Match Centre

Saturday August 22nd, 1953

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

7 - 1

7

M. Betteridge (6'), M. Owen (45', 67', 77'), K. Lambert (53'), M. Bull (69'), H. Lunn (74')

Newport County

Newport County

1

R. Parker (30')
M. Betteridge (6'), M. Owen (45', 67', 77'), K. Lambert (53'), M. Bull (69'), H. Lunn (74')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 13,444

R. Parker (30')
G.F.J. Sawyer
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
CROSS
5
BATCHELOR
6
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
8
LAMBERT
9
OWEN
10
BETTERIDGE
11
BULL
1
HUGHES
2
STAPLES
3
BARTON
4
NEWALL
5
WILCOX
6
HAYWARD
7
BIRCH
8
GRAHAM
9
PARKER
10
NELSON
11
MORREY
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Terry ELWELL
4Jim CROSS
5Ted BATCHELOR
6Jimmy JOHNSTON
7Harry LUNN
8Ken LAMBERT
9Maurice OWEN
10Mick BETTERIDGE
11Mickey BULL
Newport County
1Iorrie HUGHES1
2Len STAPLES2
3Dougie BARTON3
4Danny NEWALL4
74' 5Ray WILCOX5 74'
6Dougie HAYWARD6
7Cliff BIRCH7
8Les GRAHAM8
9Reg PARKER9
10Tony NELSON10
11Bernard MORREY11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday August 22nd, 1953:

Aldershot Aldershot 0-0 Norwich City Norwich City
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 4-1 Millwall Millwall
Bristol City Bristol City 1-2 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Coventry City Coventry City 4-0 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 4-3 Southampton Southampton
Gillingham Gillingham 3-0 Reading Reading
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 3-0 Colchester United Colchester United
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 6-4 Watford Watford
Southend United Southend United 2-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Swindon Town Swindon 7-1 Newport County Newport County
Torquay United Torquay United 2-3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Walsall Walsall 1-1 Exeter City Exeter City

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday August 22nd, 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 Swindon Town Swindon 2 2 0 0 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 2 4.50 4
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 5 3 1.67 4
3 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 4
4 Gillingham Gillingham 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 1 4 3
5 Aldershot Aldershot 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 2 3
6 Exeter City Exeter City 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 1.50 3
7 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 2 1 1 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 5 1.20 3
8 Norwich City Norwich City 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3
9 Southend United Southend United 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 2
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 2 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 3 1.67 2
11 Coventry City Coventry City 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 1 6 4 1.50 2
12 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 1 1 0 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 4 1.50 2
13 Southampton Southampton 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 1 5 4 1.25 2
14 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 3 1 2
15 Colchester United Colchester United 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 3 4 0.75 2
16 Newport County Newport County 2 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 7 1 0 1 5 8 0.63 2
17 Bristol City Bristol City 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0.67 1
18 Northampton Town Northampton Town 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 1 1 2 4 0.50 1
19 Walsall Walsall 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.33 1
20 Torquay United Torquay United 2 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 3 6 0.50 0
21 Watford Watford 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 8 0 0 2 4 8 0.50 0
22 Millwall Millwall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 4 0.25 0
23 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 2 1 6 0.17 0
24 Reading Reading 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 0 0 2 1 7 0.14 0

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