The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 2 DONCASTER ROVERS - Sat Dec 27, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 27, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Doncaster Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-2 WON

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: WH Dixon
Attendance:: 22,201
Pos Before/After:: 22 21
Opp Before/After:: 20 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 2)
Doncaster Rovers:: Sep 29, 1951

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1712 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 975 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1896 (of 5724)
Total:: 3033 (of 7505)
Played:: 76 years, 3 months, 23 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker
Prior form: LDDLLL (Old to recent)

Goals
Freddie Scott
George Wilkins - George Wilkins first goal
Tom Johnston
George Lee

DONCASTER ROVERS
Manager: Jackie Bestall
Prior form: LWLDLW (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Laurie Platts
2	D	21	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	26	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	25	Noel Simpson
5	M	31	Bob McCall
6	M	26	Frank Knight
7	F	31	Freddie Scott
8	F	28	George Wilkins	Debut
9	M	26	Eddie Barks
10	F	28	Tom Johnston
11	F	28	George Lee

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Dec 27, 1947)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-0	Millwall
Chesterfield	3-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Leicester City	1-2	Brentford
Luton Town	6-1	Leeds United
Nottingham Forest	4-2	Doncaster Rovers
Plymouth Argyle	3-2	Fulham
Southampton	1-2	Bradford Park Avenue
West Ham United	1-4	Sheffield Wednesday

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Birmingham City	23	14	5	4	31	16	7	3	1	19	9	7	2	3	12	7	1.93750	33	WLWWWD
	2	West Bromwich Albion	23	13	4	6	35	27	8	1	3	22	16	5	3	3	13	11	1.29630	30	WLLWDL
	3	Newcastle United	23	13	3	7	42	25	8	1	2	25	9	5	2	5	17	16	1.68000	29	WLWLLW
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	23	11	6	6	41	20	8	3	1	30	11	3	3	5	11	9	2.05000	28	WWLLDW
	5	Southampton	23	12	4	7	44	35	9	2	1	32	11	3	2	6	12	24	1.25714	28	LWDWWW
	6	Cardiff City	23	10	8	5	35	28	7	4	1	19	7	3	4	4	16	21	1.25000	28	LWWWDD
	7	West Ham United	23	8	10	5	31	25	6	6	0	17	5	2	4	5	14	20	1.24000	26	DDLWDL
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	23	11	4	8	36	34	8	2	2	26	16	3	2	6	10	18	1.05882	26	LWLLDW
	9	Coventry City	24	10	4	10	39	33	7	1	3	22	9	3	3	7	17	24	1.18182	24	LLLWWW
	10	Leicester City	23	9	6	8	32	31	6	2	3	18	16	3	4	5	14	15	1.03226	24	LDWLWD
	11	Bradford Park Avenue	23	10	3	10	39	36	8	1	3	29	13	2	2	7	10	23	1.08333	23	LWDWDL
	12	Luton Town	23	8	6	9	30	32	5	4	1	15	9	3	2	8	15	23	.93750	22	DLWWLW
	13	Chesterfield	22	8	5	9	29	31	3	2	5	15	15	5	3	4	14	16	.93548	21	WWDWDL
	14	Fulham	23	9	3	11	29	31	4	3	4	16	10	5	0	7	13	21	.93548	21	LWDLWD
	15	Leeds United	23	8	4	11	32	35	7	2	2	22	10	1	2	9	10	25	.91429	20	WLWDLL
	16	Barnsley	24	8	4	12	35	41	6	1	5	17	12	2	3	7	18	29	.85366	20	DDLLLL
	17	Bury	23	5	9	9	29	33	4	4	4	17	16	1	5	5	12	17	.87879	19	DDLDWD
	18	Millwall	22	5	8	9	25	32	4	4	4	15	15	1	4	5	10	17	.78125	18	LLWWDD
	19	Plymouth Argyle	23	4	10	9	16	35	4	5	2	11	9	0	5	7	5	26	.45714	18	WLDLWD
	20	Doncaster Rovers	23	6	5	12	22	38	5	4	3	15	11	1	1	9	7	27	.57895	17	LWLDLW
	21	Brentford	23	4	8	11	22	46	4	5	4	18	22	0	3	7	4	24	.47826	16	DDDDLD
	22	Nottingham Forest	23	6	3	14	25	35	5	1	5	15	13	1	2	9	10	22	.71429	15	LDDLLL

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Birmingham City	24	15	5	4	32	16	8	3	1	20	9	7	2	3	12	7	2.00000	35	LWWWDW		1-0
	2	West Bromwich Albion	23	13	4	6	35	27	8	1	3	22	16	5	3	3	13	11	1.29630	30	WLLWDL
	3	Newcastle United	23	13	3	7	42	25	8	1	2	25	9	5	2	5	17	16	1.68000	29	WLWLLW
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	24	11	6	7	42	23	8	3	1	30	11	3	3	6	12	12	1.82609	28	WLLDWL		1-3
1	5	Cardiff City	23	10	8	5	35	28	7	4	1	19	7	3	4	4	16	21	1.25000	28	LWWWDD
1	6	Southampton	24	12	4	8	45	37	9	2	2	33	13	3	2	6	12	24	1.21622	28	WDWWWL		1-2
1	7	Sheffield Wednesday	24	12	4	8	40	35	8	2	2	26	16	4	2	6	14	19	1.14286	28	WLLDWW		4-1
1	8	West Ham United	24	8	10	6	32	29	6	6	1	18	9	2	4	5	14	20	1.10345	26	DLWDLL		1-4
2	9	Bradford Park Avenue	24	11	3	10	41	37	8	1	3	29	13	3	2	7	12	24	1.10811	25	WDWDLW		2-1
1	10	Coventry City	24	10	4	10	39	33	7	1	3	22	9	3	3	7	17	24	1.18182	24	LLLWWW
1	11	Luton Town	24	9	6	9	36	33	6	4	1	21	10	3	2	8	15	23	1.09091	24	LWWLWW		6-1
2	12	Leicester City	24	9	6	9	33	33	6	2	4	19	18	3	4	5	14	15	1.00000	24	DWLWDL		1-2
	13	Chesterfield	23	9	5	9	32	32	4	2	5	18	16	5	3	4	14	16	1.00000	23	WDWDLW		3-1
	14	Fulham	24	9	3	12	31	34	4	3	4	16	10	5	0	8	15	24	.91176	21	WDLWDL		2-3
1	15	Barnsley	24	8	4	12	35	41	6	1	5	17	12	2	3	7	18	29	.85366	20	DDLLLL
1	16	Leeds United	24	8	4	12	33	41	7	2	2	22	10	1	2	10	11	31	.80488	20	LWDLLL		1-6
2	17	Plymouth Argyle	24	5	10	9	19	37	5	5	2	14	11	0	5	7	5	26	.51351	20	LDLWDW		3-2
1	18	Bury	23	5	9	9	29	33	4	4	4	17	16	1	5	5	12	17	.87879	19	DDLDWD
1	19	Millwall	23	5	8	10	25	33	4	4	4	15	15	1	4	6	10	18	.75758	18	LWWDDL		0-1
1	20	Brentford	24	5	8	11	24	47	4	5	4	18	22	1	3	7	6	25	.51064	18	DDDLDW		2-1
1	21	Nottingham Forest	24	7	3	14	29	37	6	1	5	19	15	1	2	9	10	22	.78378	17	DDLLLW		4-2
2	22	Doncaster Rovers	24	6	5	13	24	42	5	4	3	15	11	1	1	10	9	31	.57143	17	WLDLWL		2-4