Rangers won the title with a 1–1 draw in their last match, away to Queen of the South. Rangers equalised with 17 minutes to go and thereby won the league on goal average from Hibernian, thus preventing Hibs from winning their third title in a row.
Champions: Rangers Relegated: Motherwell, Third Lanark
Scottish League Division B
Promoted: Stirling Albion, Hamilton Academical
County
* - aggregate over two legs
- trophy shared
Highland League
Top Three
Scotland national team
Scotland and England shared victory in the 1953 British Home Championship.