Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, February 16, 1952

Brighton and Hove Albion Swindon Town
R.Garbutt (25'), K.Bennett (27'), B.Reed (39', ??')
HT: 3-0
Attendance:  18,526   Referee:  A.H. Blythe


1
BALL
2
TENNANT
3
MANSELL
4
WILLARD
5
MCCOY
6
WILSON
7
REED
8
SIRREL
9
GARBUTT
10
BENNETT
11
HOWARD
1
UPRICHARD
2
HUNT
3
MAY
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
GRAY
7
LUNN
8
MILLAR
9
OWEN
10
BETTERIDGE
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Jack BALL
                 
  Norman UPRICHARD
1
2
Des TENNANT
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Jack MANSELL
                 
Harry MAY
3
4
Jess WILLARD
                 
Harry KAYE
4
5
Tim MCCOY
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Glen WILSON
                 
George GRAY
6
7
Billy REED  
               
Harry LUNN
7

8
Jimmy SIRREL
                 
William MILLAR
8

9
Ray GARBUTT
               
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Ken BENNETT
               
Mick BETTERIDGE
10
11
Frankie HOWARD
                 
Jimmy BAIN
11















Results on Saturday, February 16, 1952: League Table

 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 2 - 1 Walsall  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 4 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Bristol City 2 - 5 Norwich City  
  Gillingham 4 - 4 Crystal Palace  
  Ipswich Town 2 - 4 Exeter City  
  Millwall 2 - 0 Leyton Orient  
  Newport County 4 - 2 Aldershot  
  Northampton Town 2 - 0 Bristol Rovers  
  Port Vale 1 - 0 Plymouth Argyle  
  Reading 4 - 1 Watford  
  Southend United 2 - 2 Shrewsbury Town  
  Torquay United 3 - 1 Colchester United  

Table as at Saturday, February 16, 1952:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Plymouth Argyle 32 22 4 6 79 36 2.19 48 
2 Brighton and Hove Albion 32 20 4 8 64 41 1.56 44 
3 Reading 31 20 2 9 80 41 1.95 42 
4 Norwich City 32 17 8 7 59 36 1.64 42 
5 Millwall 31 16 9 6 50 36 1.39 41 
6 Northampton Town 32 16 4 12 67 50 1.34 36 
7 Bristol Rovers 31 13 9 9 57 35 1.63 35 
8 Newport County 29 15 5 9 54 51 1.06 35 
9 Leyton Orient 32 13 6 13 42 46 0.91 32 
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 32 12 7 13 47 44 1.07 31 
11 Swindon Town 31 10 11 10 38 40 0.95 31 
12 Southend United 31 12 7 12 44 48 0.92 31 
13 Colchester United 31 11 8 12 42 55 0.76 30 
14 Bristol City 31 10 9 12 40 45 0.89 29 
15 Watford 32 9 9 14 43 59 0.73 27 
16 Ipswich Town 31 11 4 16 45 54 0.83 26 
17 Crystal Palace 31 11 4 16 45 56 0.80 26 
18 Torquay United 33 10 6 17 54 78 0.69 26 
19 Aldershot 32 11 3 18 49 68 0.72 25 
20 Gillingham 31 8 8 15 56 57 0.98 24 
21 Exeter City 32 10 4 18 50 65 0.77 24 
22 Walsall 32 10 4 18 41 64 0.64 24 
23 Port Vale 31 6 12 13 27 45 0.60 24 
24 Shrewsbury Town 33 9 5 19 49 72 0.68 23 

Key: Promotion Re-election