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

Colchester United Swindon Town
J.Church, B.Curry, A.Turner 2
 G.Hudson
Attendance:  12,579    



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

Key: Promotion places Re-election