Preston North End 3 Middlesbrough 0
Outcome: Lost
Date: 1/3/1953
Manager: Walter Rowley
Attendance: 29139
Competition: DivisionOne
Played at: Deepdale
Goals:
| Goals | Time | Assists |
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Arthur Fitzsimons | |||
| Lindy Delapenha | |||
| Wilf Mannion | |||
| Alex McCrae | |||
| Francis Mulholland | |||
| Geoff Walker | |||
| Eddie Russell | |||
| Ray Bilcliff | |||
| Dick Robinson | |||
| George Aitken | |||
| Rolando Ugolini |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |