Match Centre

Saturday January 31st, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Millwall

3 - 0

3

J. Shepherd (25', 55'), A. Monkhouse (67')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

J. Shepherd (25', 55'), A. Monkhouse (67')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 18,382

F.S. Fiander
The Den, New Cross

Lineups


1
FINLAYSON
2
JARDINE
3
FISHER
4
SHORT
5
BOWLER
6
SAWARD
7
JOHNSON
8
SMITH
9
SHEPHERD
10
MORGAN
11
MONKHOUSE
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
BETTERIDGE
5
BATCHELOR
6
GRAY
7
RYDER
8
LUNN
9
OWEN
10
WILLIAMS
11
BAIN
Millwall
1Malcolm FINLAYSON
2Alex JARDINE
3George FISHER
4John SHORT
5Gerry BOWLER
6Pat SAWARD
7Johnny JOHNSON
8Fred SMITH
9John SHEPHERD
10Stan MORGAN
11Alan MONKHOUSE
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Terry ELWELL3
4Mick BETTERIDGE4
5Ted BATCHELOR5
6George GRAY6
7Terry RYDER7
8Harry LUNN8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Gordon WILLIAMS10
11Jimmy BAIN11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday January 31st, 1953:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday January 31st, 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 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 28 13 3 0 40 9 8 2 2 27 14 21 5 2 67 23 2.91 47
2 Northampton Town Northampton Town 28 12 1 0 49 18 6 3 6 22 25 18 4 6 71 43 1.65 40
3 Millwall Millwall 28 9 4 1 30 9 7 3 4 20 17 16 7 5 50 26 1.92 39
4 Bristol City Bristol City 29 10 3 1 44 16 5 5 5 21 24 15 8 6 65 40 1.63 38
5 Coventry City Coventry City 29 12 3 1 39 13 3 4 6 18 26 15 7 7 57 39 1.46 37
6 Norwich City Norwich City 28 9 5 1 31 10 6 1 6 25 19 15 6 7 56 29 1.93 36
7 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 29 7 4 3 31 20 5 3 7 20 30 12 7 10 51 50 1.02 31
8 Watford Watford 29 9 4 2 28 13 2 5 7 15 31 11 9 9 43 44 0.98 31
9 Southend United Southend United 29 10 2 2 25 11 2 4 9 21 42 12 6 11 46 53 0.87 30
10 Gillingham Gillingham 29 8 3 4 20 17 2 6 6 14 24 10 9 10 34 41 0.83 29
11 Exeter City Exeter City 30 8 6 1 32 14 1 4 10 15 33 9 10 11 47 47 1 28
12 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 28 7 4 2 20 15 2 5 8 18 27 9 9 10 38 42 0.90 27
13 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 29 7 6 2 28 23 1 5 8 13 30 8 11 10 41 53 0.77 27
14 Reading Reading 28 8 1 3 29 11 2 5 9 15 34 10 6 12 44 45 0.98 26
15 Colchester United Colchester United 26 6 5 2 22 15 3 2 8 10 19 9 7 10 32 34 0.94 25
16 Newport County Newport County 29 8 1 5 32 25 2 4 9 20 31 10 5 14 52 56 0.93 25
17 Aldershot Aldershot 28 5 5 4 24 18 4 2 8 17 31 9 7 12 41 49 0.84 25
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 28 9 0 5 29 17 2 2 10 15 34 11 2 15 44 51 0.86 24
19 Torquay United Torquay United 29 7 3 4 32 19 1 3 11 15 41 8 6 15 47 60 0.78 22
20 Swindon Town Swindon 28 6 2 7 28 26 2 4 7 13 27 8 6 14 41 53 0.77 22
21 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 28 6 3 5 23 25 0 5 9 19 33 6 8 14 42 58 0.72 20
22 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 27 6 4 3 22 17 1 2 11 16 40 7 6 14 38 57 0.67 20
23 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 27 8 2 4 31 17 0 1 12 9 34 8 3 16 40 51 0.78 19
24 Walsall Walsall 29 1 6 7 20 35 2 0 13 15 43 3 6 20 35 78 0.45 12

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