Football League Division Three (South)
Monday, August 20, 1951

Bristol Rovers Swindon Town
V.Lambden (??')
 HT: 0-0
Attendance:  24,448    


1
HOYLE
2
WATKINS
3
FOX
4
PITT
5
WARREN
6
SAMPSON
7
PETHERBRIDGE
8
BRADFORD
9
LAMBDEN
10
MEYER
11
WATLING
1
BURTON
2
HINDMARSH
3
MAY
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
GRAY
7
LUNN
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
BETTERIDGE
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Bert HOYLE
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Barry WATKINS
                 
Billy HINDMARSH
2
3
Geoff FOX view STFC profile
                 
Harry MAY
3
4
Jackie PITT
                 
Harry KAYE
4
5
Ray WARREN
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Peter SAMPSON
                 
George GRAY
6
7
George PETHERBRIDGE
                 
Harry LUNN
7

8
Geoff BRADFORD  
                 
Roy ONSLOW
8

9
Vic LAMBDEN
               
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Barrie MEYER
                 
Mick BETTERIDGE
10
11
John 'Josser' WATLING
                 
Jimmy BAIN
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Results on Monday, August 20, 1951: League Table
 
  Bristol Rovers 1 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Newport County 2 - 0 Northampton Town  

Table as at Monday, August 20, 1951:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Reading 1 1 0 0 2 0 ∞ 2 
2 Leyton Orient 1 1 0 0 1 0 ∞ 2 
3 Walsall 1 1 0 0 1 0 ∞ 2 
4 Brighton and Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 5 1 5.00 2 
5 Ipswich Town 1 1 0 0 4 1 4.00 2 
6 Bristol City 1 1 0 0 3 1 3.00 2 
7 Crystal Palace 1 1 0 0 2 1 2.00 2 
8 Watford 1 1 0 0 3 2 1.50 2 
9 Newport County 2 1 0 1 3 3 1.00 2 
10 Bristol Rovers 2 1 0 1 1 1 1.00 2 
11 Northampton Town 2 1 0 1 1 2 0.50 2 
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 0 1 0 2 2 1.00 1 
13 Torquay United 1 0 1 0 2 2 1.00 1 
14 Gillingham 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.00 1 
15 Millwall 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.00 1 
16 Norwich City 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.00 1 
17 Swindon Town 2 0 1 1 1 2 0.50 1 
18 Shrewsbury Town 1 0 0 1 2 3 0.67 0 
19 Exeter City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0 
20 Southend United 1 0 0 1 1 4 0.25 0 
21 Colchester United 1 0 0 1 1 5 0.20 0 
22 Aldershot 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 0 
23 Plymouth Argyle 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 0 
24 Port Vale 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.00 0 

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