Saturday 1953-04-18

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South

Cup and International Matches

Home International						Venue	Gate	Notes
	England	2	2	Scotland		Wembley Stadium, London	97,000
	Broadis 2	Lineups		Reilly 2

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	1	Stoke City	Highbury	47,376
Lishman 3	Lineups		Brown
Aston Villa	4	3	Sheffield Wednesday	Villa Park	26,654
Dixon 2, Gibson, Thompson	Lineups		Sewell, Marriott, Moss OG
Blackpool	3	1	Liverpool	Bloomfield Road	20,073
Perry, Garrett, Mudie	Lineups		Smyth
Bolton Wanderers	0	1	Cardiff City	Burnden Park	18,037
	Lineups		Sherwood
Charlton Athletic	2	1	Preston North End	The Valley	29,716
Fenton, Firmani	Lineups		Wayman
Chelsea	1	1	Middlesbrough	Stamford Bridge	40,042
McNichol	Lineups		Fitzsimons
Derby County	5	0	Manchester City	Baseball Ground	15,618
Lee 2, McLaren 2, Stamps	Lineups
Manchester United	2	2	West Bromwich Albion	Old Trafford	33,161
Pearson, Viollet	Lineups		Hodgkisson, Ryan
Portsmouth	5	1	Newcastle United	Fratton Park	27,919
Scoular, Phillips, Henderson, Vaughan, Woollard OG	Lineups		Keeble
Sunderland	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Roker Park	24,953
Walsh	Lineups		Walters
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	1	Burnley	Molineux	33,474
Stockin 2, Hancocks, Mullen, Wilshaw	Lineups		Holden

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Arsenal	39	14	3	3	57	28	6	8	5	37	32	1.567	51	W	W	W	W	W	1953-04-22	Cardiff City	A
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	13	5	3	54	27	6	8	6	30	33	1.4	51	W	D	W	W	D	1953-04-25	Tottenham Hotspur	A
3	0	Preston North End	39	14	3	3	44	25	4	9	6	36	35	1.333	48	L	D	W	D	D	1953-04-22	Manchester City	A
4	1	Blackpool	41	13	5	3	45	22	6	4	10	26	43	1.092	47	W	D	L	D	W	1953-04-25	Manchester City	A
5	2	Charlton Athletic	39	11	7	1	44	20	7	3	10	30	39	1.254	46	W	L	L	L	D	1953-04-22	Burnley	H
6	0	West Bromwich Albion	40	12	3	5	33	19	7	5	8	30	41	1.05	46	D	L	D	W	L	1953-04-22	Bolton Wanderers	A
7	-3	Burnley	39	10	6	4	34	20	7	5	7	29	29	1.286	45	L	W	L	L	D	1953-04-22	Charlton Athletic	A
8	0	Manchester United	40	10	5	5	32	29	7	5	8	34	37	1	44	D	W	W	L	D	1953-04-20	Liverpool	H
9	0	Sunderland	40	10	9	1	38	25	4	4	12	26	51	0.842	41	D	L	W	D	L	1953-04-25	Sheffield Wednesday	A
10	1	Cardiff City	38	7	7	5	31	15	7	4	8	20	23	1.342	39	W	L	W	W	L	1953-04-22	Arsenal	H
11	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	40	10	6	4	52	35	4	5	11	21	29	1.141	39	D	D	L	W	W	1953-04-25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
12	1	Portsmouth	40	10	6	4	43	30	4	4	12	30	47	0.948	38	W	W	L	W	D	1953-04-25	West Bromwich Albion	A
13	1	Aston Villa	39	8	7	4	34	22	4	6	10	25	37	1	37	W	D	D	L	W	1953-04-25	Cardiff City	A
