Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, November 28, 1953

Torquay United Swindon Town
R.Shaw (60'), H.Dobbie (71')
 HT: 0-1 R.Onslow (10')
Attendance:  6,440   Referee:  B.M. Griffiths


1
HAYES
2
PARFITT
3
WEBBER
4
LEWIS
5
MCGUINESS
6
NORMAN
7
SHAW
8
COLLINS
9
DOBBIE
10
MILLS
11
BOND
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
CROSS
5
BATCHELOR
6
JOHNSTON
7
BULL
8
ONSLOW
9
JOHNSON
10
LAMBERT
11
SAMPSON

Lineups
1
Billy HAYES  
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Harry PARFITT
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Eric WEBBER
                 
Terry ELWELL
3
4
Dennis LEWIS
                 
Jim CROSS
4
5
Harry MCGUINESS
                 
Ted BATCHELOR
5
6
Griff NORMAN
                 
Jimmy JOHNSTON
6
7
Ron SHAW
               
Mike BULL
7

8
Sammy COLLINS
               
Roy ONSLOW
8

9
Harold DOBBIE
               
Roy JOHNSON
9
10
Don MILLS
                 
Ken LAMBERT
10
11
Graham BOND
                 
Ray SAMPSON
11















Results on Saturday, November 28, 1953: League Table
 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 - 1 Newport County  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 2 - 1 Bristol City  
  Coventry City 2 - 0 Exeter City  
  Gillingham 2 - 0 Shrewsbury Town  
  Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Norwich City  
  Leyton Orient 1 - 4 Southampton  
  Millwall 4 - 0 Queens Park Rangers  
  Northampton Town 5 - 1 Walsall  
  Reading 2 - 0 Colchester United  
  Southend United 1 - 2 Crystal Palace  
  Torquay United 2 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Watford 6 - 1 Aldershot  

Table as at Saturday, November 28, 1953:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Ipswich Town 21 14 6 1 45 20 2.25 34 
2 Southampton 21 13 2 6 41 27 1.52 28 
3 Brighton and Hove Albion 20 12 4 4 34 23 1.48 28 
4 Reading 21 12 4 5 43 30 1.43 28 
5 Norwich City 21 10 5 6 32 27 1.19 25 
6 Northampton Town 21 8 7 6 42 26 1.62 23 
7 Watford 21 10 3 8 47 35 1.34 23 
8 Coventry City 21 9 5 7 28 21 1.33 23 
9 Leyton Orient 21 9 5 7 41 37 1.11 23 
10 Crystal Palace 21 9 5 7 37 40 0.93 23 
11 Millwall 20 9 4 7 36 29 1.24 22 
12 Bristol City 21 9 4 8 38 38 1.00 22 
13 Gillingham 21 8 6 7 28 33 0.85 22 
14 Exeter City 21 9 3 9 31 27 1.15 21 
15 Torquay United 21 7 6 8 37 35 1.06 20 
16 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 21 8 3 10 34 35 0.97 19 
17 Swindon Town 21 8 2 11 38 37 1.03 18 
18 Shrewsbury Town 20 6 6 8 31 33 0.94 18 
19 Southend United 21 6 4 11 26 28 0.93 16 
20 Queens Park Rangers 20 5 6 9 20 31 0.65 16 
21 Aldershot 21 6 4 11 25 46 0.54 16 
22 Colchester United 21 4 3 14 20 37 0.54 11 
23 Newport County 21 4 3 14 24 53 0.45 11 
24 Walsall 21 3 4 14 13 43 0.30 10 

Key: Promotion Re-election