Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, March 24, 1951

Leyton Orient Swindon Town
J.Blair (??'), J.Pattison (??')
HT: 1-0 R.Onslow (??')
Attendance:  10,029    


1
WELTON
2
WALTON
3
EVANS
4
BLIZZARD
5
ALDOUS
6
BROWN
7
JACKSON
8
REES
9
SHERRATT
10
BLAIR
11
PATTISON
1
BURTON
2
COWIE
3
MAY
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
BATCHELOR
7
LUNN
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
MILLAR
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Pat WELTON
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Dick WALTON
                 
Andy COWIE
2
3
John EVANS
                 
Harry MAY
3
4
Les BLIZZARD
                 
Harry KAYE
4
5
Stan ALDOUS
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Tommy BROWN
                 
Ted BATCHELOR
6
7
Brian JACKSON
                 
Harry LUNN
7

8
Billy REES  
               
Roy ONSLOW
8

9
Jimmy SHERRATT
                 
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Jimmy BLAIR  
               
William MILLAR
10
11
Johnny PATTISON
               
Jimmy BAIN
11













Results on Saturday, March 24, 1951: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, March 24, 1951:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Nottingham Forest 34 21 8 5 82 29 2.83 50 
2 Norwich City 34 18 12 4 57 31 1.84 48 
3 Reading 37 19 10 8 75 45 1.67 48 
4 Bristol Rovers 34 18 10 6 52 28 1.86 46 
5 Southend United 37 18 8 11 77 52 1.48 44 
6 Ipswich Town 37 19 4 14 57 46 1.24 42 
7 Plymouth Argyle 36 17 7 12 64 43 1.49 41 
8 Millwall 35 16 8 11 63 51 1.24 40 
9 Bristol City 35 17 6 12 53 47 1.13 40 
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 36 17 5 14 54 52 1.04 39 
11 Exeter City 36 15 5 16 57 62 0.92 35 
12 Newport County 33 13 7 13 53 47 1.13 33 
13 Swindon Town 37 15 3 19 42 55 0.76 33 
14 Port Vale 34 12 8 14 44 51 0.86 32 
15 Brighton and Hove Albion 36 9 14 13 51 68 0.75 32 
16 Northampton Town 35 10 11 14 47 47 1.00 31 
17 Colchester United 36 11 9 16 50 60 0.83 31 
18 Leyton Orient 36 13 5 18 47 62 0.76 31 
19 Aldershot 35 12 7 16 48 73 0.66 31 
20 Gillingham 37 10 9 18 57 81 0.70 29 
21 Walsall 37 11 6 20 40 55 0.73 28 
22 Torquay United 38 10 7 21 53 76 0.70 27 
23 Watford 37 8 9 20 47 71 0.66 25 
24 Crystal Palace 36 8 6 22 27 65 0.42 22 

Key: Promotion Re-election