Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, December 13, 1952

Swindon Town Reading
H.Lunn (5'), T.Ryder (66')
 HT: 1-0
Attendance:  9,496   Referee:  J.C. Pollard


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
RADFORD
4
BETTERIDGE
5
BATCHELOR
6
PROUTON
7
RYDER
8
LUNN
9
JOHNSON
10
MILLAR
11
BAIN
1
MCBRIDE
2
MOYSE
3
REEVES
4
LEWIS
5
WICKS
6
JOHNSTON
7
SIMPSON
8
BROOKS
9
BLACKMAN
10
HENLEY
11
HINSHELWOOD

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
John MCBRIDE
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Ron MOYSE
2
3
Arthur RADFORD
                 
Ray REEVES
3
4
Mick BETTERIDGE
                 
Jack LEWIS
4
5
Ted BATCHELOR
                 
Stan WICKS
5
6
Ralph PROUTON
                 
view STFC profileJimmy JOHNSTON
6
7
Terry RYDER
               
Dennis SIMPSON
7

8
Harry LUNN
               
  Johnny BROOKS
8

9
Roy JOHNSON
                 
Ronnie BLACKMAN
9
10
William MILLAR
                 
Les HENLEY
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
                 
Wally HINSHELWOOD
11















Results on Saturday, December 13, 1952: League Table
 
  Aldershot 1 - 1 Ipswich Town  
  Bristol Rovers 2 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Colchester United 3 - 1 Leyton Orient  
  Coventry City 7 - 2 Torquay United  
  Exeter City 1 - 1 Bristol City  
  Gillingham 1 - 2 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Millwall 3 - 0 Newport County  
  Norwich City 1 - 2 Northampton Town  
  Queens Park Rangers 2 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Shrewsbury Town 7 - 1 Southend United  
  Swindon Town 2 - 0 Reading  
  Walsall 0 - 0 Watford  

Table as at Saturday, December 13, 1952:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol Rovers 21 15 4 2 52 20 2.60 34 
2 Northampton Town 21 13 3 5 50 35 1.43 29 
3 Norwich City 21 12 4 5 45 20 2.25 28 
4 Bristol City 22 10 7 5 48 33 1.45 27 
5 Coventry City 21 10 6 5 42 29 1.45 26 
6 Millwall 20 9 6 5 30 20 1.50 24 
7 Brighton and Hove Albion 21 9 5 7 38 39 0.97 23 
8 Exeter City 22 8 6 8 36 32 1.13 22 
9 Ipswich Town 21 8 6 7 29 27 1.07 22 
10 Watford 21 7 8 6 30 30 1.00 22 
11 Southend United 22 8 6 8 37 40 0.93 22 
12 Queens Park Rangers 21 7 8 6 34 41 0.83 22 
13 Reading 21 9 3 9 34 31 1.10 21 
14 Gillingham 21 7 6 8 22 30 0.73 20 
15 Colchester United 19 7 5 7 24 23 1.04 19 
16 Newport County 21 8 3 10 43 44 0.98 19 
17 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 20 8 2 10 31 34 0.91 18 
18 Aldershot 21 6 6 9 28 34 0.82 18 
19 Shrewsbury Town 21 5 6 10 31 41 0.76 16 
20 Swindon Town 20 6 4 10 28 38 0.74 16 
21 Crystal Palace 20 5 6 9 30 43 0.70 16 
22 Leyton Orient 20 6 2 12 31 40 0.78 14 
23 Torquay United 21 4 4 13 29 48 0.60 12 
24 Walsall 21 3 4 14 26 56 0.46 10 

Key: Promotion Re-election