First Team Results & Match Reports

Season 1951-52 Division 3 (South)

General notes

Season Summary

Attendance Summary

Final League Table

since 1878

Final League Position 17th

Date	Opponent	V	F-A	WDL	Competition	Att.	Scorers	Manager
19510818Sat 18/8	SOUTHEND UNITED	H	4-1	W		15,828	Garneys, Driver, Roberts²	Duncan
19510822Wed 22/8	Millwall	A	0-4	L		18,000		Duncan
19510825Sat 25/8	Newport County	A	1-2	L		12,062	Myles	Duncan
19510829Wed 29/8	MILLWALL	H	3-0	W		11,165	Garneys, Driver²	Duncan
19510901Sat 1/9	READING	H	4-2	W		12,328	McCrory, Driver², Garneys	Duncan
19510905Wed 5/9	BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION	H	5-0	W		13,263	Tennant^og, McCrory², Garneys, Parker	Duncan
19510908Sat 8/9	Northampton Town	A	0-1	L		13,802		Duncan
19510912Wed 12/9	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1-5	L		11,730	McCrory	Duncan
19510915Sat 15/9	PORT VALE	H	2-0	W		9,284	Driver, Myles	Duncan
19510922Sat 22/9	Bristol City	A	2-0	W		20,555	Garneys²	Duncan
19510929Sat 29/9	PLYMOUTH ARGYLE	H	2-2	D		15,633	Roberts, Myles	Duncan
19511006Sat 6/10	Exeter City	A	1-2	L		7,000	Garneys	Duncan
19511013Sat 13/10	COLCHESTER UNITED	H	0-2	L		19,275		Duncan
19511020Sat 20/10	Crystal Palace	A	1-3	L		20,965	McCrory	Duncan
19511027Sat 27/10	SWINDON TOWN	H	1-5	L		11,570	McCrory	Duncan
19511103Sat 3/11	Leyton Orient	A	0-2	L		10,232		Duncan
19511110Sat 10/11	WALSALL	H	0-1	L		10,076		Duncan
19511117Sat 17/11	Shrewsbury Town	A	2-0	W		8,048	McCrory, Driver	Duncan
19511122Thu 22/11	Merthyr Tydfil	A	P-P		FA Cup 1st Round
19511129Thu 29/11	Merthyr Tydfil	A	2-2	D	FA Cup 1st Round	10,300	McCrory, Garneys	Duncan
19511201Sat 1/12	Watford	A	1-1	D		10,645	McCrory	Duncan
19511205Wed 5/12	MERTHYR TYDFIL	H	1-0	W	FA Cup 1st Round, Replay	10,132	Roberts	Duncan
19511208Sat 8/12	BRISTOL ROVERS	H	1-2	L		9,545	Driver	Duncan
19511215Sat 15/12	EXETER CITY	H	4-0	W	FA Cup 2nd Round	11,819	Garneys², Driver, Dobson	Duncan
19511222Sat 22/12	NEWPORT COUNTY	H	3-1	W		9,619	McCrory, Driver, Dobson	Duncan
19511225Tue 25/12	NORWICH CITY	H	0-2	L		15,821		Duncan
19511226Wed 26/12	Norwich City	A	0-2	L		32,011		Duncan
19511229Sat 29/12	Reading	A	0-4	L		15,101		Duncan
19520105Sat 5/1	NORTHAMPTON TOWN	H	3-2	W		10,071	Parker, Roberts²	Duncan
19520112Sat 12/1	GATESHEAD	H	2-2	D	FA Cup 3rd Round	16,053	Myles, Garneys	Duncan
19520116Wed 16/1	Gateshead	A	3-3	D	FA Cup 3rd Round, Replay	13,723	Roberts, Dobson²	Duncan
19520119Sat 19/1	Port Vale	A	0-0	D		10,500		Duncan
19520121Mon 21/1	Gateshead	A	1-2	L	FA Cup 3rd Round, 2nd Replay (at Bramall Lane)	7,470	Garneys	Duncan
19520126Sat 26/1	BRISTOL CITY	H	1-1	D		9,136	Garneys	Duncan
19520130Wed 30/1	TORQUAY UNITED	H	2-0	W		4,015	Garneys²	Duncan
19520202Sat 2/2	AFC BOURNEMOUTH	H	3-1	W		11,685	Elsworthy, McCrory, Garneys	Duncan
19520209Sat 9/2	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-2	L		19,039		Duncan
19520216Sat 16/2	EXETER CITY	H	2-4	L		9,839	Davey^og, Elsworthy	Duncan
19520223Sat 23/2	AFC Bournemouth	A	2-2	D		9,968	Garneys, Havenga	Duncan
19520301Sat 1/3	Colchester United	A	0-1	L		15,175		Duncan
19520308Sat 8/3	CRYSTAL PALACE	H	1-1	D		10,352	McCrory	Duncan
19520315Sat 15/3	Swindon Town	A	2-1	W		7,733	McCrory²	Duncan
19520322Sat 22/3	LEYTON ORIENT	H	1-0	W		11,096	McCrory	Duncan
19520329Sat 29/3	Walsall	A	3-1	W		3,173	Gaynor, Garneys, Havenga	Duncan
19520405Sat 5/4	SHREWSBURY TOWN	H	1-0	W		10,227	Garneys	Duncan
19520411Fri 11/4	Gillingham	A	1-1	D		14,100	McCrory	Duncan
19520412Sat 12/4	Aldershot	A	1-1	D		7,500	Garneys	Duncan
19520414Mon 14/4	GILLINGHAM	H	1-1	D		12,550	Murchison	Duncan
19520419Sat 19/4	WATFORD	H	3-0	W		8,901	Steiner^og, Elsworthy²	Duncan
19520423Wed 23/4	ALDERSHOT	H	2-3	L		7,726	McCrory, Roberts	Duncan
19520426Sat 26/4	Bristol Rovers	A	0-1	L		12,134		Duncan
19520429Tue 29/4	Southend United	A	0-5	L		6,500		Duncan
19520430Wed 30/4	SELECT XI	H	5-7	L	Testimonial Tom Parker & Harry Baird	4,281	Unknown⁵	Duncan
19520503Sat 3/5	Torquay United	A	0-2	L		5,563		Duncan
19520505Mon 5/5	TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR	H	2-2	D	Ipswich Hospital Cup	13,974	McCrory²	Duncan

