Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, September 8, 1951

Crystal Palace Swindon Town

HT: 0-1 R.Onslow (15')
Attendance:  14,264   Referee:  G. Roden


1
BUMSTEAD
2
EDWARDS
3
MCDONALD
4
PRICE
5
BRIGGS
6
MCGEACHIE
7
DEVONSHIRE
8
BROUGHTON
9
EVANS
10
RUNDLE
11
HANLON
1
UPRICHARD
2
HINDMARSH
3
MAY
4
FARR
5
HUDSON
6
BATCHELOR
7
LUNN
8
ONSLOW
9
OWEN
10
BETTERIDGE
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Charlie BUMSTEAD
                 
  Norman UPRICHARD
1
2
Jack EDWARDS
                 
Billy HINDMARSH
2
3
Harry MCDONALD
                 
Harry MAY
3
4
Ernie PRICE
                 
Brian FARR
4
5
George BRIGGS
                 
Garth HUDSON
5
6
George MCGEACHIE
                 
Ted BATCHELOR
6
7
Les DEVONSHIRE
                 
Harry LUNN
7

8
Ted BROUGHTON
               
Roy ONSLOW
8

9
Fred EVANS
                 
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Charlie RUNDLE
                 
Mick BETTERIDGE
10
11
Wally HANLON
                 
Jimmy BAIN
11















Results on Saturday, September 8, 1951: League Table

 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 0 - 2 Millwall  
  Bristol Rovers 0 - 1 Watford  
  Colchester United 0 - 1 Leyton Orient  
  Crystal Palace 0 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Exeter City 1 - 0 Walsall  
  Newport County 1 - 1 Gillingham  
  Northampton Town 1 - 0 Ipswich Town  
  Norwich City 3 - 2 Shrewsbury Town  
  Plymouth Argyle 2 - 1 Aldershot  
  Port Vale 1 - 0 Bristol City  
  Reading 6 - 1 Torquay United  
  Southend United 2 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  

Table as at Saturday, September 8, 1951:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Plymouth Argyle 7 6 0 1 17 4 4.25 12 
2 Leyton Orient 7 5 1 1 7 1 7.00 11 
3 Swindon Town 7 4 2 1 13 5 2.60 10 
4 Norwich City 7 4 2 1 15 12 1.25 10 
5 Reading 6 4 0 2 20 9 2.22
6 Bristol Rovers 7 3 2 2 13 6 2.17
7 Ipswich Town 7 4 0 3 17 10 1.70
8 Walsall 7 4 0 3 9 8 1.13
9 Millwall 6 3 1 2 10 8 1.25
10 Gillingham 7 2 3 2 12 12 1.00
11 Bristol City 6 3 1 2 6 6 1.00
12 Port Vale 6 2 3 1 3 3 1.00
13 Newport County 6 3 1 2 8 11 0.73
14 Watford 7 2 3 2 8 13 0.62
15 Northampton Town 5 3 0 2 8 4 2.00
16 Brighton and Hove Albion 7 3 0 4 12 13 0.92
17 Torquay United 7 2 2 3 12 17 0.71
18 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 7 1 3 3 6 9 0.67
19 Southend United 6 1 3 2 5 8 0.63
20 Exeter City 7 2 0 5 10 15 0.67
21 Crystal Palace 7 2 0 5 5 16 0.31
22 Shrewsbury Town 7 1 1 5 13 21 0.62
23 Aldershot 7 1 1 5 7 13 0.54
24 Colchester United 7 0 1 6 7 19 0.37

Key: Promotion Re-election