Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, February 17, 1951

Swindon Town Port Vale
R.Peart (17'), W.Millar (84')
 HT: 1-1 C.Pinchbeck (33')
Attendance:  7,889   Referee:  G.L. Iliffe


1
UPRICHARD
2
LLOYD
3
MAY
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
BATCHELOR
7
LUNN
8
ONSLOW
9
PEART
10
MILLAR
11
BAIN
1
KING
2
HAMLETT
3
TURNER
4
MCGARRY
5
CHEADLE
6
POLK
7
HULLIGAN
8
AVEYARD
9
PINCHBECK
10
MARTIN
11
BENNETT

Lineups
1
Norman UPRICHARD  
                 
Ray KING
1
2
Billy LLOYD
                 
Lol HAMLETT
2
3
Harry MAY
                 
Stan TURNER
3
4
Harry KAYE
                 
  Bill MCGARRY
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Tom CHEADLE
5
6
Ted BATCHELOR
                 
Stan POLK
6
7
Harry LUNN
                 
Mick HULLIGAN
7

8
Roy ONSLOW
                 
Walter AVEYARD
8

9
Robert PEART
             
Cliff PINCHBECK
9
10
William MILLAR
               
Alan MARTIN
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
                 
Alan BENNETT
11















Results on Saturday, February 17, 1951: League Table
 
  Aldershot 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 1 Watford  
  Colchester United 2 - 1 Northampton Town  
  Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Newport County  
  Ipswich Town 5 - 1 Gillingham  
  Plymouth Argyle 3 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Reading 4 - 2 Exeter City  
  Swindon Town 2 - 1 Port Vale  
  Torquay United 2 - 2 Southend United  
  Walsall 4 - 0 Millwall  

Table as at Saturday, February 17, 1951:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Nottingham Forest 29 18 7 4 74 25 2.96 43 
2 Bristol Rovers 29 16 8 5 44 24 1.83 40 
3 Norwich City 29 15 10 4 49 28 1.75 40 
4 Reading 31 16 8 7 59 34 1.74 40 
5 Millwall 30 15 6 9 56 42 1.33 36 
6 Plymouth Argyle 29 15 4 10 54 34 1.59 34 
7 Southend United 31 14 6 11 60 47 1.28 34 
8 Ipswich Town 31 15 4 12 45 39 1.15 34 
9 Bristol City 29 14 4 11 41 38 1.08 32 
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 31 15 2 14 48 49 0.98 32 
11 Exeter City 30 14 3 13 46 50 0.92 31 
12 Newport County 29 11 6 12 46 42 1.10 28 
13 Northampton Town 29 9 10 10 36 34 1.06 28 
14 Swindon Town 31 13 2 16 34 39 0.87 28 
15 Aldershot 30 11 6 13 40 57 0.70 28 
16 Colchester United 30 9 9 12 41 45 0.91 27 
17 Port Vale 29 10 7 12 37 42 0.88 27 
18 Brighton and Hove Albion 30 7 12 11 37 57 0.65 26 
19 Walsall 32 10 5 17 35 47 0.74 25 
20 Torquay United 32 9 6 17 46 62 0.74 24 
21 Gillingham 31 9 6 16 52 75 0.69 24 
22 Leyton Orient 30 9 5 16 34 53 0.64 23 
23 Watford 31 7 8 16 42 57 0.74 22 
24 Crystal Palace 31 7 4 20 24 60 0.40 18 

Key: Promotion Re-election