Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, March 1, 1952

Swindon Town Gillingham
M.Betteridge (24'), M.Owen (45')
 HT: 2-0 B.Hales (81')
Attendance:  9,769   Referee:  A.W. Smith


1
UPRICHARD
2
HUNT
3
MAY
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
GRAY
7
LUNN
8
MILLAR
9
OWEN
10
BETTERIDGE
11
BAIN
1
RIGG
2
MARKS
3
LEWIN
4
BOSWELL
5
NIBLETT
6
AYRES
7
SCARTH
8
RUSSELL
9
HALES
10
FORRESTER
11
POULTON

Lineups
1
Norman UPRICHARD  
                 
Tommy RIGG
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Charlie MARKS
2
3
Harry MAY
                 
Ron LEWIN
3
4
Harry KAYE
                 
Jimmy BOSWELL
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Vic NIBLETT
5
6
George GRAY
                 
Harry AYRES
6
7
Harry LUNN
                 
Jimmy SCARTH
7

8
William MILLAR
                 
Hughie RUSSELL
8

9
Maurice OWEN
             
Bill HALES
9
10
Mick BETTERIDGE
               
George FORRESTER
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
                 
George POULTON
11















Results on Saturday, March 1, 1952: League Table
 
  Aldershot 2 - 2 Southend United  
  Bristol Rovers 1 - 2 Reading  
  Colchester United 1 - 0 Ipswich Town  
  Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Torquay United  
  Exeter City 0 - 0 Bristol City  
  Leyton Orient 2 - 3 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Norwich City 2 - 3 Port Vale  
  Plymouth Argyle 2 - 0 Northampton Town  
  Shrewsbury Town 2 - 0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Swindon Town 2 - 1 Gillingham  
  Walsall 1 - 2 Millwall  
  Watford 1 - 1 Newport County  

Table as at Saturday, March 1, 1952:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Plymouth Argyle 34 23 5 6 83 38 2.18 51 
2 Reading 34 23 2 9 90 43 2.09 48 
3 Brighton and Hove Albion 34 21 5 8 67 43 1.56 47 
4 Millwall 33 18 9 6 56 38 1.47 45 
5 Norwich City 34 17 8 9 61 41 1.49 42 
6 Bristol Rovers 33 14 9 10 59 37 1.59 37 
7 Newport County 31 15 7 9 56 53 1.06 37 
8 Northampton Town 34 16 4 14 67 55 1.22 36 
9 Southend United 33 13 8 12 51 51 1.00 34 
10 Swindon Town 33 11 12 10 42 43 0.98 34 
11 Colchester United 33 12 9 12 43 55 0.78 33 
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 34 12 8 14 49 48 1.02 32 
13 Leyton Orient 34 13 6 15 44 50 0.88 32 
14 Bristol City 33 10 10 13 41 50 0.82 30 
15 Watford 34 10 10 14 46 60 0.77 30 
16 Crystal Palace 33 12 5 16 48 57 0.84 29 
17 Ipswich Town 33 11 5 17 47 57 0.82 27 
18 Aldershot 34 11 5 18 52 71 0.73 27 
19 Torquay United 35 10 7 18 56 83 0.67 27 
20 Port Vale 34 7 13 14 32 53 0.60 27 
21 Exeter City 34 10 6 18 50 65 0.77 26 
22 Shrewsbury Town 35 10 6 19 52 73 0.71 26 
23 Gillingham 33 8 9 16 57 59 0.97 25 
24 Walsall 34 10 4 20 42 68 0.62 24 

Key: Promotion Re-election