The following practive game was also staged:

Sat 11-8-1951 Pre Season Trial (at Portman Road)

Excludes abandoned games (if any), Matches decided on penalties (if any) count as a drawn game.

	Home Average	Home Total	Away Average	Away Total
League	11,261	259,005	12,675	291,536
Cup/Play-offs	12,668	38,004	10,498	31,493

Ipswich Hospital Cup

Final League Table Division 3 (South)

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. PLYMOUTH ARGYLE          46  19  3  1  70  19  10  5  8  37  34   66
 2. Reading                  46  19  2  2  73  23  10  1 12  39  37   61
 3. Norwich City             46  18  1  4  55  15   8  8  7  34  35   61
 4. Millwall                 46  16  5  2  46  21   7  7  9  28  32   58
 5. Brighton & Hove Albion   46  15  4  4  57  24   9  6  8  30  39   58
 6. Newport County           46  13  7  3  45  26   8  5 10  32  50   54
 7. Bristol Rovers           46  14  5  4  60  20   6  7 10  29  33   52
 8. Northampton              46  17  1  5  65  31   5  4 14  28  43   49
 9. Southend United          46  16  6  1  56  17   3  4 16  19  49   48
10. Colchester United        46  12  7  4  32  22   5  5 13  24  55   46
11. Torquay United           46  10  3 10  53  42   7  7  9  33  56   44
12. Aldershot                46  11  4  8  40  27   7  4 12  38  62   44
13. Port Vale                46  11 11  1  33  16   3  4 16  17  50   43
14. Bournemouth              46  11  4  8  42  30   5  6 12  27  45   42
15. Bristol City             46  13  6  4  44  26   2  6 15  14  43   42
16. Swindon Town             46   9  9  5  29  22   5  5 13  22  46   42
17. Ipswich Town             46  12  4  7  45  31   4  5 14  18  43   41
18. Leyton Orient            46  12  5  6  39  26   4  4 15  16  42   41
19. Crystal Palace           46   9  7  7  32  28   6  2 15  29  52   39
20. Shrewsbury Town          46  11  3  9  35  29   2  7 14  27  57   36
21. Watford                  46   7  7  9  34  37   6  3 14  23  44   36
22. Gillingham               46  10  7  6  47  31   1  6 16  24  50   35
23. Exeter City              46  10  4  9  40  36   3  5 15  25  50   35
24. Walsall                  46  11  3  9  38  31   2  2 19  17  63   31

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