Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, January 13, 1951

Newport County Swindon Town
B.Shergold (33'), C.Birch (88')
 HT: 1-1 H.Lunn (~5')
Attendance:  14,000   Referee:  W.J. Edwards


1
FEARNLEY
2
STAPLES
3
HAYWARD
4
STROUD
5
WILLIAMS
6
NEWALL
7
BIRCH
8
BEATTIE
9
PARKER
10
SHERGOLD
11
MOORE
1
UPRICHARD
2
HUNT
3
MAY
4
KAYE
5
HUDSON
6
BATCHELOR
7
LUNN
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
MILLAR
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Harry FEARNLEY
                 
  Norman UPRICHARD
1
2
Len STAPLES
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Dougie HAYWARD
                 
Harry MAY
3
4
Billy STROUD
                 
Harry KAYE
4
5
Mostyn WILLIAMS
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Danny NEWALL
                 
Ted BATCHELOR
6
7
Cliff BIRCH
             
Harry LUNN
7

8
George BEATTIE
                 
Roy ONSLOW
8

9
Reg PARKER
                 
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Billy SHERGOLD
               
William MILLAR
10
11
Beriah MOORE
                 
Jimmy BAIN
11















Results on Saturday, January 13, 1951: League Table
 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 3 - 1 Walsall  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 3 - 1 Colchester United  
  Bristol City 2 - 1 Millwall  
  Crystal Palace 1 - 0 Bristol Rovers  
  Exeter City 0 - 0 Leyton Orient  
  Gillingham 3 - 1 Watford  
  Newport County 2 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Northampton Town 1 - 0 Torquay United  
  Norwich City 2 - 2 Aldershot  
  Port Vale 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest  
  Reading 4 - 0 Plymouth Argyle  
  Southend United 1 - 0 Ipswich Town  

Table as at Saturday, January 13, 1951:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Nottingham Forest 24 16 6 2 62 18 3.44 38 
2 Norwich City 25 14 9 2 44 22 2.00 37 
3 Bristol Rovers 24 13 7 4 35 17 2.06 33 
4 Reading 26 13 6 7 45 27 1.67 32 
5 Millwall 26 13 5 8 50 37 1.35 31 
6 Exeter City 24 13 3 8 36 29 1.24 29 
7 Plymouth Argyle 24 13 2 9 45 28 1.61 28 
8 Northampton Town 25 9 10 6 34 24 1.42 28 
9 Bristol City 25 13 2 10 35 30 1.17 28 
10 Ipswich Town 26 12 4 10 35 34 1.03 28 
11 Southend United 25 12 3 10 48 39 1.23 27 
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 26 12 2 12 40 40 1.00 26 
13 Aldershot 25 9 6 10 34 50 0.68 24 
14 Newport County 25 10 3 12 41 38 1.08 23 
15 Port Vale 23 8 6 9 26 31 0.84 22 
16 Swindon Town 26 10 2 14 28 34 0.82 22 
17 Brighton and Hove Albion 25 6 10 9 31 48 0.65 22 
18 Colchester United 25 7 7 11 36 40 0.90 21 
19 Torquay United 26 8 4 14 38 50 0.76 20 
20 Leyton Orient 26 7 5 14 29 49 0.59 19 
21 Watford 26 6 6 14 37 49 0.76 18 
22 Gillingham 25 5 6 14 36 63 0.57 16 
23 Walsall 26 6 4 16 20 40 0.50 16 
24 Crystal Palace 26 7 2 17 21 49 0.43 16 

Key: Promotion Re-election