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

Gillingham Swindon Town
D.Lewis (2', 19'), J.Briggs (7'), D.Thomas (45')
 HT: 4-0
Attendance:  15,704   Referee:  A.W. Smith


1
RIGG
2
MARKS
3
LEWIN
4
BOSWELL
5
NIBLETT
6
AYRES
7
HILLMAN
8
LEWIS
9
THOMAS
10
RUSSELL
11
BRIGGS
1
UPRICHARD
2
HUNT
3
GULLIVER
4
GRAY
5
HUDSON
6
BATCHELOR
7
ONSLOW
8
NAGY
9
OWEN
10
PEART
11
THOMAS

Lineups
1
Tommy RIGG
                 
  Norman UPRICHARD
1
2
Charlie MARKS
                 
George HUNT
2
3
Ron LEWIN
                 
Jeff GULLIVER
3
4
Jimmy BOSWELL
                 
George GRAY
4
5
Vic NIBLETT
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Harry AYRES
                 
Ted BATCHELOR
6
7
Dennis HILLMAN
                 
Roy ONSLOW
7

8
Derek LEWIS
               
NAGY Nick
8

9
Dave THOMAS
               
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Hughie RUSSELL
                 
Robert PEART
10
11
Jackie BRIGGS
               
John THOMAS
11















Results on Saturday, October 13, 1951: League Table
 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 2 - 0 Shrewsbury Town  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 3 - 1 Leyton Orient  
  Bristol City 1 - 1 Exeter City  
  Gillingham 4 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Ipswich Town 0 - 2 Colchester United  
  Millwall 2 - 1 Walsall  
  Newport County 2 - 5 Watford  
  Northampton Town 3 - 1 Plymouth Argyle  
  Port Vale 0 - 0 Norwich City  
  Reading 4 - 2 Bristol Rovers  
  Southend United 7 - 1 Aldershot  
  Torquay United 1 - 5 Crystal Palace  

Table as at Saturday, October 13, 1951:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Norwich City 14 7 5 2 23 17 1.35 19 
2 Plymouth Argyle 13 8 1 4 27 13 2.08 17 
3 Northampton Town 13 8 1 4 24 17 1.41 17 
4 Brighton and Hove Albion 13 8 0 5 29 18 1.61 16 
5 Gillingham 13 6 4 3 27 17 1.59 16 
6 Millwall 13 7 2 4 22 17 1.29 16 
7 Bristol Rovers 13 5 5 3 22 15 1.47 15 
8 Southend United 13 6 3 4 20 15 1.33 15 
9 Newport County 13 7 1 5 20 29 0.69 15 
10 Watford 13 5 4 4 19 23 0.83 14 
11 Leyton Orient 15 6 2 7 11 15 0.73 14 
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 13 4 5 4 21 16 1.31 13 
13 Ipswich Town 13 6 1 6 25 21 1.19 13 
14 Swindon Town 13 5 3 5 16 16 1.00 13 
15 Bristol City 13 5 3 5 14 16 0.88 13 
16 Aldershot 13 5 2 6 20 21 0.95 12 
17 Shrewsbury Town 14 5 2 7 26 28 0.93 12 
18 Reading 13 5 1 7 31 27 1.15 11 
19 Crystal Palace 13 5 0 8 17 23 0.74 10 
20 Colchester United 13 3 4 6 16 23 0.70 10 
21 Walsall 14 4 2 8 14 24 0.58 10 
22 Port Vale 13 2 6 5 10 19 0.53 10 
23 Exeter City 13 3 3 7 16 25 0.64 9 
24 Torquay United 14 2 4 8 18 33 0.55 8 

Key: Promotion Re-election