Match Centre

Saturday December 12th, 1953

Football Association Challenge Cup

Second Round

Hastings United

4 - 1

4

G. Hunt (3' o.g.), T. Huckstepp (13'), S. Asher (18'), D. Hillman (70')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

R. Sampson (59')
G. Hunt (3' o.g.), T. Huckstepp (13'), S. Asher (18'), D. Hillman (70')
(HT: 3-0)

Attendance: 9,917

R. Sampson (59')
C.B. Jackson

Lineups


1
BALL
2
CRAPPER
3
THOMPSON
4
PEACOCK
5
GRIFFITHS
6
BARR
7
HILLMAN
8
HUCKSTEPP
9
ASHER
10
PARKS
11
GIRLING
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
CROSS
5
BATCHELOR
6
JOHNSTON
7
BULL
8
ONSLOW
9
TILLEY
10
LUNN
11
SAMPSON

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Results


Football Association Challenge Cup results on Saturday December 12th, 1953:

Accrington Stanley Accrington 2-2 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Barrow Barrow 5-2 Great Yarmouth Town Great Yarmouth Town
Cambridge United Cambridge United 1-2 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA)
Hastings and St. Leonards Hastings & St. Leonards 4-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 2-2 Walthamstow Avenue Walthamstow Avenue
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 4-0 Weymouth Weymouth
Millwall Millwall 3-3 Headington United Headington United
Northampton Town Northampton Town 1-1 Hartlepools United Hartlepools United
Norwich City Norwich City 2-1 Barnsley Barnsley
Peterborough United Peterborough United 2-1 Aldershot Aldershot
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1-1 Nuneaton Borough Nuneaton Borough
Rhyl Rhyl 0-3 Bristol City Bristol City
Scunthorpe and Lindsey United Scunthorpe & Lindsey 1-0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Southend United Southend United 1-2 Chesterfield Chesterfield
Southport Southport 1-1 Port Vale Port Vale
Stockport County Stockport County 2-1 Workington Workington
Walsall Walsall 3-0 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra
Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic 4-1 Hereford United Hereford United
Witton Albion Witton 1-1 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town
Wrexham Wrexham 1-1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton

Match Programme