The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 3 CARDIFF CITY - Sat Aug 25, 1951 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Aug 25, 1951 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Cardiff City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-3 LOST

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

Season:: 1951-52
Referee:: W Dellow
Attendance:: 31,776
Pos Before/After:: 2 3
Opp Before/After:: 6 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southampton (League Tier 2)
Cardiff City:: Dec 22, 1951

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1864 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1039 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2055 (of 5724)
Total:: 3202 (of 7505)
Played:: 72 years, 7 months, 24 days ago

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

Goals
Wally Ardron
Collin Collindridge

CARDIFF CITY
Manager: Cyril Spiers
Prior form: WL (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	35	Harry Walker
2	D	26	Bill Whare
3	D	25	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	27	Alan Orr
5	D	34	Horace Gager
6	M	26	Bill Morley
7	F	34	Freddie Scott
8	F	29	Tucker Johnson
9	M	32	Wally Ardron
10	F	29	Tommy Capel
11	F	30	Collin Collindridge

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 Aug 25, 1951)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	3-1	Southampton
Brentford	2-0	Rotherham United
Bury	0-1	Luton Town
Coventry City	0-0	Queens Park Rangers
Doncaster Rovers	2-0	Leeds United
Everton	3-3	Sheffield Wednesday
Leicester City	4-0	Birmingham City
Nottingham Forest	2-3	Cardiff City
Sheffield United	4-1	Hull City
Swansea Town	1-1	Notts County
West Ham United	3-1	Blackburn Rovers

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	Sheffield United	2	2	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	5	1	8.00000	4	WW
	2	Nottingham Forest	2	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	5.00000	4	WW
	3	Queens Park Rangers	2	1	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.00000	3	WD
	4	Birmingham City	2	1	1	0	3	2	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.50000	3	WD
	5	Notts County	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.00000	2	W
	6	Cardiff City	2	1	0	1	6	4	1	0	1	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.50000	2	WL
	7	Rotherham United	2	1	0	1	5	4	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	4	2	1.25000	2	LW
	8	Coventry City	2	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	1	2	1.00000	2	LW
	9	Everton	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.00000	2	LW
	10	Hull City	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.00000	2	DD
	11	Leeds United	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.00000	2	DD
	12	Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	3	1.00000	2	WL
	13	Doncaster Rovers	2	1	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	.66667	2	LW
	14	Leicester City	2	1	0	1	3	5	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	4	.60000	2	LW
	15	Southampton	2	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	.33333	2	WL
	16	Swansea Town	2	0	1	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	.80000	1	DL
	17	Bury	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	.66667	1	LD
	18	Brentford	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	.50000	1	DL
	19	Luton Town	2	0	1	1	2	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	3	.40000	1	DL
	20	West Ham United	2	0	1	1	1	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	.33333	1	LD
	21	Barnsley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.00000	1	D
	22	Blackburn Rovers	2	0	0	2	1	6	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	0	1	.16667	0	LL

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	Sheffield United	3	3	0	0	12	2	2	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	5	1	6.00000	6	WWW		4-1
1	2	Queens Park Rangers	3	1	2	0	3	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.00000	4	WDD		0-0
1	3	Nottingham Forest	3	2	0	1	7	4	1	0	1	5	3	1	0	0	2	1	1.75000	4	WWL		2-3
2	4	Cardiff City	3	2	0	1	9	6	1	0	1	6	4	1	0	0	3	2	1.50000	4	WLW		3-2
9	5	Leicester City	3	2	0	1	7	5	2	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	4	1.40000	4	LWW		4-0
7	6	Doncaster Rovers	3	2	0	1	4	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	1.33333	4	LWW		2-0
14	7	Barnsley	2	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.00000	3	DW		3-1
10	8	Brentford	3	1	1	1	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	1.50000	3	DLW		2-0
4	9	Notts County	2	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.50000	3	WD		1-1
2	10	Coventry City	3	1	1	1	4	4	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	1	1	2	1.00000	3	LWD		0-0
2	11	Everton	3	1	1	1	4	4	1	1	0	4	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.00000	3	LWD		3-3
	12	Sheffield Wednesday	3	1	1	1	7	7	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	4	6	1.00000	3	WLD		3-3
7	13	West Ham United	3	1	1	1	4	4	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.00000	3	LDW		3-1
5	14	Luton Town	3	1	1	1	3	5	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	3	.60000	3	DLW		1-0
11	15	Birmingham City	3	1	1	1	3	6	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	4	.50000	3	WDL		0-4
9	16	Rotherham United	3	1	0	2	5	6	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	4	4	.83333	2	LWL		0-2
1	17	Swansea Town	3	0	2	1	5	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	4	5	.83333	2	DLD		1-1
7	18	Leeds United	3	0	2	1	2	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	3	.50000	2	DDL		0-2
9	19	Hull City	3	0	2	1	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	.40000	2	DDL		1-4
5	20	Southampton	3	1	0	2	2	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	6	.33333	2	WLL		1-3
4	21	Bury	3	0	1	2	2	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	3	.50000	1	LDL		0-1
	22	Blackburn Rovers	3	0	0	3	2	9	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	2	1	4	.22222	0	LLL		1-3