1950/1951

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Manager(s)

R. Gray

Final league position

23rd of 24 in Football League Division 3 (South)

Average league attendance

Home: 9,615
Away: 11,099

Home-and-away league doubles for Watford

Leyton Orient

Home-and-away league doubles against Watford

Bristol City, Ipswich Town, Northampton Town, Norwich City, Southend United, Swindon Town, Walsall

Goals from penalty kicks

J. J. Harper - 21, 25, 17, 18
H. S. Oliver - 35, 2

Match-by-match details

							Manager: Gray, R.	Own goals	Brown, T. G.	Carpenter, T. A. E.►■	Case, N.►■	Collins, A. N.►	Cumner, R. H.■	Daly, R. G.►■	Dudley, R. A.►■	Eggleston, T.	Fisher, K. D. W.■	Garbutt, R. H.►■	Harper, J. J.	Hartburn, J.■	Jones, B. J.	Jones, W. M.►	Kelly, J.►	Laing, R. S.►	McCrystal, D.►■	Morton, G. D.	Nolan, P.	Oliver, H. S.	Paton, T. G.	Pilkington, L.■	Small, D.►	Thomas, D. W. J.■	Thompson, C. A.►	Varty, T. H.►■	Wilson, J. T.►	Woodroffe, L. C.■	Worthington, E. S.■
Appearances - League							46		28	4	10	6	4	3	1	43	35	22	37	32	21	10	9	40	1	41	9	32	40	2	4	7	12	34	10	8	1
Substitute Appearances - League									0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goals - League								2	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	5	13	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	5	5	0	2	0
Appearances - Other Competitions							1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Substitute Appearances - Other Competitions									0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goals - Other Competitions									0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Sat 19 Aug	Southend United	A	Lge	1-5	15,446	X		X						X►■		X		X	X				X1►	G►■			X	X			X					X
2	Thu 24 Aug	Reading	H	Lge	3-1	13,174	X		X				X			X	X1		X	X1				X		G		X1(P)	X			X
3	Sat 26 Aug	Exeter City	H	Lge	1-2	12,203	X	1	X				X			X	X		X	X1				X		G		X	X			X
4	Wed 30 Aug	Reading	A	Lge	0-1	13,295	X									X	X	X►	X	X				X		G		X	X	X		X
5	Sat 02 Sep	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	Lge	3-3	15,899	X						X			X	X	X1	X	X				X1		G		X	X			X1
6	Thu 07 Sep	Newport County	H	Lge	0-2	9,451	X						X■			X	X	X	X	X				X		G		X	X			X
7	Sat 09 Sep	Gillingham	H	Lge	5-0	10,529	X									X	X	X1	X	X1				X2		G	X1	X	X					X►
8	Thu 14 Sep	Newport County	A	Lge	2-2	12,116	X									X	X	X	X	X1				X1		G	X	X	X					X
9	Sat 16 Sep	Bristol City	A	Lge	0-3	17,645	X									X	X		X	X				X		G	X	X	X			X■		X
10	Sat 23 Sep	Millwall	H	Lge	0-0	18,074	X									X	X	X	X	X				X		G	X	X	X					X
11	Sat 30 Sep	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	Lge	1-1	9,611	X		X							X	X	X1	X	X				X		G		X	X					X
12	Sat 07 Oct	Norwich City	A	Lge	1-3	24,623	X		X							X	X	X	X	X1				X		G		X	X					X
13	Sat 14 Oct	Northampton Town	H	Lge	0-1	14,409	X		X							X	X		X	X				X		G	X	X	X							X
14	Sat 21 Oct	Port Vale	A	Lge	1-2	12,112	X					X►				X	X1	X	X	X	X					G		X						X		X
15	Sat 28 Oct	Nottingham Forest	H	Lge	1-1	14,699	X					X				X	X	X1	X	X	X					G		X						X		X
16	Sat 04 Nov	Torquay United	A	Lge	2-3	6,897	X					X				X	X	X	X	X	X			X		G								X		X2
17	Sat 11 Nov	Aldershot	H	Lge	1-2	10,212	X					X				X	X	X	X1(P)	X1				X		G			X					X		X
18	Sat 18 Nov	Swindon Town	A	Lge	2-3	8,177	X	1		G►				X►		X	X	X1	X1(P)	X1			X►	X			X							X
19	Sat 25 Nov	Norwich City	A	FA1	0-2	21,527	X							X		X	X	X	X	X	X					G								X		X	X■
20	Sat 09 Dec	Crystal Palace	H	Lge	1-0	7,987	X					X		X		X	X	X	X	X1	X					G								X		X
21	Sat 16 Dec	Southend United	H	Lge	1-3	5,910	X				X►	X		X■		X	X		X1(P)	X1	X			X		G								X
22	Sat 23 Dec	Exeter City	A	Lge	3-3	7,252	X		X		X1					X	X			X1	X			X		G		X	X					X1
23	Mon 25 Dec	Leyton Orient	H	Lge	2-0	7,983	X		X		X					X	X		X	X1	X			X1		G			X					X
24	Tue 26 Dec	Leyton Orient	A	Lge	2-1	9,827	X		X		X					X	X		X	X	X			X		G			X					X2
25	Sat 30 Dec	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	Lge	2-1	9,616	X		X		X					X	X		X2(P)	X2	X			X		G			X					X
26	Wed 10 Jan	Plymouth Argyle	A	Lge	1-3	6,887	X		X		X1					X	X	X	X	X	X			X		G			X
27	Sat 13 Jan	Gillingham	A	Lge	1-3	10,038	X		X		X1					X	X			X	X					G		X	X	X■				X
28	Sat 20 Jan	Bristol City	H	Lge	1-2	9,032	X		X1		X					X	X			X	X			X		G		X	X					X
29	Sat 27 Jan	Plymouth Argyle	H	Lge	1-1	9,631	X		X1							X		X	X	X	X			X		G		X	X					X
30	Sat 03 Feb	Millwall	A	Lge	0-4	11,373	X		X							X		X	X	X	X			X		G		X	X					X
31	Sat 10 Feb	Colchester United	H	Lge	2-0	9,122	X		X							X		X1	X	X				X		G		X	X					X1	X►
32	Sat 17 Feb	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	Lge	1-1	7,534	X		X							X		X1	X		X			X		G		X	X					X		X
33	Sat 24 Feb	Norwich City	H	Lge	0-2	13,293	X		X							X		X	X	X	X			X		G		X	X					X
34	Sat 03 Mar	Northampton Town	A	Lge	0-6	9,136	X		X							X		X	X	X■			X	X		G		X	X					X
35	Sat 10 Mar	Port Vale	H	Lge	2-0	6,610	X		X								X	X1■	X			X►	X	X		G		X1(P)	X					X
36	Sat 17 Mar	Nottingham Forest	A	Lge	1-2	14,866	X		X								X		X				X	X		G		X	X				X►	X1	X
37	Fri 23 Mar	Ipswich Town	H	Lge	0-2	7,596	X		X							X			X			X	X	X		G		X	X				X	X
38	Sat 24 Mar	Torquay United	H	Lge	2-2	7,073	X		X	G						X			X				X	X				X	X				X2	X	X
39	Mon 26 Mar	Ipswich Town	A	Lge	1-2	13,490	X				X1					X	X		X					X		G		X	X				X	X	X
40	Sat 31 Mar	Aldershot	A	Lge	1-1	5,558	X		X							X	X		X			X		X1		G	X		X				X	X
41	Sat 07 Apr	Swindon Town	H	Lge	1-2	3,658	X		X1							X	X		X			X		X		G	X		X				X	X
42	Sat 14 Apr	Colchester United	A	Lge	1-4	8,073	X		X							X						X		X		G	X	X	X				X1		X	X■
43	Thu 19 Apr	Walsall	A	Lge	0-1	9,070	X		X							X	X				X	X		X		G			X				X	X	X
44	Sat 21 Apr	Bristol Rovers	H	Lge	1-0	6,135	X			G						X	X				X	X	X	X					X		X►		X1		X
45	Mon 23 Apr	Bristol Rovers	A	Lge	0-3	10,735	X			G■						X	X■				X	X	X	X					X		X		X		X
46	Sat 28 Apr	Crystal Palace	A	Lge	1-1	5,238	X		X							X					X	X	X			G		X	X		X		X1		X
47	Sat 05 May	Walsall	H	Lge	1-3	5,147	X				X■					X					X	X1				G		X	X		X		X	X■	X
							Manager: Gray, R.	Own goals	Brown, T. G.	Carpenter, T. A. E.►■	Case, N.►■	Collins, A. N.►	Cumner, R. H.■	Daly, R. G.►■	Dudley, R. A.►■	Eggleston, T.	Fisher, K. D. W.■	Garbutt, R. H.►■	Harper, J. J.	Hartburn, J.■	Jones, B. J.	Jones, W. M.►	Kelly, J.►	Laing, R. S.►	McCrystal, D.►■	Morton, G. D.	Nolan, P.	Oliver, H. S.	Paton, T. G.	Pilkington, L.■	Small, D.►	Thomas, D. W. J.■	Thompson, C. A.►	Varty, T. H.►■	Wilson, J. T.►	Woodroffe, L. C.■	Worthington, E. S.■

