Match Centre

Monday April 6th, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Bristol Rovers

1 - 2

1

G. Bradford (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

J. Bain (??'), H. Lunn (??')
G. Bradford (??')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 24,406

J. Bain (??'), H. Lunn (??')
R.H. Mann
Eastville, Bristol

Lineups


1
RADFORD
2
BAMFORD
3
FOX
4
PITT
5
WARREN
6
SAMPSON
7
McILVENNY
8
BUSH
9
LAMBDEN
10
BRADFORD
11
PETHERBRIDGE
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
JOHNSTON
5
BATCHELOR
6
WILLIAMS
7
LUNN
8
BETTERIDGE
9
OWEN
10
MILLAR
11
BAIN
Bristol Rovers
1Howard RADFORD
2Harry BAMFORD
3Geoff FOX
4Jackie PITT
5Ray WARREN
6Peter SAMPSON
7John McILVENNY
8Bryan BUSH
9Vic LAMBDEN
10Geoff BRADFORD
11George PETHERBRIDGE
Manager/Head Coach
Bert TANN
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2George HUNT2
3Terry ELWELL3
4Jimmy JOHNSTON4
5Ted BATCHELOR5
6Gordon WILLIAMS6
7Harry LUNN7
8Mick BETTERIDGE8
9Maurice OWEN9
10Willie MILLAR10
11Jimmy BAIN11
Manager/Head Coach
Louis PAGE

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Monday April 6th, 1953:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 4-1 Bristol City Bristol City
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 1-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Coventry City Coventry City 2-2 Colchester United Colchester United
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 0-0 Southend United Southend United
Exeter City Exeter City 2-2 Aldershot Aldershot
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 1-1 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Norwich City Norwich City 5-1 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1-3 Millwall Millwall
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 3-1 Gillingham Gillingham
Torquay United Torquay United 2-0 Reading Reading
Walsall Walsall 3-0 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Watford Watford 0-1 Newport County Newport County

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Monday April 6th, 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 39 16 4 1 52 15 9 5 4 34 22 25 9 5 86 37 2.32 59
2 Millwall Millwall 39 12 6 2 38 13 9 5 5 32 25 21 11 7 70 38 1.84 53
3 Northampton Town Northampton Town 38 15 2 1 61 24 7 6 7 32 34 22 8 8 93 58 1.60 52
4 Bristol City Bristol City 40 11 8 1 59 26 8 6 6 26 28 19 14 7 85 54 1.57 52
5 Norwich City Norwich City 39 14 5 1 48 16 7 3 9 34 31 21 8 10 82 47 1.74 50
6 Coventry City Coventry City 40 15 4 2 50 19 4 6 9 22 34 19 10 11 72 53 1.36 48
7 Southend United Southend United 40 14 4 2 36 14 3 6 11 25 47 17 10 13 61 61 1 44
8 Watford Watford 40 12 5 3 37 19 2 9 9 19 39 14 14 12 56 58 0.97 42
9 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 40 8 6 5 38 29 6 5 10 27 43 14 11 15 65 72 0.90 39
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 39 12 3 5 41 22 3 5 11 21 40 15 8 16 62 62 1 38
11 Reading Reading 39 13 2 3 40 14 2 5 14 16 44 15 7 17 56 58 0.97 37
12 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 39 9 6 5 31 25 3 6 10 23 34 12 12 15 54 59 0.92 36
13 Exeter City Exeter City 41 9 8 3 36 19 2 6 13 21 44 11 14 16 57 63 0.90 36
14 Torquay United Torquay United 40 12 4 4 50 25 2 4 14 21 54 14 8 18 71 79 0.90 36
15 Gillingham Gillingham 40 9 7 5 27 23 2 7 10 22 37 11 14 15 49 60 0.82 36
16 Colchester United Colchester United 38 8 8 3 36 22 3 5 11 14 32 11 13 14 50 54 0.93 35
17 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 40 10 6 4 41 22 3 3 14 14 41 13 9 18 55 63 0.87 35
18 Newport County Newport County 40 10 3 6 38 29 3 6 12 25 45 13 9 18 63 74 0.85 35
19 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 39 9 5 4 33 23 3 6 12 25 49 12 11 16 58 72 0.81 35
20 Aldershot Aldershot 39 6 7 6 31 25 4 7 9 23 38 10 14 15 54 63 0.86 34
21 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 40 7 9 4 35 33 2 6 12 23 45 9 15 16 58 78 0.74 33
22 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 40 10 4 7 35 33 1 6 12 25 46 11 10 19 60 79 0.76 32
23 Swindon Town Swindon 40 7 5 9 33 33 4 5 10 20 38 11 10 19 53 71 0.75 32
24 Walsall Walsall 41 5 7 8 31 41 2 0 19 20 67 7 7 27 51 108 0.47 21

Match Programme