Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, February 07, 1953

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Swindon Town
F.Fidler
 M.Owen
Attendance:  8,797    



Lineups
1
Tommy GODWIN  
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Ian DRUMMOND
                 
Arthur RADFORD
2
3
Bill THOMPSON
                 
Terry ELWELL
3
4
Dai WOODWARD
                 
Mick BETTERIDGE
4
5
Bob HARDY
                 
Ted BATCHELOR
5
6
Gordon NEAVE
                 
Mel BINES
6
7
Derek STROUD
                 
Harry LUNN
7

8
Cameron BUCHANAN
                 
Gordon WILLIAMS
8

9
Frank FIDLER
             
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Len GAYNOR
                 
William PARKER
10
11
Peter HARRISON
                 
Jimmy BAIN
11













Results on Saturday, February 07, 1953: League Table
 
  AFC Bournemouth 1 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Bristol City 0 - 0 Bristol Rovers  
  Gillingham 0 - 0 Coventry City  
  Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Watford  
  Leyton Orient 3 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Millwall 0 - 0 Exeter City  
  Northampton Town 5 - 0 Newport County  
  Queens Park Rangers 2 - 2 Aldershot  
  Reading 1 - 0 Southend United  
  Shrewsbury Town 3 - 0 Colchester United  
  Torquay United 1 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Walsall 3 - 2 Norwich City  

Table as at Saturday, February 07, 1953:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol Rovers 29 21 6 2 67 23 2.91 48 
2 Northampton Town 29 19 4 6 76 43 1.77 42 
3 Millwall 29 16 8 5 50 26 1.92 40 
4 Bristol City 30 15 9 6 65 40 1.63 39 
5 Coventry City 30 15 8 7 57 39 1.46 38 
6 Norwich City 29 15 6 8 58 32 1.81 36 
7 Watford 30 11 10 9 44 45 0.98 32 
8 Brighton and Hove Albion 30 12 7 11 51 53 0.96 31 
9 Southend United 30 12 6 12 46 54 0.85 30 
10 Gillingham 30 10 10 10 34 41 0.83 30 
11 Exeter City 31 9 11 11 47 47 1.00 29 
12 Reading 29 11 6 12 45 45 1.00 28 
13 Ipswich Town 29 9 10 10 39 43 0.91 28 
14 Queens Park Rangers 30 8 12 10 43 55 0.78 28 
15 Aldershot 29 9 8 12 43 51 0.84 26 
16 AFC Bournemouth 29 11 3 15 45 52 0.87 25 
17 Colchester United 27 9 7 11 32 37 0.86 25 
18 Newport County 30 10 5 15 52 61 0.85 25 
19 Shrewsbury Town 30 8 8 14 46 58 0.79 24 
20 Torquay United 30 8 7 15 48 61 0.79 23 
21 Swindon Town 29 8 7 14 42 54 0.78 23 
22 Leyton Orient 28 9 3 16 43 51 0.84 21 
23 Crystal Palace 28 7 7 14 39 58 0.67 21 
24 Walsall 31 4 6 21 38 81 0.47 14 

Key: Promotion places Re-election