Football League Division Three (South)
Monday, April 6, 1953

Bristol Rovers Swindon Town
G.Bradford (??')
 HT: 1-1 J.Bain (??'), H.Lunn (??')
Attendance:  24,406    


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

Lineups
1
Howard RADFORD
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Harry BAMFORD
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Geoff FOX view STFC profile
                 
Terry ELWELL
3
4
Jackie PITT
                 
Jimmy JOHNSTON
4
5
Ray WARREN
                 
Ted BATCHELOR
5
6
Peter SAMPSON
                 
Gordon WILLIAMS
6
7
John MCILVENNY
               
Harry LUNN
7

8
Bryan BUSH
                 
Mick BETTERIDGE
8

9
Vic LAMBDEN
                 
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Geoff BRADFORD  
               
William MILLAR
10
11
George PETHERBRIDGE
               
Jimmy BAIN
11













Results on Monday, April 6, 1953: League Table
 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 4 - 1 Bristol City  
  Bristol Rovers 1 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Coventry City 2 - 2 Colchester United  
  Crystal Palace 0 - 0 Southend United  
  Exeter City 2 - 2 Aldershot  
  Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Northampton Town  
  Norwich City 5 - 1 Leyton Orient  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 3 Millwall  
  Shrewsbury Town 3 - 1 Gillingham  
  Torquay United 2 - 0 Reading  
  Walsall 3 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Watford 0 - 1 Newport County  

Table as at Monday, April 6, 1953:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol Rovers 39 25 9 5 86 37 2.32 59 
2 Millwall 39 21 11 7 70 38 1.84 53 
3 Northampton Town 38 22 8 8 93 58 1.60 52 
4 Bristol City 40 19 14 7 85 54 1.57 52 
5 Norwich City 39 21 8 10 82 47 1.74 50 
6 Coventry City 40 19 10 11 72 53 1.36 48 
7 Southend United 40 17 10 13 61 61 1.00 44 
8 Watford 40 14 14 12 56 58 0.97 42 
9 Brighton and Hove Albion 40 14 11 15 65 72 0.90 39 
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 39 15 8 16 62 62 1.00 38 
11 Reading 39 15 7 17 56 58 0.97 37 
12 Ipswich Town 39 12 12 15 54 59 0.92 36 
13 Torquay United 40 14 8 18 71 79 0.90 36 
14 Exeter City 41 11 14 16 57 63 0.90 36 
15 Gillingham 40 11 14 15 49 60 0.82 36 
16 Colchester United 38 11 13 14 50 54 0.93 35 
17 Leyton Orient 40 13 9 18 55 63 0.87 35 
18 Newport County 40 13 9 18 63 74 0.85 35 
19 Crystal Palace 39 12 11 16 58 72 0.81 35 
20 Aldershot 39 10 14 15 54 63 0.86 34 
21 Queens Park Rangers 40 9 15 16 58 78 0.74 33 
22 Shrewsbury Town 40 11 10 19 60 79 0.76 32 
23 Swindon Town 40 11 10 19 53 71 0.75 32 
24 Walsall 41 7 7 27 51 108 0.47 21 

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