Football League Division Three (South)
Wednesday, May 2, 1951

Gillingham Swindon Town
B.Hales (??' pen, ??')
 HT: 0-1 J.Thomas (??')
Attendance:  8,285    


1
BURKE
2
MARKS
3
DORLING
4
BOSWELL
5
KINGSNORTH
6
AYRES
7
BURTENSHAW
8
LEWIS
9
HALES
10
THOMAS
11
FORRESTER
1
BURTON
2
PAGE
3
MAY
4
FARR
5
HUDSON
6
PAINTER
7
LUNN
8
WHEELER
9
ONSLOW
10
SIMNER
11
THOMAS

Lineups
1
Johnny BURKE
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Charlie MARKS
                 
Mick PAGE
2
3
George DORLING
                 
Harry MAY
3
4
Jimmy BOSWELL
                 
Brian FARR
4
5
Tom KINGSNORTH
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Harry AYRES
                 
Edward PAINTER
6
7
Bill BURTENSHAW
                 
Harry LUNN
7

8
Derek LEWIS
                 
Alf WHEELER
8

9
Bill HALES
               
Roy ONSLOW
9
10
Dave THOMAS
                 
Joe SIMNER
10
11
George FORRESTER
               
John THOMAS
11













Results on Wednesday, May 2, 1951: League Table
 
  Aldershot 3 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Gillingham 2 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Newport County  
  Reading 1 - 1 Millwall  

Table as at Wednesday, May 2, 1951:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Nottingham Forest 44 28 10 6 105 38 2.76 66 
2 Norwich City 45 24 14 7 79 44 1.80 62 
3 Reading 45 21 15 9 88 52 1.69 57 
4 Plymouth Argyle 45 23 9 13 83 54 1.54 55 
5 Bristol Rovers 44 20 14 10 63 39 1.62 54 
6 Millwall 45 22 10 13 79 57 1.39 54 
7 Southend United 45 20 10 15 87 68 1.28 50 
8 Ipswich Town 45 22 6 17 67 58 1.16 50 
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 45 21 7 17 64 57 1.12 49 
10 Bristol City 44 19 11 14 62 57 1.09 49 
11 Newport County 45 18 9 18 74 70 1.06 45 
12 Port Vale 44 16 12 16 59 63 0.94 44 
13 Brighton and Hove Albion 44 13 17 14 71 75 0.95 43 
14 Exeter City 45 18 6 21 61 80 0.76 42 
15 Swindon Town 45 18 4 23 53 64 0.83 40 
16 Colchester United 45 14 11 20 62 75 0.83 39 
17 Leyton Orient 45 15 8 22 53 73 0.73 38 
18 Aldershot 45 14 10 21 55 88 0.63 38 
19 Torquay United 45 14 9 22 64 80 0.80 37 
20 Walsall 44 13 10 21 48 61 0.79 36 
21 Northampton Town 45 10 15 20 54 66 0.82 35 
22 Gillingham 45 13 9 23 68 99 0.69 35 
23 Watford 45 9 11 25 53 85 0.62 29 
24 Crystal Palace 45 8 11 26 32 81 0.40 27 

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