► = first appearance; ■ = last/most recent appearance.

G = goalkeeper; X = starting appearance; R = started, then replaced; S = substitute appearance, ! = sent off; 1 = goals scored; P = penalties scored.

Cup fixture rows have a grey background; home fixture rows have red text. Manager columns have a grey background.

Other matches

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result	Att	Team	Notes
Sat 12 Aug	Blues vs Whites	H	5-1	4,112	1: D.McCrystal (gk); T.Eggleston & J.J.Harper; T.G.Paton, H.S.Oliver & K.D.W.Fisher; R.S.Laing, T.G.Brown [1 goal], D.W.J.Thomas [1 goal], R.H.Cumner [2 goals] & J.Hartburn [1 goal] 2: T.A.E.Carpenter (gk); R.A.Dudley & B.J.Jones; F.Jackett, R.J.Eastway (sub: K.S.Stockley) & R.Sherwood; D.Small (sub: C.Taylor), E.S.Worthington, R.H.Garbutt [1 penalty goal], A.N.Collins & L.Pilkington	public trial match
Mon 30 Apr	Star XI	H	2-2	2,281	G.D.Morton (gk) (sub: E.N.Gill); T.Eggleston & J.J.Harper; T.G.Paton, K.D.W.Fisher & J.T.Wilson; L.Pilkington (sub: D.Small [1 goal]), C.A.Thompson, H.S.Oliver [1 goal], W.M.Jones & B.J.Jones
Thu 10 May	National Luxembourg, Luxembourg	H	5-1	3,232	G.D.Morton (gk); T.Eggleston & B.J.Jones; F.Jackett, H.S.Oliver & J.T.Wilson; R.S.Laing, T.G.Paton [3 goals], C.A.Thompson [2 goals], T.G.Brown & T.H.Varty
Sat 12 May	Wealdstone	A	4-2		Watford line-up not published. Scorers: T.Eggleston [1 goal], T.G.Paton [2 goals], and 1 own goal