Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, February 24, 1951

Southend United Swindon Town
T.Tippett 3, R.Davies 2, C.Grant 2, J.Lawler
 HT: 5-2 R.Onslow, M.Owen
Attendance:  8,037    



Lineups
1
Tommy SCANNELL  
                 
  Norman UPRICHARD
1
2
Joe LOUGHRAN
                 
Billy LLOYD
2
3
Sandy ANDERSON
                 
Harry MAY
3
4
Jackie FRENCH
                 
Harry KAYE
4
5
Jimmy STIRLING
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Jimmy LAWLER
               
Ted BATCHELOR
6
7
Joe SIBLEY
                 
Harry LUNN
7

8
Jimmy MCALINDEN  
               
Roy ONSLOW
8

9
Cyril GRANT
             
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Reg DAVIES  
               
William MILLAR
10
11
Tommy TIPPETT
               
Jimmy BAIN
11













Results on Saturday, February 24, 1951: League Table
 
  Bristol City 2 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Exeter City 5 - 0 Colchester United  
  Gillingham 0 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Ipswich Town 1 - 3 Nottingham Forest  
  Leyton Orient 2 - 3 Port Vale  
  Millwall 2 - 4 Newport County  
  Plymouth Argyle 1 - 0 Torquay United  
  Reading 7 - 1 Aldershot  
  Southend United 8 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Walsall 1 - 0 Northampton Town  
  Watford 0 - 2 Norwich City  

Table as at Saturday, February 24, 1951:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Nottingham Forest 30 19 7 4 77 26 2.96 45 
2 Reading 32 17 8 7 66 35 1.89 42 
3 Norwich City 30 16 10 4 51 28 1.82 42 
4 Bristol Rovers 29 16 8 5 44 24 1.83 40 
5 Plymouth Argyle 30 16 4 10 55 34 1.62 36 
6 Southend United 32 15 6 11 68 49 1.39 36 
7 Millwall 31 15 6 10 58 46 1.26 36 
8 Bristol City 30 15 4 11 43 38 1.13 34 
9 Ipswich Town 32 15 4 13 46 42 1.10 34 
10 Exeter City 31 15 3 13 51 50 1.02 33 
11 AFC Bournemouth 31 15 2 14 48 49 0.98 32 
12 Newport County 30 12 6 12 50 44 1.14 30 
13 Port Vale 30 11 7 12 40 44 0.91 29 
14 Northampton Town 30 9 10 11 36 35 1.03 28 
15 Swindon Town 32 13 2 17 36 47 0.77 28 
16 Aldershot 31 11 6 14 41 64 0.64 28 
17 Colchester United 31 9 9 13 41 50 0.82 27 
18 Walsall 33 11 5 17 36 47 0.77 27 
19 Brighton and Hove Albion 31 7 12 12 37 59 0.63 26 
20 Gillingham 32 9 7 16 52 75 0.69 25 
21 Torquay United 33 9 6 18 46 63 0.73 24 
22 Leyton Orient 31 9 5 17 36 56 0.64 23 
23 Watford 32 7 8 17 42 59 0.71 22 
24 Crystal Palace 32 7 5 20 24 60 0.40 19 

Key: Promotion places Re-election