Match Centre

Saturday December 22nd, 1951

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

3 - 1

3

H. May (37'), J. Bain (60'), M. Owen (79')

Exeter City

Exeter City

1

D. Digby (17')
H. May (37'), J. Bain (60'), M. Owen (79')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 8,614

D. Digby (17')
G.F.J. Sawyer

Lineups


1
UPRICHARD
2
HUNT
3
MAY
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
GRAY
7
LUNN
8
MILLAR
9
OWEN
10
BETTERIDGE
11
BAIN
1
SINGLETON
2
WARREN
3
ROWE
4
BOOTH
5
GODDARD
6
DAVEY
7
DIGBY
8
SMART
9
WALTON
10
MACKAY
11
McCLELLAND

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 22nd, 1951:

Aldershot Aldershot 2-0 Watford Watford
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 0-0 Millwall Millwall
Bristol City Bristol City 1-3 Reading Reading
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 2-2 Colchester United Colchester United
Gillingham Gillingham 0-2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 3-1 Newport County Newport County
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 3-3 Norwich City Norwich City
Port Vale Port Vale 0-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Swindon Town Swindon 3-1 Exeter City Exeter City
Torquay United Torquay United 1-3 Southend United Southend United
Walsall Walsall 2-5 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 22nd, 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 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 21 9 0 1 31 8 5 2 4 22 18 14 2 5 53 26 2.04 30
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 22 8 1 3 28 13 6 1 3 14 14 14 2 6 42 27 1.56 30
3 Northampton Town Northampton Town 21 9 0 1 33 11 3 3 5 12 17 12 3 6 45 28 1.61 27
4 Norwich City Norwich City 22 7 1 2 19 9 3 6 3 16 19 10 7 5 35 28 1.25 27
5 Millwall Millwall 21 7 2 1 22 13 4 3 4 11 14 11 5 5 33 27 1.22 27
6 Reading Reading 21 6 1 2 29 14 5 1 6 25 22 11 2 8 54 36 1.50 24
7 Swindon Town Swindon 21 4 5 2 12 9 4 3 3 20 16 8 8 5 32 25 1.28 24
8 Southend United Southend United 21 7 3 0 21 7 2 3 6 10 18 9 6 6 31 25 1.24 24
9 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 21 5 4 2 28 11 3 3 4 11 13 8 7 6 39 24 1.63 23
10 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 22 6 3 3 15 12 3 2 5 6 12 9 5 8 21 24 0.88 23
11 Newport County Newport County 20 5 2 1 19 12 4 2 6 14 28 9 4 7 33 40 0.83 22
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 21 3 3 4 16 12 4 4 3 15 13 7 7 7 31 25 1.24 21
13 Gillingham Gillingham 21 6 3 2 25 13 1 4 5 16 21 7 7 7 41 34 1.21 21
14 Watford Watford 21 1 5 4 12 20 5 3 3 15 15 6 8 7 27 35 0.77 20
15 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 21 5 1 5 14 13 4 0 6 17 24 9 1 11 31 37 0.84 19
16 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 21 6 1 4 25 16 2 1 7 9 20 8 2 11 34 36 0.94 18
17 Colchester United Colchester United 21 3 4 3 14 14 2 4 5 17 25 5 8 8 31 39 0.79 18
18 Aldershot Aldershot 21 5 1 5 15 12 2 2 6 16 27 7 3 11 31 39 0.79 17
19 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 22 6 1 6 19 18 1 2 6 15 26 7 3 12 34 44 0.77 17
20 Bristol City Bristol City 21 4 3 3 13 13 2 2 7 7 17 6 5 10 20 30 0.67 17
21 Walsall Walsall 22 5 3 4 19 18 2 0 8 7 22 7 3 12 26 40 0.65 17
22 Torquay United Torquay United 22 3 2 7 17 25 3 3 4 16 26 6 5 11 33 51 0.65 17
23 Port Vale Port Vale 22 2 8 1 13 11 1 1 9 6 23 3 9 10 19 34 0.56 15
24 Exeter City Exeter City 21 4 1 5 15 22 0 3 8 9 24 4 4 13 24 46 0.52 12

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