Match Centre

Saturday March 8th, 1952

Football League Division Three (South)

Torquay United

9 - 0

9

E. Edds (10', ??'), S. Collins (42', 50', 73'), T. Northcott (45', 61'), M. Marchant (70'), R. Shaw (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

E. Edds (10', ??'), S. Collins (42', 50', 73'), T. Northcott (45', 61'), M. Marchant (70'), R. Shaw (??')
(HT: 3-0)

Attendance: 7,084

W.J. Edwards
Plainmoor, Torquay

Lineups


1
WEBBER
2
TOPPING
3
CALLAND
4
LEWIS
5
WEBBER
6
TOWERS
7
SHAW
8
MARCHANT
9
NORTHCOTT
10
COLLINS
11
EDDS
1
UPRICHARD
2
HUNT
3
MAY
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
GRAY
7
LUNN
8
MILLAR
9
OWEN
10
BETTERIDGE
11
BAIN
Torquay United
1George WEBBER
2Dave TOPPING
3Ralph CALLAND
4Dennis LEWIS
5Eric WEBBER
6Bill TOWERS
7Ron SHAW
8Marwood MARCHANT
9Tommy NORTHCOTT
10Sammy COLLINS
11Ernie EDDS
Swindon Town
~50' 1Norman UPRICHARD1 ~50'
2George HUNT2
~50' 3Harry MAY3 ~50'
4Harry KAYE4
5Garth HUDSON5
6George GRAY6
7Harry LUNN7
8Willie MILLAR8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Mick BETTERIDGE10
11Jimmy BAIN11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 8th, 1952:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 0-2 Aldershot Aldershot
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 5-1 Walsall Walsall
Bristol City Bristol City 2-0 Colchester United Colchester United
Gillingham Gillingham 1-1 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 1-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Millwall Millwall 0-0 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Newport County Newport County 2-2 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Northampton Town Northampton Town 1-2 Norwich City Norwich City
Port Vale Port Vale 3-0 Exeter City Exeter City
Reading Reading 2-0 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Southend United Southend United 5-1 Watford Watford
Torquay United Torquay United 9-0 Swindon Town Swindon

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 8th, 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 35 16 1 1 54 14 7 4 6 29 26 23 5 7 83 40 2.08 51
2 Reading Reading 35 14 1 2 55 18 10 1 7 37 25 24 2 9 92 43 2.14 50
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 35 13 2 3 47 17 9 3 5 25 27 22 5 8 72 44 1.64 49
4 Millwall Millwall 34 11 4 1 33 15 7 6 5 23 23 18 10 6 56 38 1.47 46
5 Norwich City Norwich City 35 11 1 4 34 14 7 7 5 29 28 18 8 9 63 42 1.50 44
6 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 34 8 4 4 37 16 6 6 6 24 23 14 10 10 61 39 1.56 38
7 Newport County Newport County 32 9 5 2 36 21 6 3 7 22 34 15 8 9 58 55 1.05 38
8 Northampton Town Northampton Town 35 12 1 5 49 27 4 3 10 19 30 16 4 15 68 57 1.19 36
9 Southend United Southend United 34 11 4 1 39 13 3 4 11 17 39 14 8 12 56 52 1.08 36
10 Swindon Town Swindon 34 6 8 3 21 17 5 4 8 21 35 11 12 11 42 52 0.81 34
11 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 35 9 4 5 30 22 4 3 10 15 29 13 7 15 45 51 0.88 33
12 Colchester United Colchester United 34 8 4 4 22 18 4 5 9 21 39 12 9 13 43 57 0.75 33
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 35 8 4 6 32 24 4 4 9 17 26 12 8 15 49 50 0.98 32
14 Bristol City Bristol City 34 9 5 4 32 23 2 5 9 11 27 11 10 13 43 50 0.86 32
15 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 34 7 4 7 22 21 5 2 9 27 37 12 6 16 49 58 0.84 30
16 Watford Watford 35 4 7 7 24 31 6 3 8 23 34 10 10 15 47 65 0.72 30
17 Torquay United Torquay United 36 6 2 10 38 38 5 5 8 27 45 11 7 18 65 83 0.78 29
18 Aldershot Aldershot 35 6 3 8 24 23 6 2 10 30 48 12 5 18 54 71 0.76 29
19 Port Vale Port Vale 35 5 11 1 20 13 3 2 13 15 40 8 13 14 35 53 0.66 29
20 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 34 9 3 6 37 27 2 3 11 11 31 11 6 17 48 58 0.83 28
21 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 36 9 1 9 28 26 1 6 10 24 47 10 7 19 52 73 0.71 27
22 Gillingham Gillingham 34 7 5 5 37 27 1 5 11 21 33 8 10 16 58 60 0.97 26
23 Exeter City Exeter City 35 8 3 6 32 26 2 3 13 18 42 10 6 19 50 68 0.74 26
24 Walsall Walsall 35 8 3 7 31 27 2 1 14 12 46 10 4 21 43 73 0.59 24

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