14	-2	Bolton Wanderers	40	9	4	7	39	34	5	5	10	19	32	0.879	37	L	L	D	L	L	1953-04-22	West Bromwich Albion	H
15	0	Newcastle United	40	9	5	6	32	30	4	4	12	24	37	0.836	35	L	L	L	W	W	1953-04-25	Bolton Wanderers	H
16	1	Middlesbrough	40	11	5	4	41	27	1	6	13	20	49	0.803	35	D	W	W	D	L	1953-04-25	Manchester United	H
17	-1	Stoke City	41	10	4	6	34	24	2	6	13	18	40	0.813	34	L	D	W	W	L	1953-04-25	Derby County	H
18	0	Liverpool	40	9	6	5	34	28	4	2	14	24	51	0.734	34	L	D	L	L	W	1953-04-20	Manchester United	A
19	2	Chelsea	40	9	4	7	32	23	2	7	11	21	40	0.841	33	D	W	L	L	D	1953-04-25	Liverpool	A
20	0	Sheffield Wednesday	41	7	6	7	31	32	4	5	12	27	40	0.806	33	L	D	D	L	L	1953-04-25	Sunderland	H
21	-2	Manchester City	39	11	2	6	40	26	2	5	13	26	56	0.805	33	L	L	D	W	W	1953-04-22	Preston North End	H
22	0	Derby County	40	9	6	5	41	28	1	4	15	16	44	0.792	30	W	D	D	D	L	1953-04-25	Stoke City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	0	3	Leicester City	Oakwell	4,697
	Lineups		Small, Rowley 2 (1p)
Blackburn Rovers	4	0	Bury	Ewood Park	21,094
Crossan, Quigley 2, Wright	Lineups
Brentford	3	3	Leeds United	Griffin Park	12,783
Ledgerton, Coote, Lawton	Lineups		Charles 2, Forrest
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	Belle Vue	12,286
Harrison	Lineups		Anderson
Everton	1	1	Luton Town	Goodison Park	32,948
Buckle	Lineups		Davies
Huddersfield Town	4	2	Fulham	Leeds Road	23,590
Cavanagh, Gunn, Metcalfe 2	Lineups		Robson 2
Hull City	1	0	Southampton	Boothferry Park	25,312
Bulless	Lineups
Lincoln City	3	0	Notts County	Sincil Bank	14,747
Garvie, Munro, Whittle	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	0	2	Birmingham City	City Ground	16,203
	Lineups		Lane, Boyd
Sheffield United	3	1	West Ham United	Bramall Lane	32,403
Brook 2, Browning	Lineups		Dixon
Swansea Town	0	0	Rotherham United	Vetch Field	21,116
	Lineups
Footnotes
Sheffield United promoted

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Sheffield United	40	15	3	2	60	25	9	7	4	35	27	1.827	58	W	D	D	W	D	1953-04-25	Fulham	A
2	0	Huddersfield Town	40	13	4	3	47	14	10	5	5	33	19	2.424	55	W	W	W	L	W	1953-04-25	Rotherham United	A
3	0	Luton Town	39	15	1	4	53	16	7	6	6	30	30	1.804	51	D	W	W	D	L	1953-04-22	Brentford	A
4	0	Plymouth Argyle	40	11	5	4	34	22	8	4	8	28	32	1.148	47	D	W	D	L	W	1953-04-25	Swansea Town	H
5	1	Leicester City	41	12	6	2	52	27	5	6	10	34	45	1.194	46	W	D	D	W	D	1953-04-25	Lincoln City	H
6	-1	Nottingham Forest	39	11	5	4	44	29	7	3	9	30	31	1.233	44	L	L	D	W	W	1953-04-22	Leeds United	A
7	1	Blackburn Rovers	41	12	4	5	40	20	6	4	10	27	39	1.136	44	W	W	W	D	W	1953-04-25	Southampton	A
8	1	Birmingham City	40	10	3	7	40	36	7	7	6	25	27	1.032	44	W	D	L	W	L	1953-04-25	Everton	H
9	-2	Fulham	40	14	1	5	51	26	3	8	9	28	42	1.162	43	L	W	L	W	W	1953-04-25	Sheffield United	H
