Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, November 1, 1952

Swindon Town Crystal Palace
M.Owen (8', 40'), J.Bain (61')
HT: 2-1 J.Rainford (22', 53', 74'), C.Burgess (46', 79', 86')
Attendance:  9,080   Referee:  R.E. Tarratt


1
UPRICHARD
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
BETTERIDGE
5
HUDSON
6
BATCHELOR
7
RYDER
8
LUNN
9
OWEN
10
JOHNSON
11
BAIN
1
MCDONALD
2
GEORGE
3
MCDONALD
4
GRIMSHAW
5
BRIGGS
6
CHILVERS
7
FELL
8
RAINFORD
9
THOMAS
10
BURGESS
11
DEVONSHIRE

Lineups
1
Norman UPRICHARD  
                 
David MCDONALD
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Ron GEORGE
2
3
Terry ELWELL
                 
Harry MCDONALD
3
4
Mick BETTERIDGE
                 
Colin GRIMSHAW
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
George BRIGGS
5
6
Ted BATCHELOR
                 
Geoff CHILVERS
6
7
Terry RYDER
                 
Les FELL
7

8
Harry LUNN
               
Johnny RAINFORD
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Bob THOMAS
9
10
Roy JOHNSON
               
Cam BURGESS
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
               
Les DEVONSHIRE
11















Results on Saturday, November 1, 1952: League Table

 
  Aldershot 2 - 2 Newport County  
  Bristol Rovers 4 - 0 Reading  
  Colchester United 0 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Coventry City 2 - 1 Southend United  
  Exeter City 5 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Gillingham 3 - 2 Leyton Orient  
  Millwall 3 - 2 Ipswich Town  
  Norwich City 5 - 2 Watford  
  Queens Park Rangers 2 - 1 Bristol City  
  Shrewsbury Town 2 - 1 Torquay United  
  Swindon Town 3 - 6 Crystal Palace  
  Walsall 1 - 5 Northampton Town  

Table as at Saturday, November 1, 1952:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol Rovers 17 11 4 2 39 18 2.17 26 
2 Northampton Town 17 11 2 4 42 29 1.45 24 
3 Norwich City 17 10 3 4 39 16 2.44 23 
4 Brighton and Hove Albion 17 8 5 4 33 25 1.32 21 
5 Millwall 16 7 5 4 23 13 1.77 19 
6 Bristol City 17 7 5 5 37 28 1.32 19 
7 Newport County 17 8 3 6 41 35 1.17 19 
8 Coventry City 17 7 5 5 27 23 1.17 19 
9 Southend United 17 7 4 6 31 28 1.11 18 
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 17 8 2 7 28 27 1.04 18 
11 Reading 17 8 2 7 27 26 1.04 18 
12 Watford 17 7 4 6 27 27 1.00 18 
13 Exeter City 17 7 3 7 29 23 1.26 17 
14 Ipswich Town 17 7 3 7 22 22 1.00 17 
15 Queens Park Rangers 17 6 5 6 27 35 0.77 17 
16 Gillingham 17 6 4 7 17 25 0.68 16 
17 Aldershot 17 5 5 7 24 27 0.89 15 
18 Crystal Palace 17 4 6 7 25 37 0.68 14 
19 Colchester United 16 4 5 7 16 21 0.76 13 
20 Leyton Orient 17 5 2 10 26 34 0.76 12 
21 Swindon Town 17 4 4 9 22 34 0.65 12 
22 Torquay United 17 4 3 10 25 34 0.74 11 
23 Shrewsbury Town 17 3 5 9 20 36 0.56 11 
24 Walsall 17 3 3 11 23 47 0.49

Key: Promotion Re-election