Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, September 15, 1951

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Swindon Town
D.Cheney (5'), J.Cross (43', 56'), H.May (??' o.g.)
 HT: 2-0 R.Onslow (67')
Attendance:  9,620   Referee:  P. Martin


1
BIRD
2
CUNNINGHAM
3
DRUMMOND
4
WOODWARD
5
GRIPTON
6
NEAVE
7
BOXSHALL
8
BUCHANAN
9
CROSS
10
GAYNOR
11
CHENEY
1
UPRICHARD
2
HINDMARSH
3
MAY
4
FARR
5
HUDSON
6
BATCHELOR
7
LUNN
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
BETTERIDGE
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Ken BIRD
                 
  Norman UPRICHARD
1
2
Laurie CUNNINGHAM
                 
Billy HINDMARSH
2
3
Ian DRUMMOND
                 
Harry MAY
3
4
Dai WOODWARD
                 
Brian FARR
4
5
Billy GRIPTON
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
Gordon NEAVE
                 
Ted BATCHELOR
6
7
Danny BOXSHALL
                 
Harry LUNN
7

8
Cameron BUCHANAN
               
Roy ONSLOW
8

9
Jack CROSS
               
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Len GAYNOR
                 
Mick BETTERIDGE
10
11
Denis CHENEY
               
Jimmy BAIN
11















Results on Saturday, September 15, 1951: League Table
 
  Aldershot 2 - 0 Norwich City  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 4 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 2 Newport County  
  Bristol City 1 - 1 Bristol Rovers  
  Gillingham 1 - 1 Reading  
  Ipswich Town 2 - 0 Port Vale  
  Leyton Orient 0 - 4 Crystal Palace  
  Millwall 2 - 0 Southend United  
  Shrewsbury Town 2 - 1 Exeter City  
  Torquay United 1 - 2 Northampton Town  
  Walsall 1 - 3 Colchester United  
  Watford 1 - 3 Plymouth Argyle  

Table as at Saturday, September 15, 1951:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Plymouth Argyle 9 7 0 2 20 6 3.33 14 
2 Bristol Rovers 9 4 3 2 15 7 2.14 11 
3 Leyton Orient 9 5 1 3 7 6 1.17 11 
4 Norwich City 9 4 3 2 16 15 1.07 11 
5 Newport County 8 5 1 2 12 13 0.92 11 
6 Swindon Town 9 4 2 3 14 10 1.40 10 
7 Ipswich Town 9 5 0 4 20 15 1.33 10 
8 Gillingham 9 3 4 2 16 13 1.23 10 
9 Bristol City 8 4 2 2 9 8 1.13 10 
10 Reading 8 4 1 3 22 12 1.83 9 
11 Millwall 8 4 1 3 13 10 1.30 9 
12 Watford 9 3 3 3 10 16 0.63 9 
13 Northampton Town 7 4 0 3 10 7 1.43 8 
14 Brighton and Hove Albion 9 4 0 5 18 16 1.13 8 
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 9 2 4 3 12 12 1.00 8 
16 Port Vale 8 2 4 2 5 7 0.71 8 
17 Walsall 9 4 0 5 10 15 0.67 8 
18 Shrewsbury Town 9 3 1 5 19 22 0.86 7 
19 Aldershot 9 3 1 5 10 13 0.77 7 
20 Southend United 8 2 3 3 7 10 0.70 7 
21 Torquay United 9 2 2 5 13 22 0.59 6 
22 Crystal Palace 9 3 0 6 9 17 0.53 6 
23 Exeter City 9 2 1 6 12 18 0.67 5 
24 Colchester United 9 2 1 6 11 20 0.55 5 

Key: Promotion Re-election