Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, March 3, 1951

Swindon Town Reading
H.Lunn (14')
HT: 1-1 L.Henley (26')
Attendance:  21,485 (3,000 away fans)   Referee:  R.E. Tarratt


1
UPRICHARD
2
LLOYD
3
MAY
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
BATCHELOR
7
LUNN
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
MILLAR
11
BAIN
1
MCBRIDE
2
MOYSE
3
WICKS
4
MCLEAN
5
BRICE
6
JOHNSTON
7
SIMPSON
8
EDELSTON
9
BLACKMAN
10
HENLEY
11
BAINBRIDGE

Lineups
1
Norman UPRICHARD  
                 
John MCBRIDE
1
2
Billy LLOYD
                 
Ron MOYSE
2
3
Harry MAY
                 
Stan WICKS
3
4
Harry KAYE
                 
Peter MCLEAN
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Gordon BRICE
5
6
Ted BATCHELOR
                 
view STFC profileJimmy JOHNSTON
6
7
Harry LUNN
               
Dennis SIMPSON
7

8
Roy ONSLOW
                 
Maurice EDELSTON
8

9
Maurice OWEN
                 
Ronnie BLACKMAN
9
10
William MILLAR
               
Les HENLEY
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
                 
Ken BAINBRIDGE
11















Results on Saturday, March 3, 1951: League Table

 
  Aldershot 2 - 2 Plymouth Argyle  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 2 - 2 Gillingham  
  Bristol Rovers 3 - 1 Exeter City  
  Colchester United 1 - 3 Southend United  
  Crystal Palace 0 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Newport County 0 - 1 Bristol City  
  Northampton Town 6 - 0 Watford  
  Norwich City 2 - 1 Millwall  
  Nottingham Forest 0 - 1 Leyton Orient  
  Port Vale 1 - 1 Walsall  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Reading  
  Torquay United 0 - 1 Ipswich Town  

Table as at Saturday, March 3, 1951:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Nottingham Forest 31 19 7 5 77 27 2.85 45 
2 Norwich City 31 17 10 4 53 29 1.83 44 
3 Reading 33 17 9 7 67 36 1.86 43 
4 Bristol Rovers 30 17 8 5 47 25 1.88 42 
5 Southend United 33 16 6 11 71 50 1.42 38 
6 Plymouth Argyle 31 16 5 10 57 36 1.58 37 
7 Millwall 32 15 6 11 59 48 1.23 36 
8 Bristol City 31 16 4 11 44 38 1.16 36 
9 Ipswich Town 33 16 4 13 47 42 1.12 36 
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 32 16 2 14 49 49 1.00 34 
11 Exeter City 32 15 3 14 52 53 0.98 33 
12 Northampton Town 31 10 10 11 42 35 1.20 30 
13 Newport County 31 12 6 13 50 45 1.11 30 
14 Port Vale 31 11 8 12 41 45 0.91 30 
15 Swindon Town 33 13 3 17 37 48 0.77 29 
16 Aldershot 32 11 7 14 43 66 0.65 29 
17 Walsall 34 11 6 17 37 48 0.77 28 
18 Colchester United 32 9 9 14 42 53 0.79 27 
19 Brighton and Hove Albion 32 7 13 12 39 61 0.64 27 
20 Gillingham 33 9 8 16 54 77 0.70 26 
21 Leyton Orient 32 10 5 17 37 56 0.66 25 
22 Torquay United 34 9 6 19 46 64 0.72 24 
23 Watford 33 7 8 18 42 65 0.65 22 
24 Crystal Palace 33 7 5 21 24 61 0.39 19 

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