Football League Division Three (South)
Friday, April 3, 1953

Swindon Town Bristol Rovers
H.Lunn (27')
 HT: 1-1 T.Batchelor (1' o.g.), G.Bradford (78', 81')
Attendance:  24,459   Referee:  R.H. Mann


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
BETTERIDGE
5
BATCHELOR
6
JOHNSTON
7
RYDER
8
LUNN
9
OWEN
10
PARKER
11
BAIN
1
RADFORD
2
BAMFORD
3
FOX
4
PITT
5
WARREN
6
SAMPSON
7
PETHERBRIDGE
8
ROOST
9
LAMBDEN
10
BRADFORD
11
BUSH

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Howard RADFORD
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Harry BAMFORD
2
3
Terry ELWELL
                 
view STFC profileGeoff FOX
3
4
Mick BETTERIDGE
                 
Jackie PITT
4
5
Ted BATCHELOR
                 
Ray WARREN
5
6
Jimmy JOHNSTON
                 
Peter SAMPSON
6
7
Terry RYDER
                 
George PETHERBRIDGE
7

8
Harry LUNN
               
view STFC profileBill ROOST
8

9
Maurice OWEN
                 
Vic LAMBDEN
9
10
William PARKER
               
  Geoff BRADFORD
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
                 
Bryan BUSH
11













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

Table as at Friday, April 3, 1953:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol Rovers 37 25 9 3 84 33 2.55 59 
2 Bristol City 38 19 13 6 84 50 1.68 51 
3 Millwall 37 20 10 7 66 36 1.83 50 
4 Northampton Town 36 21 7 8 88 55 1.60 49 
5 Norwich City 37 20 7 10 76 45 1.69 47 
6 Coventry City 38 19 8 11 69 50 1.38 46 
7 Southend United 38 16 9 13 59 60 0.98 41 
8 Watford 38 13 14 11 53 56 0.95 40 
9 Brighton and Hove Albion 38 14 10 14 64 68 0.94 38 
10 Gillingham 38 11 14 13 46 54 0.85 36 
11 Reading 37 14 7 16 53 54 0.98 35 
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 37 14 7 16 57 60 0.95 35 
13 Exeter City 39 11 13 15 54 58 0.93 35 
14 Colchester United 36 11 12 13 47 49 0.96 34 
15 Leyton Orient 38 13 8 17 54 58 0.93 34 
16 Ipswich Town 37 11 11 15 48 58 0.83 33 
17 Queens Park Rangers 38 9 15 14 55 71 0.77 33 
18 Torquay United 38 12 8 18 66 78 0.85 32 
19 Aldershot 37 10 12 15 52 61 0.85 32 
20 Newport County 38 12 8 18 61 73 0.84 32 
21 Crystal Palace 37 11 10 16 55 71 0.77 32 
22 Swindon Town 38 10 10 18 50 67 0.75 30 
23 Shrewsbury Town 38 10 9 19 57 78 0.73 29 
24 Walsall 39 6 7 26 48 103 0.47 19 

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