Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, October 24, 1953

Swindon Town Ipswich Town
H.Lunn (52')
 HT: 0-1 A.Crowe (34'), T.Garneys (76')
Attendance:  13,147   Referee:  A. Bond


1
CHURCHILL
2
HUNT
3
HILTON
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
JOHNSTON
7
LUNN
8
BAIN
9
BETTERIDGE
10
LAMBERT
11
BULL
1
PARRY
2
ACRES
3
FEENEY
4
MYLES
5
REES
6
PARKER
7
REED
8
CROWE
9
GARNEYS
10
ELSWORTHY
11
MACLUCKIE

Lineups
1
Trevor CHURCHILL
                 
  Jack PARRY
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Basil ACRES
2
3
Peter HILTON
                 
  Jim FEENEY
3
4
Jim CROSS
                 
Neil MYLES
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Doug REES
5
6
Jimmy JOHNSTON
                 
Tommy PARKER
6
7
Harry LUNN
               
  Billy REED
7

8
Jimmy BAIN
               
Alec CROWE
8

9
Mick BETTERIDGE
               
Tommy GARNEYS
9
10
Ken LAMBERT
                 
John ELSWORTHY
10
11
Mike BULL
                 
George MACLUCKIE
11















Results on Saturday, October 24, 1953: League Table
 
  Aldershot 1 - 2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Bristol City 1 - 0 Coventry City  
  Colchester United 1 - 1 Northampton Town  
  Crystal Palace 1 - 2 Gillingham  
  Exeter City 2 - 0 Reading  
  Newport County 3 - 2 Southend United  
  Norwich City 1 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Queens Park Rangers 0 - 4 Watford  
  Shrewsbury Town 3 - 3 Leyton Orient  
  Southampton 2 - 2 Torquay United  
  Swindon Town 1 - 2 Ipswich Town  
  Walsall 0 - 2 Millwall  

Table as at Saturday, October 24, 1953:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Ipswich Town 17 13 3 1 39 17 2.29 29 
2 Norwich City 17 10 4 3 26 15 1.73 24 
3 Southampton 17 11 2 4 35 22 1.59 24 
4 Brighton and Hove Albion 17 10 4 3 31 21 1.48 24 
5 Reading 17 8 4 5 31 26 1.19 20 
6 Bristol City 17 8 3 6 33 29 1.14 19 
7 Crystal Palace 17 7 5 5 30 28 1.07 19 
8 Exeter City 17 8 2 7 25 20 1.25 18 
9 Leyton Orient 17 7 4 6 33 30 1.10 18 
10 Swindon Town 17 8 1 8 36 29 1.24 17 
11 Northampton Town 17 5 7 5 24 21 1.14 17 
12 Shrewsbury Town 16 6 5 5 28 25 1.12 17 
13 Coventry City 17 6 4 7 21 19 1.11 16 
14 Millwall 16 6 4 6 25 23 1.09 16 
15 Watford 17 7 2 8 33 31 1.06 16 
16 Aldershot 17 6 4 7 20 30 0.67 16 
17 Gillingham 17 5 5 7 21 30 0.70 15 
18 Torquay United 17 4 6 7 27 29 0.93 14 
19 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 17 6 2 9 27 32 0.84 14 
20 Queens Park Rangers 17 4 6 7 18 24 0.75 14 
21 Southend United 17 4 4 9 18 22 0.82 12 
22 Colchester United 17 4 2 11 17 29 0.59 10 
23 Newport County 17 4 1 12 20 44 0.45 9 
24 Walsall 17 2 4 11 11 33 0.33 8 

Key: Promotion Re-election