSSELL
9
HALES
10
FORRESTER
11
POULTON
Swindon Town
1Norman UPRICHARD
2George HUNT
3Harry MAY
4Harry KAYE
5Garth HUDSON
6George GRAY
7Harry LUNN
8Willie MILLAR
9Maurice OWEN
10Mick BETTERIDGE
11Jimmy BAIN
Manager/Head Coach
Louis PAGE
Gillingham
1Tommy RIGG1
2Charlie MARKS2
3Ron LEWIN3
4Jimmy BOSWELL4
5Vic NIBLETT5
6Harry AYRES6
7Jimmy SCARTH7
8Hughie RUSSELL8
9Bill HALES9
10George FORRESTER10
11George POULTON11
Manager/Head Coach
Archie CLARK

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 1st, 1952:

Aldershot Aldershot 2-2 Southend United Southend United
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 1-2 Reading Reading
Colchester United Colchester United 1-0 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 1-1 Torquay United Torquay United
Exeter City Exeter City 0-0 Bristol City Bristol City
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 2-3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Norwich City Norwich City 2-3 Port Vale Port Vale
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 2-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 2-0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Swindon Town Swindon 2-1 Gillingham Gillingham
Walsall Walsall 1-2 Millwall Millwall
Watford Watford 1-1 Newport County Newport County

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 1st, 1952:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 34 16 1 1 54 14 7 4 5 29 24 23 5 6 83 38 2.18 51
2 Reading Reading 34 13 1 2 53 18 10 1 7 37 25 23 2 9 90 43 2.09 48
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 34 12 2 3 42 16 9 3 5 25 27 21 5 8 67 43 1.56 47
4 Millwall Millwall 33 11 3 1 33 15 7 6 5 23 23 18 9 6 56 38 1.47 45
5 Norwich City Norwich City 34 11 1 4 34 14 6 7 5 27 27 17 8 9 61 41 1.49 42
6 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 33 8 4 4 37 16 6 5 6 22 21 14 9 10 59 37 1.59 37
7 Newport County Newport County 31 9 4 2 34 19 6 3 7 22 34 15 7 9 56 53 1.06 37
8 Northampton Town Northampton Town 34 12 1 4 48 25 4 3 10 19 30 16 4 14 67 55 1.22 36
9 Southend United Southend United 33 10 4 1 34 12 3 4 11 17 39 13 8 12 51 51 1 34
10 Swindon Town Swindon 33 6 8 3 21 17 5 4 7 21 26 11 12 10 42 43 0.98 34
11 Colchester United Colchester United 33 8 4 4 22 18 4 5 8 21 37 12 9 12 43 55 0.78 33
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 34 8 4 5 32 22 4 4 9 17 26 12 8 14 49 48 1.02 32
13 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 34 9 4 5 30 22 4 2 10 14 28 13 6 15 44 50 0.88 32
14 Bristol City Bristol City 33 8 5 4 30 23 2 5 9 11 27 10 10 13 41 50 0.82 30
15 Watford Watford 34 4 7 7 24 31 6 3 7 22 29 10 10 14 46 60 0.77 30
16 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 33 7 4 7 22 21 5 1 9 26 36 12 5 16 48 57 0.84 29
17 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 33 9 2 6 36 26 2 3 11 11 31 11 5 17 47 57 0.82 27
18 Aldershot Aldershot 34 6 3 8 24 23 5 2 10 28 48 11 5 18 52 71 0.73 27
19 Torquay United Torquay United 35 5 2 10 29 38 5 5 8 27 45 10 7 18 56 83 0.67 27
20 Port Vale Port Vale 34 4 11 1 17 13 3 2 13 15 40 7 13 14 32 53 0.60 27
21 Exeter City Exeter City 34 8 3 6 32 26 2 3 12 18 39 10 6 18 50 65 0.77 26
22 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 35 9 1 9 28 26 1 5 10 24 47 10 6 19 52 73 0.71 26
23 Gillingham Gillingham 33 7 4 5 36 26 1 5 11 21 33 8 9 16 57 59 0.97 25
24 Walsall Walsall 34 8 3 7 31 27 2 1 13 11 41 10 4 20 42 68 0.62 24

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