Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, December 1, 1951

Swindon Town Newport County
H.Lunn (80')
 HT: 0-0 B.Shergold (71')
Attendance:  12,007   Referee:  E.S. Vickery


1
UPRICHARD
2
HUNT
3
GULLIVER
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
BATCHELOR
7
LUNN
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
BETTERIDGE
11
BAIN
1
POPE
2
STAPLES
3
HAINES
4
NEWALL
5
WILCOX
6
DONALDSON
7
BIRCH
8
BEATTIE
9
PARKER
10
SHERGOLD
11
MOORE

Lineups
1
Norman UPRICHARD  
                 
Terry POPE
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Len STAPLES
2
3
Jeff GULLIVER
                 
Don HAINES
3
4
Harry KAYE
                 
Danny NEWALL
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Ray WILCOX
5
6
Ted BATCHELOR
                 
Jimmy DONALDSON
6
7
Harry LUNN
               
Cliff BIRCH
7

8
Roy ONSLOW
                 
George BEATTIE
8

9
Maurice OWEN
                 
Reg PARKER
9
10
Mick BETTERIDGE
               
Billy SHERGOLD
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
                 
Beriah MOORE
11















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

Table as at Saturday, December 1, 1951:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Plymouth Argyle 19 13 2 4 46 21 2.19 28 
2 Brighton and Hove Albion 19 12 1 6 38 25 1.52 25 
3 Millwall 19 11 3 5 32 26 1.23 25 
4 Northampton Town 19 11 2 6 39 28 1.39 24 
5 Norwich City 20 9 6 5 30 24 1.25 24 
6 Newport County 19 9 4 6 32 37 0.86 22 
7 Leyton Orient 21 9 4 8 18 21 0.86 22 
8 Bristol Rovers 19 7 7 5 36 21 1.71 21 
9 Gillingham 19 7 7 5 40 30 1.33 21 
10 Swindon Town 19 7 7 5 27 22 1.23 21 
11 Southend United 19 8 5 6 26 22 1.18 21 
12 Reading 19 9 2 8 48 35 1.37 20 
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 19 6 7 6 28 23 1.22 19 
14 Watford 19 5 8 6 24 32 0.75 18 
15 Walsall 20 7 3 10 24 32 0.75 17 
16 Bristol City 19 6 5 8 18 24 0.75 17 
17 Ipswich Town 19 7 2 10 30 33 0.91 16 
18 Crystal Palace 19 8 0 11 27 34 0.79 16 
19 Colchester United 19 5 6 8 28 36 0.78 16 
20 Shrewsbury Town 20 6 3 11 32 37 0.86 15 
21 Aldershot 19 6 3 10 28 35 0.80 15 
22 Torquay United 20 5 5 10 29 46 0.63 15 
23 Exeter City 19 4 4 11 22 41 0.54 12 
24 Port Vale 19 2 8 9 14 31 0.45 12 

Key: Promotion Re-election