10	0	Swansea Town	41	10	9	2	45	26	5	3	12	31	52	0.974	42	D	W	L	W	W	1953-04-25	Plymouth Argyle	A
11	0	Leeds United	40	12	3	4	39	22	1	11	9	29	39	1.115	40	D	L	W	D	L	1953-04-22	Nottingham Forest	H
12	0	Rotherham United	41	9	6	5	41	30	7	2	12	34	44	1.014	40	D	W	L	D	D	1953-04-25	Huddersfield Town	H
13	0	Everton	40	9	8	3	38	20	3	6	11	31	48	1.015	38	D	W	L	L	W	1953-04-22	Lincoln City	H
14	0	West Ham United	40	8	5	7	35	27	4	8	8	19	29	0.964	37	L	L	W	L	L	1953-04-25	Barnsley	H
15	0	Doncaster Rovers	39	7	9	3	23	17	3	6	11	31	46	0.857	35	D	L	L	W	W	1953-04-22	Notts County	H
16	1	Lincoln City	39	8	9	3	38	25	1	8	10	18	42	0.836	35	W	L	D	W	W	1953-04-22	Everton	A
17	3	Hull City	40	11	6	4	36	19	2	2	15	19	48	0.821	34	W	D	L	D	W	1953-04-25	Notts County	A
18	0	Brentford	39	8	7	4	36	26	4	3	13	20	47	0.767	34	D	L	L	D	D	1953-04-22	Luton Town	H
19	-3	Notts County	40	10	5	5	39	31	3	3	14	19	55	0.674	34	L	W	D	L	L	1953-04-22	Doncaster Rovers	A
20	-1	Bury	41	9	6	5	31	30	3	3	15	20	51	0.63	33	L	L	W	L	L	1953-04-25	Nottingham Forest	H
21	0	Southampton	40	4	7	9	39	43	4	6	10	20	39	0.72	29	L	D	W	D	W	1953-04-25	Blackburn Rovers	H
22	0	Barnsley	40	4	3	13	30	45	1	4	15	15	59	0.433	17	L	L	L	L	L	1953-04-25	West Ham United	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	5	0	Halifax Town	Valley Parade	13,283
Rosenthal, Ward, Tunnicliffe 2 (1p), Carr	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	1	York City	Brunton Park	4,805
Drury	Lineups		Fenton
Chester	0	3	Bradford	Sealand Road	4,441
	Lineups		Haines, Crosbie 2
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Barrow	Gresty Road	4,619
McGuigan	Lineups		Collins
Darlington	1	0	Workington	Feethams Ground	4,602
Clark (p)	Lineups
Gateshead	2	4	Chesterfield	Redheugh Park	3,253
Price, Wilbert	Lineups		Mitchell, Westcott 2, Wilson
Hartlepools United	4	1	Tranmere Rovers	Victoria Park	6,357
Johnson, McGuigan, Harden, Steele OG	Lineups		Done
Port Vale	0	0	Wrexham	Vale Park	21,585
	Lineups
Rochdale	1	0	Accrington Stanley	Spotland	4,706
Haddington	Lineups
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Old Showground	9,399
Bushby	Lineups		McKennan (p)
Southport	4	3	Grimsby Town	Haig Avenue	6,687
Billingham, Hitchen 2, Gaskell	Lineups		Cairns 2, Millar
Stockport County	2	2	Mansfield Town	Edgeley Park	6,503
Moran, Clempson	Lineups		Marron, Coole

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division North	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Oldham Athletic	43	14	3	4	46	20	7	10	5	29	24	1.705	55	D	D	W	W	D	1953-04-21	Halifax Town	H
2	0	Port Vale	43	11	9	1	35	10	6	9	7	24	24	1.735	52	D	W	D	D	D	1953-04-20	York City	H
3	0	Wrexham	43	17	3	2	52	24	5	5	11	25	37	1.262	52	D	W	W	L	L	1953-04-22	Workington	A
4	0	Southport	44	16	4	2	41	16	4	7	11	20	39	1.109	51	W	W	D	L	W	1953-04-21	Tranmere Rovers	H
