Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, September 6, 1952

Colchester United Swindon Town
S.Edwards (??'), J.McKim (??'), J.Church (??')
HT: 1-1 M.Betteridge (??')
Attendance:  9,062    


1
COOMBS
2
HARRISON
3
ROOKES
4
BEARRYMAN
5
STEWART
6
ELDER
7
JONES
8
SCOTT
9
EDWARDS
10
MCKIM
11
CHURCH
1
UPRICHARD
2
HUNT
3
RADFORD
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
GRAY
7
LUNN
8
BETTERIDGE
9
OWEN
10
RYDER
11
MILLAR

Lineups
1
Frank COOMBS
                 
  Norman UPRICHARD
1
2
John HARRISON
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Phil ROOKES
                 
Arthur RADFORD
3
4
Harry BEARRYMAN
                 
Harry KAYE
4
5
Reg STEWART
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Jimmy ELDER
                 
George GRAY
6
7
Len JONES
                 
Harry LUNN
7

8
Augie SCOTT
               
Mick BETTERIDGE
8

9
Stan EDWARDS
               
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Johnny MCKIM
               
Terry RYDER
10
11
John CHURCH
               
William MILLAR
11













Results on Saturday, September 6, 1952: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, September 6, 1952:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Brighton and Hove Albion 5 3 2 0 11 5 2.20
2 Bristol Rovers 5 4 0 1 13 6 2.17
3 Southend United 5 4 0 1 13 6 2.17
4 Millwall 5 2 3 0 5 1 5.00
5 Coventry City 5 3 1 1 10 3 3.33
6 Exeter City 5 3 1 1 14 7 2.00
7 Reading 5 3 1 1 9 5 1.80
8 Watford 5 2 3 0 11 7 1.57
9 Norwich City 5 3 0 2 10 4 2.50
10 Colchester United 5 2 2 1 5 4 1.25
11 Newport County 5 3 0 2 12 10 1.20
12 Northampton Town 5 3 0 2 9 8 1.13
13 Aldershot 5 2 2 1 6 7 0.86
14 Gillingham 5 2 1 2 4 5 0.80
15 Swindon Town 5 2 0 3 6 11 0.55
16 Crystal Palace 5 1 2 2 3 6 0.50
17 Ipswich Town 5 1 1 3 4 6 0.67
18 Bristol City 5 0 3 2 7 11 0.64
19 Torquay United 5 1 1 3 5 10 0.50
20 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 5 1 1 3 4 8 0.50
21 Queens Park Rangers 5 0 3 2 5 11 0.45
22 Shrewsbury Town 5 0 2 3 3 8 0.38
23 Leyton Orient 5 0 1 4 3 10 0.30
24 Walsall 5 0 0 5 7 20 0.35

Key: Promotion Re-election