Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, September 9, 1950

Swindon Town Newport County
J.Bain (35'), J.Simner (82')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  14,021   Referee:  W.J. Edwards


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
MAY
4
COWIE
5
HUDSON
6
KAYE
7
MILLAR
8
COURT
9
SIMNER
10
PEEBLES
11
BAIN
1
FEARNLEY
2
WILLIAMS
3
HAYWARD
4
STAPLES
5
WILCOX
6
NEWALL
7
HAINES
8
ROFFI
9
PARKER
10
SHERGOLD
11
MOORE

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Harry FEARNLEY
1
2
George HUNT
                 
Mostyn WILLIAMS
2
3
Harry MAY
                 
Dougie HAYWARD
3
4
Andy COWIE
                 
Len STAPLES
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Ray WILCOX
5
6
Harry KAYE
                 
Danny NEWALL
6
7
William MILLAR
                 
Mervyn HAINES
7

8
Jack COURT
                 
George ROFFI
8

9
Joe SIMNER
               
Reg PARKER
9
10
Dick PEEBLES
                 
Billy SHERGOLD
10
11
Jimmy BAIN
               
Beriah MOORE
11















Results on Saturday, September 9, 1950: League Table

 
  Aldershot 1 - 1 Norwich City  
  Bristol Rovers 1 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Colchester United 4 - 1 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Ipswich Town 1 - 0 Southend United  
  Leyton Orient 1 - 3 Exeter City  
  Millwall 5 - 3 Bristol City  
  Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Port Vale  
  Plymouth Argyle 2 - 0 Reading  
  Swindon Town 2 - 0 Newport County  
  Torquay United 1 - 1 Northampton Town  
  Walsall 0 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Watford 5 - 0 Gillingham  

Table as at Saturday, September 9, 1950:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Nottingham Forest 7 6 1 0 20 7 2.86 13 
2 Colchester United 7 4 3 0 16 5 3.20 11 
3 Millwall 7 4 2 1 17 9 1.89 10 
4 Bristol Rovers 7 3 3 1 9 3 3.00
5 Leyton Orient 7 4 1 2 10 7 1.43
6 Norwich City 7 3 3 1 9 7 1.29
7 Newport County 7 4 0 3 15 9 1.67
8 Bristol City 7 4 0 3 11 8 1.38
9 Exeter City 7 4 0 3 8 7 1.14
10 Plymouth Argyle 7 3 2 2 8 9 0.89
11 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 7 3 2 2 11 13 0.85
12 Torquay United 7 2 3 2 14 12 1.17
13 Swindon Town 7 3 1 3 7 7 1.00
14 Northampton Town 7 1 4 2 8 7 1.14
15 Southend United 7 2 2 3 10 10 1.00
16 Ipswich Town 7 2 2 3 6 8 0.75
17 Reading 7 3 0 4 7 10 0.70
18 Aldershot 7 1 4 2 6 14 0.43
19 Watford 7 2 1 4 13 14 0.93
20 Brighton and Hove Albion 7 1 3 3 6 13 0.46
21 Port Vale 7 2 0 5 4 10 0.40
22 Gillingham 7 1 2 4 7 18 0.39
23 Crystal Palace 7 1 1 5 5 15 0.33
24 Walsall 7 0 2 5 4 9 0.44

Key: Promotion Re-election