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1952/53 CENTRAL ALLIANCE FIRST DIVISION FINAL TABLE

  P W D L F A Pts
1 ILKESTON TOWN 38 29 4 5 139 60 62
2 Creswell Colliery 38 28 1 9 126 59 57
3 Clay Cross Miners Welfare 38 24 7 7 119 66 55
4 Linby Colliery 38 22 10 6 84 28 54
5 Gresley Rovers 38 21 8 9 129 65 50
6 Ransome & Marles 38 20 6 12 79 66 46
7 Sutton Town 38 20 5 13 113 97 45
8 Belper Town 38 18 6 14 106 86 42
9 Nottingham Forest 'A' 38 17 8 13 79 68 42
10 Langwith Miners Welfare 38 17 5 16 90 89 39
11 Retford British Ropes 38 17 4 17 83 82 38
12 Coalville Town 37 16 5 16 98 101 37
13 South Normanton Miners Welfare 38 15 6 17 83 71 36
14 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 38 15 6 17 93 101 36
15 Retford Town 37 9 6 22 55 106 24
16 Long Eaton Town 38 9 6 23 56 118 24
17 Brush Sports Reserves 38 10 3 25 55 106 23
18 Matlock Town 38 7 6 25 66 113 20
19 Heanor Athletic 38 8 1 29 63 135 17
20 Bentinck Welfare 38 4 3 31 51 150 11
NB. Coalville Town and Retford Town failed to come their fixtures.


1952/53 CENTRAL ALLIANCE RESULTS
DATE OPPONENTS RESULT ATT SCORERS
23 AUG SOUTH NORMANTON MINERS WELFARE W5-1 2000 HACKLAND, JEPSON 3, FAULCONBRIDGE
27 AUG MATLOCK TOWN W4-1 LEDGER, HACKLAND, JEPSON 2
30 AUG Coalville Town W6-1 WHEATLEY, JEPSON 2, FAULCONBRIDGE, LEDGER, HACKLAND (PEN)
03 SEP Sutton Town D2-2 JEPSON, FAULCONBRIDGE
10 SEP Langwith Miners Welfare D3-3 HACKLAND 2 (1PEN), DARWIN
21 SEP South Normanton Miners Welfare W4-3 BOOTH 2, JEPSON, WHEATLEY
24 SEP Shirebrook Miners Welfare W5-2 JEPSON 3, FAULCONBRIDGE, HACKLAND
04 OCT Nottingham Forest 'A' W3-2 WARD, HACKLAND (PEN), JEPSON
18 OCT NOTTINGHAM FOREST 'A' L2-4 2500 WARD 2
01 NOV SUTTON TOWN W6-1 FAULCONBRIDGE 3, JEPSON 3
15 NOV SHIREBROOK MINERS WELFARE W5-2 BOOTH, WARD 2, JEPSON 2 
29 NOV LINBY COLLIERY D0-0
13 DEC CLAY CROSS MINERS WELFARE W6-3 JEPSON 6
20 DEC RANSOME & MARLES W7-3 BOOTH 4, WARD 2, JEPSON
25 DEC Heanor Athletic W7-2 JEPSON 4, LEDGER, BOOTH, FAULCONBRIDGE
26 DEC HEANOR ATHLETIC W8-0 WARD 3, JEPSON 3, FAULCONBRIDGE, HACKLAND (PEN)
27 DEC BRUSH SPORTS RESERVES W2-1 EATON, BOOTH
10 JAN CRESWELL COLLIERY W2-1 FAULCONBRIDGE 2
24 JAN Clay Cross Miners Welfare L0-2
31 JAN BENTINCK WELFARE W8-1 FAULCONBRIDGE 2, WARD, JEPSON 2, LEDGER 3
14 FEB GRESLEY ROVERS W6-2 WARD, JEPSON 3, DARWIN (PEN), HACKLAND
07 MAR Retford British Ropes W1-0 BOOTH
14 MAR Retford Town W2-1 FAULCONBRIDGE, JEPSON
21 MAR RETFORD TOWN W4-0 BOOTH, JEPSON 2, LEDGER
04 APR Long Eaton Town W3-1 BOOTH, FAULCONBRIDGE, LEDGER
06 APR LONG EATON TOWN W7-1 WARD 3, FAULCONBRIDGE 2, BOOTH, LEDGER (PEN)
07 APR Belper Town W3-0 LEDGER 2 (1PEN), FAULCONBRIDGE
11 APR Linby Colliery W2-1 WARD, JEPSON
15 APR Brush Sports Reserves W3-0 FAULCONBRIDGE 2, JEPSON
17 APR RETFORD BRITISH ROPES W4-1 JEPSON 2, EVANS, WARD
18 APR Matlock Town W2-0 JEPSON, WARD
22 APR COALVILLE TOWN L1-2 WARD
24 APR BELPER TOWN W3-1 BAKER, JEPSON, WARD
25 APR Creswell Colliery L3-4 WARD, JEPSON, LEDGER
27 APR Ransome & Marles D2-2 FAULCONBRIDGE, HACKLAND
28 APR Bentinck Welfare W4-2 LEDGER (PEN), WARD, HACKLAND, JEPSON
01 MAY Gresley Rovers L0-5
02 MAY LANGWITH MINERS WELFARE W2-0 JEPSON 2


1952/53 FA CUP RESULTS
ROUND DATE OPPONENTS RESULT ATT SCORERS
1QR 28 SEP LONG EATON TOWN W7-2 JEPSON 3, BOOTH, WARD 2, FAULCONBRIDGE
2QR 11 OCT Gresley Rovers W5-0 4000 BOOTH 2, FAULCONBRIDGE, LEDGER, JEPSON
3QR 25 OCT Boots Athletic W4-0 WHEATLEY, HACKLAND 2 (2PENS), JEPSON
4QR 08 NOV Gainsborough Trinity L1-5 LEDGER
NB. The away tie with Boots Athletic on 25 Oct was switched to Ilkeston.


1952/53 DERBYSHIRE SENIOR CUP RESULTS
ROUND DATE OPPONENTS RESULT ATT SCORERS
1R 06 DEC LANGWITH MINERS WELFARE W5-1 JEPSON 3, WARD, LEDGER
QF 17 JAN Creswell Colliery D1-1 LEDGER
QFrep 07 FEB CRESWELL COLLIERY W4-2 WARD 2, FAULCONBRIDGE, LEDGER
SF 21 FEB CLAY CROSS MINERS WELFARE W4-1 3700 JEPSON 3, FAULCONBRIDGE
F 03 APR Belper Town W4-2 9974 WARD 3, BOOTH
NB. The Final was staged on the Baseball Ground.


1952/53 CENTRAL ALLIANCE LEAGUE CUP RESULTS
ROUND DATE OPPONENTS RESULT SCORERS
1R 17 SEP BENTINCK WELFARE W5-1 FAULCONBRIDGE, JEPSON, BOOTH 2, WARD
2R 03 JAN Ransome & Marles W1-0 LEDGER
QF 28 FEB COALVILLE TOWN W4-2 LEDGER, DARWIN (PEN), WARD, JEPSON
SF 28 MAR  GRESLEY ROVERS L1-4 LEDGER (PEN)