Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, March 21, 1953

Crystal Palace Swindon Town
W.Simpson (26', 58', 81')
 HT: 1-0
Attendance:  9,983   Referee:  F.L. Overton


1
BAILEY
2
HARDING
3
GEORGE
4
GRIMSHAW
5
BRIGGS
6
ANDREWS
7
FELL
8
HANCOX
9
SIMPSON
10
THOMAS
11
DOWNS
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
GRAY
5
BATCHELOR
6
BINES
7
LUNN
8
BETTERIDGE
9
OWEN
10
PARKER
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Roy BAILEY
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Ted HARDING
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Ron GEORGE
                 
Terry ELWELL
3
4
Colin GRIMSHAW
                 
George GRAY
4
5
George BRIGGS
                 
Ted BATCHELOR
5
6
Archie ANDREWS
                 
Mel BINES
6
7
Les FELL
                 
Harry LUNN
7

8
Ray HANCOX
                 
Mick BETTERIDGE
8

9
William SIMPSON
               
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Bob THOMAS
                 
William PARKER
10
11
Ronnie DOWNS
                 
Jimmy BAIN
11













Results on Saturday, March 21, 1953: League Table
 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 2 - 1 Exeter City  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 0 - 0 Colchester United  
  Bristol City 4 - 4 Queens Park Rangers  
  Crystal Palace 3 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Ipswich Town 1 - 6 Millwall  
  Leyton Orient 1 - 1 Gillingham  
  Newport County 2 - 1 Aldershot  
  Northampton Town 2 - 1 Walsall  
  Reading 2 - 0 Bristol Rovers  
  Southend United 1 - 0 Coventry City  
  Torquay United 4 - 0 Shrewsbury Town  
  Watford 3 - 2 Norwich City  

Table as at Saturday, March 21, 1953:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol Rovers 35 23 9 3 79 31 2.55 55 
2 Bristol City 36 19 11 6 83 49 1.69 49 
3 Northampton Town 35 20 7 8 84 53 1.58 47 
4 Millwall 35 18 10 7 63 35 1.80 46 
5 Norwich City 35 19 7 9 72 40 1.80 45 
6 Coventry City 36 17 8 11 67 50 1.34 42 
7 Watford 36 13 13 10 52 54 0.96 39 
8 Southend United 36 15 8 13 55 58 0.95 38 
9 Brighton and Hove Albion 36 13 10 13 58 63 0.92 36 
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 35 14 6 15 55 57 0.96 34 
11 Exeter City 37 11 12 14 53 55 0.96 34 
12 Colchester United 34 11 11 12 44 45 0.98 33 
13 Reading 35 13 7 15 49 52 0.94 33 
14 Gillingham 36 10 13 13 41 51 0.80 33 
15 Queens Park Rangers 36 9 15 12 54 68 0.79 33 
16 Ipswich Town 35 11 10 14 47 56 0.84 32 
17 Aldershot 35 10 11 14 51 59 0.86 31 
18 Leyton Orient 35 11 8 16 50 56 0.89 30 
19 Torquay United 36 11 8 17 64 74 0.86 30 
20 Newport County 36 12 6 18 57 69 0.83 30 
21 Swindon Town 36 10 9 17 49 64 0.77 29 
22 Shrewsbury Town 36 10 9 17 53 70 0.76 29 
23 Crystal Palace 35 10 9 16 52 69 0.75 29 
24 Walsall 37 5 7 25 45 99 0.45 17 

Key: Promotion Re-election