Match Centre

Wednesday May 2nd, 1951

Football League Division Three (South)

Gillingham

2 - 1

2

B. Hales (??' pen, ??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

J. Thomas (??')
B. Hales (??' pen, ??')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 8,285

J. Thomas (??')
Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham

Lineups


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
Gillingham
1Johnny BURKE
2Charlie MARKS
3George DORLING
4Jimmy BOSWELL
5Tom KINGSNORTH
6Harry AYRES
7Bill BURTENSHAW
8Derek LEWIS
9Bill HALES
10Dave THOMAS
11George FORRESTER
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Mick PAGE2
3Harry MAY3
4Brian FARR4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Eddie PAINTER6
7Harry LUNN7
8Alf WHEELER8
9Roy ONSLOW9
10Joe SIMNER10
11Johnnie THOMAS11

Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Wednesday May 2nd, 1951:

Aldershot Aldershot 3-0 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Gillingham Gillingham 2-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 2-1 Newport County Newport County
Reading Reading 1-1 Millwall Millwall

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Wednesday May 2nd, 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 44 16 6 1 57 17 12 4 5 48 21 28 10 6 105 38 2.76 66
2 Norwich City Norwich City 45 15 6 1 39 13 9 8 6 40 31 24 14 7 79 44 1.80 62
3 Reading Reading 45 15 6 2 57 17 6 9 7 31 35 21 15 9 88 52 1.69 57
4 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 45 16 5 2 54 19 7 4 11 29 35 23 9 13 83 54 1.54 55
5 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 44 15 6 0 45 15 5 8 10 18 24 20 14 10 63 39 1.62 54
6 Millwall Millwall 45 15 6 2 52 23 7 4 11 27 34 22 10 13 79 57 1.39 54
7 Southend United Southend United 45 14 4 4 59 26 6 6 11 28 42 20 10 15 87 68 1.28 50
8 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 45 14 4 4 46 24 8 2 13 21 34 22 6 17 67 58 1.16 50
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 45 16 5 1 48 16 5 2 16 16 41 21 7 17 64 57 1.12 49
10 Bristol City Bristol City 44 15 4 4 41 25 4 7 10 21 32 19 11 14 62 57 1.09 49
11 Newport County Newport County 45 12 4 6 45 25 6 5 12 29 45 18 9 18 74 70 1.06 45
12 Port Vale Port Vale 44 13 6 3 35 23 3 6 13 24 40 16 12 16 59 63 0.94 44
13 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 44 11 8 4 51 31 2 9 10 20 44 13 17 14 71 75 0.95 43
14 Exeter City Exeter City 45 11 4 8 33 30 7 2 13 28 50 18 6 21 61 80 0.76 42
15 Swindon Town Swindon 45 15 4 3 36 14 3 0 20 17 50 18 4 23 53 64 0.83 40
16 Colchester United Colchester United 45 12 4 6 42 24 2 7 14 20 51 14 11 20 62 75 0.83 39
17 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 45 13 2 7 36 26 2 6 15 17 47 15 8 22 53 73 0.73 38
18 Aldershot Aldershot 45 10 8 4 36 20 4 2 17 19 68 14 10 21 55 88 0.63 38
19 Torquay United Torquay United 45 13 2 8 47 39 1 7 14 17 41 14 9 22 64 80 0.80 37
20 Walsall Walsall 44 11 4 7 31 20 2 6 14 17 41 13 10 21 48 61 0.79 36
21 Northampton Town Northampton Town 45 8 9 6 39 30 2 6 14 15 36 10 15 20 54 66 0.82 35
22 Gillingham Gillingham 45 10 7 5 40 28 3 2 18 28 71 13 9 23 68 99 0.69 35
23 Watford Watford 45 8 5 9 28 25 1 6 16 25 60 9 11 25 53 85 0.62 29
24 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 45 6 5 12 18 39 2 6 14 14 42 8 11 26 32 81 0.40 27

Match Programme