Match Centre

Saturday March 14th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 0

2

H. Lunn (1'), M. Betteridge (9')

Newport County

Newport County

0

H. Lunn (1'), M. Betteridge (9')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 7,445

W. Wood
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
GRAY
5
BATCHELOR
6
PROUTON
7
LUNN
8
BETTERIDGE
9
OWEN
10
PARKER
11
BRANDON
1
FEARNLEY
2
STAPLES
3
HAYWARD
4
WAITE
5
WILCOX
6
DONALDSON
7
WHARTON
8
GRAHAM
9
BEATTIE
10
SHERGOLD
11
MOORE
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Terry ELWELL
4George GRAY
5Ted BATCHELOR
6Ralph PROUTON
7Harry LUNN
8Mick BETTERIDGE
9Maurice OWEN
10Bill PARKER
11Ken BRANDON
Manager/Head Coach
Louis PAGE
Newport County
1Harry FEARNLEY1
2Len STAPLES2
3Dougie HAYWARD3
4Aldwyn WAITE4
5Ray WILCOX5
6Jimmy DONALDSON6
7Jackie WHARTON7
8Les GRAHAM8
9George BEATTIE9
10Billy SHERGOLD10
11Beriah MOORE11
Manager/Head Coach
Fred STANSFIELD

Results


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

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 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 34 15 4 0 49 12 8 5 2 30 17 23 9 2 79 29 2.72 55
2 Bristol City Bristol City 35 11 5 1 54 21 8 5 5 25 24 19 10 6 79 45 1.76 48
3 Norwich City Norwich City 34 12 5 1 40 13 7 2 7 30 24 19 7 8 70 37 1.89 45
4 Northampton Town Northampton Town 34 13 2 1 55 21 6 5 7 27 31 19 7 8 82 52 1.58 45
5 Millwall Millwall 34 10 6 2 35 12 7 4 5 22 22 17 10 7 57 34 1.68 44
6 Coventry City Coventry City 35 14 3 2 47 17 3 5 8 20 32 17 8 10 67 49 1.37 42
7 Watford Watford 35 10 5 2 31 15 2 8 8 18 37 12 13 10 49 52 0.94 37
8 Southend United Southend United 35 12 3 2 31 11 2 5 11 23 47 14 8 13 54 58 0.93 36
9 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 35 7 4 5 33 26 6 5 8 25 37 13 9 13 58 63 0.92 35
10 Exeter City Exeter City 36 9 7 2 34 15 2 5 11 18 38 11 12 13 52 53 0.98 34
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 34 10 2 5 34 19 3 4 10 19 37 13 6 15 53 56 0.95 32
12 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 34 8 5 3 24 17 3 5 10 22 33 11 10 13 46 50 0.92 32
13 Gillingham Gillingham 35 8 6 5 22 20 2 6 8 18 30 10 12 13 40 50 0.80 32
14 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 35 7 9 2 34 29 2 5 10 16 35 9 14 12 50 64 0.78 32
15 Reading Reading 34 10 2 3 31 11 2 5 12 16 41 12 7 15 47 52 0.90 31
16 Aldershot Aldershot 34 6 6 5 30 23 4 5 8 20 34 10 11 13 50 57 0.88 31
17 Colchester United Colchester United 32 7 7 2 30 18 3 3 10 11 27 10 10 12 41 45 0.91 30
18 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 35 9 4 6 30 28 1 5 10 23 38 10 9 16 53 66 0.80 29
19 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 33 9 4 4 37 20 2 2 12 11 34 11 6 16 48 54 0.89 28
20 Torquay United Torquay United 35 9 4 4 41 24 1 4 13 19 50 10 8 17 60 74 0.81 28
21 Newport County Newport County 35 9 1 6 34 26 2 5 12 21 42 11 6 18 55 68 0.81 28
22 Swindon Town Swindon 34 7 3 8 31 29 3 5 8 17 31 10 8 16 48 60 0.80 28
23 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 33 7 4 4 27 22 2 5 11 22 44 9 9 15 49 66 0.74 27
24 Walsall Walsall 36 3 7 8 27 41 2 0 16 17 56 5 7 24 44 97 0.45 17