Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, August 23, 1952

Coventry City Swindon Town
N.Lockhart (??')
 HT: 1-0 M.Owen (??'), T.Ryder (??')
Attendance:  18,330    


1
GILBERT
2
MCDONNELL
3
MASON
4
DORMAN
5
KIRK
6
SIMPSON
7
WARNER
8
JAMIESON
9
BROWN
10
ALLEN
11
LOCKHART
1
UPRICHARD
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
GRAY
7
LUNN
8
BETTERIDGE
9
OWEN
10
RYDER
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Billy GILBERT
                 
  Norman UPRICHARD
1
2
Martin MCDONNELL
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Dick MASON
                 
Terry ELWELL
3
4
Don DORMAN
                 
Harry KAYE
4
5
Roy KIRK
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Noel SIMPSON
                 
George GRAY
6
7
Les WARNER
                 
Harry LUNN
7

8
Iain JAMIESON
                 
Mick BETTERIDGE
8

9
Eddie BROWN
               
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Bryn ALLEN  
               
Terry RYDER
10
11
Norman LOCKHART  
               
Jimmy BAIN
11













Results on Saturday, August 23, 1952: League Table
 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 0 - 1 Northampton Town  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 4 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Bristol Rovers 2 - 1 Shrewsbury Town  
  Colchester United 0 - 0 Ipswich Town  
  Coventry City 1 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Exeter City 2 - 2 Queens Park Rangers  
  Millwall 3 - 0 Walsall  
  Newport County 1 - 2 Gillingham  
  Norwich City 5 - 0 Aldershot  
  Reading 2 - 0 Leyton Orient  
  Southend United 3 - 1 Torquay United  
  Watford 4 - 1 Bristol City  

Table as at Saturday, August 23, 1952:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Norwich City 1 1 0 0 5 0 ∞ 2 
2 Millwall 1 1 0 0 3 0 ∞ 2 
3 Reading 1 1 0 0 2 0 ∞ 2 
4 Northampton Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 ∞ 2 
5 Brighton and Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 4 1 4.00 2 
6 Watford 1 1 0 0 4 1 4.00 2 
7 Southend United 1 1 0 0 3 1 3.00 2 
8 Bristol Rovers 1 1 0 0 2 1 2.00 2 
9 Gillingham 1 1 0 0 2 1 2.00 2 
10 Swindon Town 1 1 0 0 2 1 2.00 2 
11 Colchester United 1 0 1 0 0 0 ∞ 1 
12 Ipswich Town 1 0 1 0 0 0 ∞ 1 
13 Exeter City 1 0 1 0 2 2 1.00 1 
14 Queens Park Rangers 1 0 1 0 2 2 1.00 1 
15 Coventry City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0 
16 Newport County 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0 
17 Shrewsbury Town 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0 
18 Torquay United 1 0 0 1 1 3 0.33 0 
19 Bristol City 1 0 0 1 1 4 0.25 0 
20 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 1 4 0.25 0 
21 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 0 
22 Leyton Orient 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.00 0 
23 Walsall 1 0 0 1 0 3 0.00 0 
24 Aldershot 1 0 0 1 0 5 0.00 0 

Key: Promotion Re-election