Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, October 25, 1952

Newport County Swindon Town
B.Moore (~11'), R.Parker (55' pen, ??')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  7,971   Referee:  W. Wood


1
FEARNLEY
2
WILCOX
3
HAINES
4
NEWALL
5
WILCOX
6
WAITE
7
BIRCH
8
BEATTIE
9
PARKER
10
SHERGOLD
11
MOORE
1
UPRICHARD
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
CRYLE
5
HUDSON
6
BATCHELOR
7
RYDER
8
LUNN
9
JOHNSON
10
BETTERIDGE
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Harry FEARNLEY
                 
  Norman UPRICHARD
1
2
Crad WILCOX
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Don HAINES
                 
Terry ELWELL
3
4
Danny NEWALL
             ~75'   
George CRYLE
4
5
Ray WILCOX
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Aldwyn WAITE
                 
Ted BATCHELOR
6
7
Cliff BIRCH
                 
Terry RYDER
7

8
George BEATTIE
                 
Harry LUNN
8

9
Reg PARKER
               
Roy JOHNSON
9
10
Billy SHERGOLD
                 
Mick BETTERIDGE
10
11
Beriah MOORE
               
Jimmy BAIN
11















Results on Saturday, October 25, 1952: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, October 25, 1952:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol Rovers 16 10 4 2 35 18 1.94 24 
2 Northampton Town 16 10 2 4 37 28 1.32 22 
3 Norwich City 16 9 3 4 34 14 2.43 21 
4 Brighton and Hove Albion 16 8 4 4 33 25 1.32 20 
5 Bristol City 16 7 5 4 36 26 1.38 19 
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 16 8 2 6 27 22 1.23 18 
7 Reading 16 8 2 6 27 22 1.23 18 
8 Newport County 16 8 2 6 39 33 1.18 18 
9 Southend United 16 7 4 5 30 26 1.15 18 
10 Watford 16 7 4 5 25 22 1.14 18 
11 Millwall 15 6 5 4 20 11 1.82 17 
12 Coventry City 16 6 5 5 25 22 1.14 17 
13 Ipswich Town 16 7 3 6 20 19 1.05 17 
14 Exeter City 16 6 3 7 24 22 1.09 15 
15 Queens Park Rangers 16 5 5 6 25 34 0.74 15 
16 Aldershot 16 5 4 7 22 25 0.88 14 
17 Gillingham 16 5 4 7 14 23 0.61 14 
18 Leyton Orient 16 5 2 9 24 31 0.77 12 
19 Colchester United 15 4 4 7 16 21 0.76 12 
20 Swindon Town 16 4 4 8 19 28 0.68 12 
21 Crystal Palace 16 3 6 7 19 34 0.56 12 
22 Torquay United 16 4 3 9 24 32 0.75 11 
23 Walsall 16 3 3 10 22 42 0.52
24 Shrewsbury Town 16 2 5 9 18 35 0.51

Key: Promotion Re-election