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