5	1	York City	43	13	5	4	32	15	5	8	8	22	26	1.317	49	D	L	W	W	D	1953-04-20	Port Vale	A
6	-1	Grimsby Town	43	14	5	3	46	19	5	5	11	26	35	1.333	48	L	L	L	L	W	1953-04-25	Crewe Alexandra	H
7	0	Carlisle United	44	12	7	3	54	24	5	6	11	24	40	1.219	47	D	W	L	D	D	1953-04-25	Tranmere Rovers	A
8	2	Bradford	43	9	7	5	32	22	9	4	9	38	36	1.207	47	W	D	W	W	D	1953-04-22	Accrington Stanley	H
9	-1	Crewe Alexandra	43	13	5	4	45	26	7	2	12	22	37	1.063	47	D	L	L	L	W	1953-04-22	Chester	A
10	-1	Gateshead	44	12	6	4	46	24	3	9	10	23	36	1.15	45	L	D	L	W	D	1953-04-25	Workington	A
11	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	44	10	6	6	37	19	6	7	9	23	34	1.132	45	D	L	W	D	L	1953-04-25	Bradford	A
12	2	Chesterfield	43	12	6	4	38	23	5	5	11	25	35	1.086	45	W	W	W	W	D	1953-04-20	Hartlepools United	A
13	-1	Stockport County	43	12	8	2	59	26	4	4	13	20	41	1.179	44	D	D	L	W	W	1953-04-20	Darlington	A
14	2	Barrow	44	15	6	1	47	18	1	6	15	17	49	0.955	44	D	L	D	W	D	1953-04-25	Port Vale	H
15	2	Mansfield Town	43	10	9	3	31	24	5	5	11	20	34	0.879	44	D	D	W	W	W	1953-04-20	Bradford City	A
16	-3	Tranmere Rovers	43	15	4	2	40	12	4	1	17	18	46	1	43	L	W	L	W	W	1953-04-21	Southport	A
17	-2	Halifax Town	43	12	5	5	44	30	2	10	9	19	36	0.955	43	L	D	W	L	L	1953-04-21	Oldham Athletic	A
18	0	Bradford City	43	13	6	2	52	28	0	11	11	20	48	0.947	43	W	D	W	W	D	1953-04-20	Mansfield Town	H
19	0	Hartlepools United	43	13	5	3	35	14	2	8	12	18	43	0.93	43	W	L	L	W	W	1953-04-20	Chesterfield	H
20	0	Chester	43	9	6	6	35	24	1	8	13	25	51	0.8	34	L	L	L	D	D	1953-04-22	Crewe Alexandra	H
21	0	Darlington	43	12	4	5	32	25	1	2	19	25	68	0.613	32	W	L	L	L	W	1953-04-20	Stockport County	H
22	0	Rochdale	44	11	5	6	40	27	2	0	20	20	53	0.75	31	W	D	W	W	L	1953-04-25	Halifax Town	A
23	0	Workington	43	8	5	8	36	31	2	4	16	13	56	0.563	29	L	D	L	L	L	1953-04-22	Wrexham	H
24	0	Accrington Stanley	43	6	9	7	24	29	1	2	18	14	51	0.475	25	L	D	D	L	L	1953-04-22	Bradford	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	5	1	Walsall	Dean Court	8,462
Fidler 4, Cheney	Lineups		Giles
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Bristol Rovers	Goldstone Ground	22,266
Leadbetter, Addinall	Lineups		Leonard
Bristol City	0	1	Norwich City	Ashton Gate	17,475
	Lineups		Gavin
Crystal Palace	2	2	Coventry City	Selhurst Park	13,192
Grimshaw, Downs	Lineups		Dorman, Hill J
Ipswich Town	0	1	Queens Park Rangers	Portman Road	8,372
	Lineups		Hatton
Leyton Orient	2	2	Swindon Town	Brisbane Road	11,115
Lusted, Pacey	Lineups		Betteridge, Owen
Newport County	1	0	Exeter City	Somerton Park	8,220
Evans	Lineups
Northampton Town	4	0	Aldershot	County Ground	10,040
Hughes, O'Donnell, Ramscar 2	Lineups
Reading	5	3	Shrewsbury Town	Elm Park	9,252
Wheeler, Blackman, Uphill 2, Hinshelwood	Lineups		Clowes, Stewart, Bannister (p)
