Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, February 28, 1953

Swindon Town Watford

HT: 0-0
Attendance:  8,081   Referee:  H. Ball


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
ELWELL
4
BETTERIDGE
5
BATCHELOR
6
PROUTON
7
RYDER
8
LUNN
9
OWEN
10
PARKER
11
BRANDON
1
UNDERWOOD
2
GALLOGLY
3
JONES
4
KELLY
5
NOLAN
6
MITCHELL
7
PATON
8
BOWIE
9
MEADOWS
10
PATERSON
11
COLLINS

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Dave UNDERWOOD
1
2
George HUNT
                 
  Charlie GALLOGLY
2
3
Terry ELWELL
                 
Jimmy JONES
3
4
Mick BETTERIDGE
                 
Jimmy KELLY
4
5
Ted BATCHELOR
                 
Phil NOLAN
5
6
Ralph PROUTON
                 
Frank MITCHELL
6
7
Terry RYDER
                 
Johnny PATON
7

8
Harry LUNN
                 
Jimmy BOWIE
8

9
Maurice OWEN
                 
Johnny MEADOWS
9
10
William PARKER
                 
Tommy PATERSON
10
11
Ken BRANDON
                 
Tony COLLINS
11















Results on Saturday, February 28, 1953: League Table
 
  Aldershot 1 - 1 Southend United  
  Bristol Rovers 1 - 1 Northampton Town  
  Colchester United 1 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Coventry City 2 - 0 Ipswich Town  
  Exeter City 0 - 1 Leyton Orient  
  Gillingham 0 - 1 Bristol City  
  Millwall 3 - 0 Torquay United  
  Norwich City 3 - 0 Reading  
  Queens Park Rangers 3 - 3 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Shrewsbury Town 1 - 1 Newport County  
  Swindon Town 0 - 0 Watford  
  Walsall 2 - 4 Crystal Palace  

Table as at Saturday, February 28, 1953:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bristol Rovers 32 22 8 2 73 26 2.81 52 
2 Bristol City 33 17 10 6 72 44 1.64 44 
3 Northampton Town 32 19 5 8 80 50 1.60 43 
4 Norwich City 32 18 6 8 67 36 1.86 42 
5 Millwall 32 17 8 7 56 33 1.70 42 
6 Coventry City 33 17 8 8 65 45 1.44 42 
7 Watford 33 12 11 10 47 50 0.94 35 
8 Southend United 33 13 8 12 49 55 0.89 34 
9 Brighton and Hove Albion 33 12 9 12 55 60 0.92 33 
10 Ipswich Town 32 11 10 11 46 46 1.00 32 
11 Queens Park Rangers 33 9 13 11 49 61 0.80 31 
12 Gillingham 33 10 11 12 37 46 0.80 31 
13 Exeter City 34 9 12 13 49 53 0.92 30 
14 Aldershot 32 10 10 12 48 54 0.89 30 
15 Colchester United 30 10 9 11 40 40 1.00 29 
16 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 32 12 5 15 50 54 0.93 29 
17 Reading 32 11 7 14 46 50 0.92 29 
18 Shrewsbury Town 33 9 9 15 51 64 0.80 27 
19 Leyton Orient 31 11 4 16 45 51 0.88 26 
20 Torquay United 33 9 8 16 57 70 0.81 26 
21 Newport County 33 10 6 17 53 66 0.80 26 
22 Crystal Palace 31 9 8 14 47 63 0.75 26 
23 Swindon Town 32 8 8 16 44 59 0.75 24 
24 Walsall 34 4 7 23 41 91 0.45 15 

Key: Promotion Re-election