Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, October 4, 1952

Swindon Town Shrewsbury Town
M.Betteridge (33', 49')
HT: 1-2 M.Reagan (19'), J.Butler (25')
Attendance:  8,143   Referee:  R.H. Mann


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
CRYLE
5
HUDSON
6
BATCHELOR
7
RYDER
8
LUNN
9
OWEN
10
BETTERIDGE
11
BAIN
1
EGGLESTONE
2
HALPIN
3
BUTLER
4
BULLIONS
5
BOOKER
6
CRUTCHLEY
7
FISHER
8
KEERY
9
JACKSON
10
BEYNON
11
REAGAN

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Pat EGGLESTONE
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Johnny HALPIN
2
3
Terry ELWELL
               
Jackie BUTLER
3
4
George CRYLE
                 
Jimmy BULLIONS
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Ken BOOKER
5
6
Ted BATCHELOR
                 
Ron CRUTCHLEY
6
7
Terry RYDER
                 
Freddie FISHER
7

8
Harry LUNN
                 
Stan KEERY
8

9
Maurice OWEN
                 
Arnold JACKSON
9
10
Mick BETTERIDGE
               
Eddie BEYNON
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
               
Martin REAGAN
11















Results on Saturday, October 4, 1952: League Table

 
  Aldershot 2 - 0 Walsall  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 1 Reading  
  Bristol City 2 - 3 Northampton Town  
  Colchester United 1 - 1 Gillingham  
  Coventry City 1 - 1 Bristol Rovers  
  Crystal Palace 2 - 2 Leyton Orient  
  Exeter City 4 - 1 Torquay United  
  Newport County 1 - 3 Ipswich Town  
  Norwich City 2 - 2 Millwall  
  Queens Park Rangers 3 - 2 Southend United  
  Swindon Town 2 - 2 Shrewsbury Town  
  Watford 3 - 0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  

Table as at Saturday, October 4, 1952:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol Rovers 13 8 3 2 26 14 1.86 19 
2 Northampton Town 13 8 1 4 30 24 1.25 17 
3 Norwich City 13 7 2 4 30 12 2.50 16 
4 Reading 13 7 2 4 24 16 1.50 16 
5 Brighton and Hove Albion 13 6 4 3 27 20 1.35 16 
6 Southend United 13 7 2 4 25 20 1.25 16 
7 Millwall 12 5 5 2 15 7 2.14 15 
8 Coventry City 13 5 5 3 21 16 1.31 15 
9 Exeter City 13 6 2 5 22 16 1.38 14 
10 Bristol City 13 5 4 4 26 21 1.24 14 
11 Ipswich Town 13 6 2 5 15 13 1.15 14 
12 Newport County 13 6 2 5 30 27 1.11 14 
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 13 6 1 6 22 21 1.05 13 
14 Aldershot 13 5 3 5 18 18 1.00 13 
15 Queens Park Rangers 13 4 5 4 19 26 0.73 13 
16 Watford 13 4 4 5 19 20 0.95 12 
17 Gillingham 13 4 4 5 11 15 0.73 12 
18 Colchester United 12 4 3 5 13 15 0.87 11 
19 Leyton Orient 13 4 2 7 20 25 0.80 10 
20 Swindon Town 13 3 4 6 15 23 0.65 10 
21 Torquay United 13 3 3 7 22 27 0.81
22 Shrewsbury Town 13 2 4 7 13 27 0.48
23 Crystal Palace 13 1 5 7 10 30 0.33
24 Walsall 13 2 2 9 15 35 0.43

Key: Promotion Re-election