Southend United	3	1	Gillingham	Greyhound Stadium	7,390
O'Neil 2, Sibley	Lineups		Ayres
Torquay United	5	1	Colchester United	Plainmoor	7,326
Edds, Collins, Mills, Drinkwater, Shaw	Lineups		Barlow
Watford	1	1	Millwall	Vicarage Road	17,688
Bowie	Lineups		Johnson

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division South	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Bristol Rovers	42	16	4	2	52	18	9	6	5	37	26	2.023	60	L	D	L	L	L	1953-04-22	Norwich City	A
2	0	Northampton Town	43	18	2	1	69	24	7	6	9	32	39	1.603	58	W	W	L	L	W	1953-04-23	Torquay United	H
3	0	Millwall	42	13	6	2	42	14	9	6	6	33	27	1.829	56	D	L	W	W	D	1953-04-23	Colchester United	A
4	0	Norwich City	42	15	5	1	53	17	8	3	10	36	35	1.712	54	W	L	W	W	D	1953-04-22	Bristol Rovers	H
5	0	Bristol City	42	11	8	2	59	27	8	6	7	27	31	1.483	52	L	L	L	D	D	1953-04-21	Leyton Orient	H
6	0	Coventry City	42	15	4	3	50	20	4	7	9	24	36	1.321	49	D	L	D	D	W	1953-04-22	Exeter City	A
7	0	Watford	43	12	7	3	38	20	3	9	9	22	39	1.017	46	D	D	W	L	W	1953-04-23	Southend United	H
8	0	Southend United	42	15	4	2	39	15	3	6	12	26	51	0.985	46	W	L	D	W	D	1953-04-23	Watford	A
9	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	43	10	6	5	41	30	7	5	10	32	44	0.986	45	W	W	W	L	D	1953-04-22	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
10	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	14	3	5	48	23	4	5	11	23	41	1.109	44	W	W	W	W	D	1953-04-22	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
11	0	Reading	42	15	3	3	47	17	2	5	14	16	44	1.033	42	W	W	D	L	W	1953-04-23	Newport County	A
12	0	Torquay United	43	14	4	4	59	27	3	4	14	23	54	1.012	42	W	W	W	W	W	1953-04-23	Northampton Town	A
13	0	Leyton Orient	43	11	7	4	47	25	4	3	14	15	41	0.939	40	D	W	W	L	D	1953-04-21	Bristol City	A
14	1	Newport County	43	11	4	6	41	31	4	6	12	26	45	0.882	40	W	D	W	W	D	1953-04-23	Reading	H
15	-1	Ipswich Town	43	9	7	6	32	27	3	7	11	25	38	0.877	38	L	D	D	L	D	1953-04-22	Crystal Palace	A
16	2	Crystal Palace	42	10	6	4	37	25	3	6	13	26	54	0.797	38	D	W	L	D	W	1953-04-22	Ipswich Town	H
17	-1	Colchester United	41	9	8	3	39	23	3	5	13	15	39	0.871	37	L	L	W	D	L	1953-04-23	Millwall	H
18	-1	Gillingham	43	9	7	6	28	25	2	8	11	23	40	0.785	37	L	D	L	L	L	1953-04-22	Aldershot	A
19	0	Exeter City	44	9	8	4	37	24	2	6	15	21	47	0.817	36	L	L	L	D	L	1953-04-22	Coventry City	H
20	0	Swindon Town	43	8	5	9	36	33	4	7	10	23	41	0.797	36	D	D	W	W	L	1953-04-23	Walsall	A
21	2	Queens Park Rangers	42	7	9	5	35	34	3	6	12	24	45	0.747	35	W	L	L	L	L	1953-04-20	Shrewsbury Town	H
22	-1	Aldershot	42	6	7	7	31	27	4	7	11	24	46	0.753	34	L	L	L	D	D	1953-04-22	Gillingham	H
23	-1	Shrewsbury Town	43	10	5	7	37	35	1	6	14	28	53	0.739	33	L	L	D	W	D	1953-04-20	Queens Park Rangers	A
24	0	Walsall	43	5	7	8	31	41	2	1	20	21	72	0.46	22	L	D	W	L	L	1953-04-23	Swindon Town	H