The City Ground

BURY 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Dec 03, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 03, 1955 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Gigg Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: L Peake
Attendance:: 9,396
League Week:: 18 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 16
Opp Before/After:: 19 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Swansea City (League Tier 2)
Bury:: Apr 14, 1956

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2047 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1222 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2249 (of 5790)
Total:: 3410 (of 7585)
Played:: 70 years, 10 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Peter Higham (43')
Jim Barrett (76')

BURY
Manager: Dave Russell
Prior form: LDWLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Doug Fletcher (29')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Harry Nicholson
2	D	30	Bill Whare
3	D	29	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	30	Bill Morley
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt
7	F	23	Stewart Imlach
8	F	25	Jim Barrett (76')
9	M	25	Peter Higham (43')
10	F	39	Freddie Scott
11	F	24	Eric Jones

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	23	Harry Nicholson	14		7	1
2	D	30	Bill Whare	183	1	7	1
3	D	29	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	295	1	7	1
4	M	30	Bill Morley	182	5	7	1
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay	64		7	1
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt	280	10	7	1
7	F	23	Stewart Imlach	14	3	7	1
8	F	25	Jim Barrett (76')	42	19	7	1
9	M	25	Peter Higham (43')	17	7	7	1
10	F	39	Freddie Scott	314	44	215	19
11	F	24	Eric Jones	8	1	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Lewis Goram
2	D	Don Wilson
3	D	Eric Massey
4	D	Don May
5	D	Norman Nielson
6	M	Henry Cockburn
7	M	Eddie Gleadall
8	M	Walter Kelly
9	M	Doug Fletcher
10	F	Tommy Daniel
11	F	Bill Redman

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 03, 1955)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-1	Hull City
Bristol City	5-1	Lincoln City
Bury	1-2	Nottingham Forest
Fulham	1-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Leeds United	3-0	Doncaster Rovers
Middlesbrough	1-0	Blackburn Rovers
Notts County	5-2	Bristol Rovers
Port Vale	1-1	Liverpool
Rotherham United	0-0	Plymouth Argyle
Swansea Town	0-0	Stoke City
West Ham United	1-3	Leicester City

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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