Football League Division Three (South)
Thursday, August 31, 1950

Colchester United Swindon Town
J.Church (??'), B.Curry (??'), A.Turner (??', ??')
HT: 4-0 G.Hudson (??')
Attendance:  12,579    


1
WRIGHT
2
KETTLE
3
ALLEN
4
BEARRYMAN
5
STEWART
6
ELDER
7
JONES
8
CURRY
9
TURNER
10
MCKIM
11
CHURCH
1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
MAY
4
COWIE
5
BATCHELOR
6
KAYE
7
MILLAR
8
COURT
9
HUDSON
10
PEEBLES
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
George WRIGHT
                 
Sam BURTON
1
2
Albert KETTLE
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Bob ALLEN
                 
Harry MAY
3
4
Harry BEARRYMAN
                 
Andy COWIE
4
5
Reg STEWART
                 
Ted BATCHELOR
5
6
Jimmy ELDER
                 
Harry KAYE
6
7
Len JONES
                 
William MILLAR
7

8
Bob CURRY
               
Jack COURT
8

9
Arthur TURNER
             
Garth HUDSON
9
10
Johnny MCKIM
                 
Dick PEEBLES
10
11
John CHURCH
               
Jimmy BAIN
11













Results on Thursday, August 31, 1950: League Table

 
  Colchester United 4 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Leyton Orient 2 - 0 Ipswich Town  
  Newport County 2 - 1 Port Vale  
  Northampton Town 1 - 2 Norwich City  

Table as at Thursday, August 31, 1950:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Nottingham Forest 4 4 0 0 12 3 4.00
2 Millwall 4 3 1 0 8 1 8.00
3 Bristol Rovers 4 2 2 0 5 1 5.00
4 Colchester United 4 1 3 0 5 2 2.50
5 Leyton Orient 4 2 1 1 7 4 1.75
6 Southend United 4 2 1 1 8 6 1.33
7 Norwich City 4 2 1 1 6 5 1.20
8 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 4 2 1 1 6 6 1.00
9 Bristol City 4 2 0 2 5 3 1.67
10 Northampton Town 4 1 2 1 5 3 1.67
11 Ipswich Town 4 1 2 1 5 5 1.00
12 Newport County 4 2 0 2 6 7 0.86
13 Exeter City 4 2 0 2 4 5 0.80
14 Plymouth Argyle 4 1 2 1 4 5 0.80
15 Aldershot 4 1 2 1 3 4 0.75
16 Reading 4 2 0 2 4 6 0.67
17 Torquay United 4 1 1 2 10 9 1.11
18 Swindon Town 4 1 1 2 4 6 0.67
19 Walsall 4 0 2 2 4 6 0.67
20 Watford 4 1 0 3 5 9 0.56
21 Gillingham 4 0 2 2 3 7 0.43
22 Brighton and Hove Albion 4 0 2 2 3 8 0.38
23 Crystal Palace 4 1 0 3 3 9 0.33
24 Port Vale 4 1 0 3 2 7 0.29

Key: Promotion Re-election