Match Centre

Saturday February 14th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

1 - 3

1

H. Lunn (43')

Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers

3

C. Hatton (34', 73'), C. Smith (68')
H. Lunn (43')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 7,387

C. Hatton (34', 73'), C. Smith (68')
W.J. Edwards
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
BETTERIDGE
5
BATCHELOR
6
BINES
7
RYDER
8
LUNN
9
OWEN
10
PARKER
11
BAIN
1
BROWN
2
POWELL
3
INGHAM
4
NICHOLAS
5
CHAPMAN
6
CLAYTON
7
WAUGH
8
SMITH
9
TOMKYS
10
HATTON
11
SHEPHERD
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Terry ELWELL
4Mick BETTERIDGE
5Ted BATCHELOR
6Mel BINES
7Terry RYDER
8Harry LUNN
9Maurice OWEN
10Bill PARKER
11Jimmy BAIN
Manager/Head Coach
Louis PAGE
Queens Park Rangers
1Harry BROWN1
2George POWELL2
3Tony INGHAM3
4Brian NICHOLAS4
5Reg CHAPMAN5
6Lew CLAYTON6
7Billy WAUGH7
8Conway SMITH8
9Mike TOMKYS9
10Cyril HATTON10
11Ernie SHEPHERD11
Manager/Head Coach
Jack TAYLOR

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday February 14th, 1953:

Aldershot Aldershot 4-2 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 1-4 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Bristol City Bristol City 4-4 Torquay United Torquay United
Colchester United Colchester United 6-1 Walsall Walsall
Coventry City Coventry City 4-1 Millwall Millwall
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 4-3 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Exeter City Exeter City 0-0 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Newport County Newport County 0-1 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient
Norwich City Norwich City 3-2 Gillingham Gillingham
Southend United Southend United 0-0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Swindon Town Swindon 1-3 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Watford Watford 2-1 Reading Reading

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday February 14th, 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 30 13 3 0 40 9 8 4 2 27 14 21 7 2 67 23 2.91 49
2 Northampton Town Northampton Town 30 13 1 0 54 18 6 3 7 25 29 19 4 7 79 47 1.68 42
3 Millwall Millwall 30 9 5 1 30 9 7 3 5 21 21 16 8 6 51 30 1.70 40
4 Bristol City Bristol City 31 10 5 1 48 20 5 5 5 21 24 15 10 6 69 44 1.57 40
5 Coventry City Coventry City 31 13 3 1 43 14 3 5 6 18 26 16 8 7 61 40 1.53 40
6 Norwich City Norwich City 30 10 5 1 34 12 6 1 7 27 22 16 6 8 61 34 1.79 38
7 Watford Watford 31 10 4 2 30 14 2 6 7 16 32 12 10 9 46 46 1 34
8 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 31 7 4 4 32 24 5 3 8 20 33 12 7 12 52 57 0.91 31
9 Southend United Southend United 31 10 3 2 25 11 2 4 10 21 43 12 7 12 46 54 0.85 31
10 Exeter City Exeter City 32 8 7 1 32 14 1 5 10 15 33 9 12 11 47 47 1 30
11 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 30 7 5 2 21 16 3 5 8 22 28 10 10 10 43 44 0.98 30
12 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 31 7 7 2 30 25 2 5 8 16 31 9 12 10 46 56 0.82 30
13 Gillingham Gillingham 31 8 4 4 20 17 2 6 7 16 27 10 10 11 36 44 0.82 30
14 Reading Reading 30 9 1 3 30 11 2 5 10 16 36 11 6 13 46 47 0.98 28
15 Aldershot Aldershot 30 6 5 4 28 20 4 3 8 19 33 10 8 12 47 53 0.89 28
16 Colchester United Colchester United 28 7 5 2 28 16 3 2 9 10 22 10 7 11 38 38 1 27
17 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 30 9 1 5 30 18 2 3 10 15 34 11 4 15 45 52 0.87 26
18 Newport County Newport County 31 8 1 6 32 26 2 4 10 20 36 10 5 16 52 62 0.84 25
19 Torquay United Torquay United 31 7 4 4 33 20 1 4 11 19 45 8 8 15 52 65 0.80 24
20 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 31 8 3 5 27 25 0 5 10 21 37 8 8 15 48 62 0.77 24
21 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 29 9 2 4 34 17 1 1 12 10 34 10 3 16 44 51 0.86 23
22 Swindon Town Swindon 30 6 2 8 29 29 2 5 7 14 28 8 7 15 43 57 0.75 23
23 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 29 7 4 3 26 20 1 3 11 17 41 8 7 14 43 61 0.70 23
24 Walsall Walsall 32 2 6 7 23 37 2 0 15 16 50 4 6 22 39 87 0.45 14

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