Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, April 25, 1953

Swindon Town Ipswich Town
M.Owen (9'), W.Millar (86')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  8,518   Referee:  W.E. Dellow


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
JOHNSTON
5
HUDSON
6
WILLIAMS
7
LUNN
8
BETTERIDGE
9
OWEN
10
MILLAR
11
BAIN
1
PARRY
2
ACRES
3
FEENEY
4
MYLES
5
REES
6
PARKER
7
GAYNOR
8
BROWN
9
DOBSON
10
ELSWORTHY
11
BALL

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
  Jack PARRY
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Basil ACRES
2
3
Terry ELWELL
                 
  Jim FEENEY
3
4
Jimmy JOHNSTON
                 
Neil MYLES
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Doug REES
5
6
Gordon WILLIAMS
                 
Tommy PARKER
6
7
Harry LUNN
                 
Jimmy GAYNOR
7

8
Mick BETTERIDGE
                 
Tommy BROWN
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
Peter DOBSON
9
10
William MILLAR
               
John ELSWORTHY
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
                 
Joe BALL
11















Results on Saturday, April 25, 1953: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, April 25, 1953:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol Rovers 44 26 11 7 92 45 2.04 63 
2 Northampton Town 45 26 9 10 106 67 1.58 61 
3 Millwall 44 22 14 8 76 42 1.81 58 
4 Norwich City 44 24 9 11 92 52 1.77 57 
5 Bristol City 44 20 15 9 90 61 1.48 55 
6 Coventry City 44 19 12 13 76 59 1.29 50 
7 Brighton and Hove Albion 45 18 12 15 76 75 1.01 48 
8 Southend United 44 18 12 14 67 68 0.99 48 
9 Watford 45 15 17 13 62 62 1.00 47 
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 44 18 8 18 71 67 1.06 44 
11 Torquay United 45 17 9 19 85 87 0.98 43 
12 Reading 44 17 8 19 63 63 1.00 42 
13 Newport County 45 16 10 19 69 79 0.87 42 
14 Leyton Orient 45 15 10 20 63 70 0.90 40 
15 Exeter City 46 13 14 19 61 71 0.86 40 
16 Swindon Town 45 14 12 19 63 75 0.84 40 
17 Ipswich Town 45 12 15 18 58 68 0.85 39 
18 Gillingham 45 12 15 18 55 69 0.80 39 
19 Crystal Palace 44 13 13 18 64 82 0.78 39 
20 Queens Park Rangers 44 12 15 17 61 79 0.77 39 
21 Colchester United 43 12 14 17 55 64 0.86 38 
22 Aldershot 44 12 14 18 60 75 0.80 38 
23 Shrewsbury Town 45 12 11 22 66 89 0.74 35 
24 Walsall 45 7 9 29 54 116 0.47 23 

Key: Promotion Re-election