Match Centre

Saturday March 3rd, 1951

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

1 - 1

1

H. Lunn (14')

Reading

Reading

1

L. Henley (26')
H. Lunn (14')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 21,485
(3,000 away fans)

L. Henley (26')
R.E. Tarratt
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


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
Swindon Town
1Norman UPRICHARD
2Billy LLOYD
3Harry MAY
4Harry KAYE
5Garth HUDSON
6Ted BATCHELOR
7Harry LUNN
8Roy ONSLOW
9Maurice OWEN
10Willie MILLAR
11Jimmy BAIN
Reading
1John McBRIDE1
2Ron MOYSE2
3Stan WICKS3
4Peter McLEAN4
5Gordon BRICE5
6Jimmy JOHNSTON6
7Dennis SIMPSON7
8Maurice EDELSTON8
9Ronnie BLACKMAN9
10Les HENLEY10
11Ken BAINBRIDGE11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday March 3rd, 1951:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday March 3rd, 1951:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 31 10 4 1 43 11 9 3 4 34 16 19 7 5 77 27 2.85 45
2 Norwich City Norwich City 31 11 6 0 29 8 6 4 4 24 21 17 10 4 53 29 1.83 44
3 Reading Reading 33 11 3 2 41 11 6 6 5 26 25 17 9 7 67 36 1.86 43
4 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 30 12 3 0 32 10 5 5 5 15 15 17 8 5 47 25 1.88 42
5 Southend United Southend United 33 11 2 3 47 19 5 4 8 24 31 16 6 11 71 50 1.42 38
6 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 31 12 2 2 36 11 4 3 8 21 25 16 5 10 57 36 1.58 37
7 Millwall Millwall 32 10 4 2 39 20 5 2 9 20 28 15 6 11 59 48 1.23 36
8 Bristol City Bristol City 31 12 1 2 28 13 4 3 9 16 25 16 4 11 44 38 1.16 36
9 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 33 10 3 3 33 18 6 1 10 14 24 16 4 13 47 42 1.12 36
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 32 13 1 1 36 12 3 1 13 13 37 16 2 14 49 49 1 34
11 Exeter City Exeter City 32 8 2 6 26 20 7 1 8 26 33 15 3 14 52 53 0.98 33
12 Northampton Town Northampton Town 31 8 5 3 33 18 2 5 8 9 17 10 10 11 42 35 1.20 30
13 Newport County Newport County 31 9 2 6 35 23 3 4 7 15 22 12 6 13 50 45 1.11 30
14 Port Vale Port Vale 31 9 3 2 22 14 2 5 10 19 31 11 8 12 41 45 0.91 30
15 Swindon Town Swindon 33 12 3 2 27 12 1 0 15 10 36 13 3 17 37 48 0.77 29
16 Aldershot Aldershot 32 7 6 2 27 16 4 1 12 16 50 11 7 14 43 66 0.65 29
17 Walsall Walsall 34 9 2 6 25 15 2 4 11 12 33 11 6 17 37 48 0.77 28
18 Colchester United Colchester United 32 8 3 6 30 21 1 6 8 12 32 9 9 14 42 53 0.79 27
19 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 32 6 7 4 27 27 1 6 8 12 34 7 13 12 39 61 0.64 27
20 Gillingham Gillingham 33 7 6 3 31 21 2 2 13 23 56 9 8 16 54 77 0.70 26
21 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 32 8 2 4 23 15 2 3 13 14 41 10 5 17 37 56 0.66 25
22 Torquay United Torquay United 34 9 2 7 35 33 0 4 12 11 31 9 6 19 46 64 0.72 24
23 Watford Watford 33 6 4 7 22 19 1 4 11 20 46 7 8 18 42 65 0.65 22
24 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 33 6 3 8 16 27 1 2 13 8 34 7 5 21 24 61 0.39 19

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