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
Manager/Head Coach
Louis PAGE
Reading
1John McBRIDE1
2Ron MOYSE2
3Stan WICKS3
4Peter McLEAN4
5Gordon BRICE5
6Jimmy JOHNSTON6
7Dennis SIMPSON7
8Maurice EDELSTON8
9Ronnie BLACKMAN9
10Les HENLEY10
11Ken BAINBRIDGE11
Manager/Head Coach
Ted DRAKE

Newspaper Reports


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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