Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, March 17, 1951

Swindon Town Ipswich Town
J.Bain (??'), G.Hudson (??' pen)
 HT: 0-0
Attendance:  7,003   Referee:  B. Jackson


1
BURTON
2
LLOYD
3
MAY
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
BATCHELOR
7
LUNN
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
MILLAR
11
BAIN
1
BURNS
2
FEENEY
3
TYLER
4
BAIRD
5
REES
6
PARKER
7
BROWN
8
MCCRORY
9
WARNE
10
DRIVER
11
ROBERTS

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Mick BURNS
1
2
Billy LLOYD
                 
  Jim FEENEY
2
3
Harry MAY
                 
Len TYLER
3
4
Harry KAYE
                 
  Harry BAIRD
4
5
Garth HUDSON
               
Doug REES
5
6
Ted BATCHELOR
                 
Tommy PARKER
6
7
Harry LUNN
                 
  Jackie BROWN
7

8
Roy ONSLOW
                 
  Sammy MCCRORY
8

9
Maurice OWEN
                 
Ray WARNE
9
10
William MILLAR
                 
Allenby DRIVER
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
               
Jimmy ROBERTS
11













Results on Saturday, March 17, 1951: League Table
 
  Aldershot 3 - 1 Leyton Orient  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 4 - 1 Exeter City  
  Bristol Rovers 4 - 0 Reading  
  Colchester United 3 - 0 Plymouth Argyle  
  Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Southend United  
  Northampton Town 2 - 2 Bristol City  
  Norwich City 2 - 0 Gillingham  
  Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Watford  
  Swindon Town 2 - 0 Ipswich Town  
  Torquay United 3 - 2 Walsall  

Table as at Saturday, March 17, 1951:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Nottingham Forest 33 21 7 5 81 28 2.89 49 
2 Norwich City 33 18 11 4 57 31 1.84 47 
3 Bristol Rovers 33 18 9 6 52 28 1.86 45 
4 Reading 35 18 9 8 70 42 1.67 45 
5 Southend United 35 17 7 11 74 51 1.45 41 
6 Plymouth Argyle 34 17 5 12 63 42 1.50 39 
7 Millwall 33 16 6 11 61 49 1.24 38 
8 Bristol City 33 16 6 11 48 42 1.14 38 
9 Ipswich Town 35 17 4 14 52 46 1.13 38 
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 34 17 3 14 53 51 1.04 37 
11 Exeter City 34 15 3 16 54 59 0.92 33 
12 Newport County 32 13 6 13 51 45 1.13 32 
13 Port Vale 33 12 8 13 43 48 0.90 32 
14 Northampton Town 33 10 11 12 45 39 1.15 31 
15 Swindon Town 35 14 3 18 40 53 0.75 31 
16 Aldershot 34 12 7 15 48 72 0.67 31 
17 Brighton and Hove Albion 34 8 14 12 45 64 0.70 30 
18 Colchester United 34 10 9 15 47 56 0.84 29 
19 Walsall 36 11 6 19 39 53 0.74 28 
20 Leyton Orient 34 11 5 18 43 60 0.72 27 
21 Torquay United 36 10 6 20 50 71 0.70 26 
22 Gillingham 35 9 8 18 54 80 0.68 26 
23 Watford 35 8 8 19 45 67 0.67 24 
24 Crystal Palace 35 8 5 22 26 64 0.41 21 

Key: Promotion Re-election