Match Centre

Saturday May 5th, 1951

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 3

2

A. Wheeler (27'), H. Kaye (82')

Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest

3

W. Ardron (40'), T. Johnson (63'), C. Collindridge (89')
A. Wheeler (27'), H. Kaye (82')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 10,707

W. Ardron (40'), T. Johnson (63'), C. Collindridge (89')
S.V. Davis
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
PAGE
3
MAY
4
FARR
5
HUDSON
6
KAYE
7
LUNN
8
WHEELER
9
ONSLOW
10
MILLAR
11
THOMAS
1
WALKER
2
WHARE
3
THOMAS
4
ANDERSON
5
GAGER
6
MORLEY
7
SCOTT
8
LOVE
9
ARDRON
10
JOHNSON
11
COLLINDRIDGE
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2Mick PAGE
3Harry MAY
4Brian FARR
5Garth HUDSON
6Harry KAYE
7Harry LUNN
8Alf WHEELER
9Roy ONSLOW
10Willie MILLAR
11Johnnie THOMAS
Nottingham Forest
1Harry WALKER1
2Billy WHARE2
3Geoff THOMAS3
4Johnny ANDERSON4
5Horace GAGER5
6Bill MORLEY6
7Freddie SCOTT7
8Jack LOVE8
9Wally ARDRON9
10Tom JOHNSON10
11Colin COLLINDRIDGE11

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Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday May 5th, 1951:

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

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday May 5th, 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 46 16 6 1 57 17 14 4 5 53 23 30 10 6 110 40 2.75 70
2 Norwich City Norwich City 46 16 6 1 42 14 9 8 6 40 31 25 14 7 82 45 1.82 64
3 Reading Reading 46 15 6 2 57 17 6 9 8 31 36 21 15 10 88 53 1.66 57
4 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 46 16 5 2 54 19 8 4 11 31 36 24 9 13 85 55 1.55 57
5 Millwall Millwall 46 15 6 2 52 23 8 4 11 28 34 23 10 13 80 57 1.40 56
6 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 46 15 7 1 46 18 5 8 10 18 24 20 15 11 64 42 1.52 55
7 Southend United Southend United 46 15 4 4 64 27 6 6 11 28 42 21 10 15 92 69 1.33 52
8 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 46 15 4 4 48 24 8 2 13 21 34 23 6 17 69 58 1.19 52
9 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 46 17 5 1 49 16 5 2 16 16 41 22 7 17 65 57 1.14 51
10 Bristol City Bristol City 46 15 4 4 41 25 5 7 11 23 34 20 11 15 64 59 1.08 51
11 Newport County Newport County 46 13 4 6 48 25 6 5 12 29 45 19 9 18 77 70 1.10 47
12 Port Vale Port Vale 46 13 6 4 35 24 3 7 13 25 41 16 13 17 60 65 0.92 45
13 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 46 11 8 4 51 31 2 9 12 20 48 13 17 16 71 79 0.90 43
14 Exeter City Exeter City 46 11 4 8 33 30 7 2 14 29 55 18 6 22 62 85 0.73 42
15 Walsall Walsall 46 12 4 7 32 20 3 6 14 20 42 15 10 21 52 62 0.84 40
16 Colchester United Colchester United 46 12 5 6 43 25 2 7 14 20 51 14 12 20 63 76 0.83 40
17 Swindon Town Swindon 46 15 4 4 38 17 3 0 20 17 50 18 4 24 55 67 0.82 40
18 Aldershot Aldershot 46 11 8 4 37 20 4 2 17 19 68 15 10 21 56 88 0.64 40
19 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 46 13 2 8 36 28 2 6 15 17 47 15 8 23 53 75 0.71 38
20 Torquay United Torquay United 46 13 2 8 47 39 1 7 15 17 42 14 9 23 64 81 0.79 37
21 Northampton Town Northampton Town 46 8 9 6 39 30 2 7 14 16 37 10 16 20 55 67 0.82 36
22 Gillingham Gillingham 46 10 7 6 41 30 3 2 18 28 71 13 9 24 69 101 0.68 35
23 Watford Watford 46 8 5 10 29 28 1 6 16 25 60 9 11 26 54 88 0.61 29
24 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 46 6 5 12 18 39 2 6 15 15 45 8 11 27 33 84 0.39 27

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