The City Ground

NORWICH CITY 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Dec 23, 1950 (League Tier 3)

Date:: Sat Dec 23, 1950 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Norwich City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Carrow Road
Game Type:: League Tier 3
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 23 December 1950

Season:: 1950-51
Referee:: W Ling
Attendance:: 29,818
League Week:: 20 of 46
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Colchester United (League Tier 3)
Norwich City:: May 08, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1835 (of 5087)
League Tier 3:: 62 (of 226)
Competitive:: 2026 (of 5829)
Total:: 3173 (of 7634)
Played:: 75 years, 8 months, 21 days ago

Review
This was first versus second, and we lost for only the second time (so far) this season. Norwich held onto their unbeaten home record and went level on points with us but we stayed on top thanks to our Goal Average.

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

Goal Scorers

NORWICH CITY
Manager: Norman Low
Prior form: DDWWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Gavin (33')
Kinsey (54')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	34	Harry Walker
2	D	25	Bill Whare
3	D	24	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	25	Bill Morley
5	D	33	Horace Gager
6	M	24	Jack Burkitt
7	F	34	Freddie Scott
8	F	26	John Love
9	M	32	Wally Ardron
10	F	28	Tommy Capel
11	F	30	Collin Collindridge

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	34	Harry Walker	150		14	1
2	D	25	Bill Whare	45		14	1
3	D	24	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	125		14	1
4	M	25	Bill Morley	60	3	14	1
5	D	33	Horace Gager	114	3	14	1
6	M	24	Jack Burkitt	84	2	14	1
7	F	34	Freddie Scott	177	21	14	1
8	F	26	John Love	52	18	238	28
9	M	32	Wally Ardron	64	44	14	1
10	F	28	Tommy Capel	46	27	14	1
11	F	30	Collin Collindridge	21	11	14	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Nethercott
2	D	Duffey
3	D	Lewis
4	D	Pickwick
5	D	Foulkes
6	M	Ashman
7	M	Gavin
8	M	Kinsey
9	M	Hollis
10	F	Eyre
11	F	Docherty

All Games In Division 3S On This Day (Sat Dec 23, 1950)

Home	Score	Away
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	1-0	Millwall
Brighton and Hove Albion	1-2	Aldershot
Bristol Rovers	1-1	Colchester United
Crystal Palace	2-0	Swindon Town
Exeter City	3-3	Watford
Gillingham	1-2	Bristol City
Newport County	2-1	Torquay United
Northampton Town	1-1	Port Vale
Norwich City	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Plymouth Argyle	2-1	Ipswich Town
Reading	4-0	Leyton Orient
Southend United	0-1	Walsall

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

THIRD DIVISION SOUTH								Home					Away
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Nottingham Forest	19	14	4	1	58	15	8	2	0	38	8	6	2	1	20	7	43	32	WDWWWD
2	Norwich City	19	12	6	1	32	14	8	3	0	18	2	4	3	1	14	12	18	30	DDWWWW
3	Bristol Rovers	19	11	5	3	30	14	8	1	0	20	4	3	4	3	10	10	16	27	WDWWWW
4	Millwall	20	11	5	4	39	26	6	4	0	23	10	5	1	4	16	16	13	27	WDLWLL
5	Ipswich Town	20	10	4	6	29	23	5	3	1	18	10	5	1	5	11	13	6	24	WWLWWL
6	Exeter City	19	11	1	7	26	22	5	0	4	11	10	6	1	3	15	12	4	23	WWWLLD
7	Plymouth Argyle	19	10	2	7	38	21	6	1	2	22	7	4	1	5	16	14	17	22	WWLWWL
8	Northampton Town	21	7	8	6	30	23	5	4	2	22	15	2	4	4	8	8	7	22	LWLWDW
9	Bristol City	20	10	2	8	29	24	9	0	1	20	6	1	2	7	9	18	5	22	WWLLLW
10	Southend United	20	10	2	8	39	33	7	0	2	25	11	3	2	6	14	22	6	22	WLWLLW
11	Reading	20	8	5	7	28	25	5	2	2	15	6	3	3	5	13	19	3	21	DWWLDW
12	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	20	9	2	9	30	28	7	1	1	22	6	2	1	8	8	22	2	20	WLWLWL
13	Port Vale	19	8	3	8	24	27	8	0	2	17	11	0	3	6	7	16	-3	19	WDLDWW
14	Torquay United	21	7	4	10	34	40	7	1	4	27	21	0	3	6	7	19	-6	18	LWLWLW
15	Colchester United	20	6	5	9	33	34	5	2	4	24	14	1	3	5	9	20	-1	17	LLLWDW
16	Swindon Town	20	8	1	11	23	27	8	1	2	19	8	0	0	9	4	19	-4	17	LWLWWL
17	Brighton and Hove Albion	20	5	7	8	25	43	4	3	3	16	18	1	4	5	9	25	-18	17	LWLLWL
18	Aldershot	20	6	5	9	23	41	3	5	2	14	11	3	0	7	9	30	-18	17	LLWWWL
19	Newport County	20	7	2	11	33	33	5	2	5	26	19	2	0	6	7	14	0	16	WLLLWL
20	Leyton Orient	20	6	3	11	24	39	5	1	2	12	8	1	2	9	12	31	-15	15	LWLLLD
21	Walsall	20	5	3	12	17	29	4	1	4	12	9	1	2	8	5	20	-12	13	WLWWLL
22	Gillingham	20	4	5	11	28	52	3	5	1	15	11	1	0	10	13	41	-24	13	DLDLWL
23	Watford	20	3	5	12	26	38	3	3	5	14	13	0	2	7	12	25	-12	11	DLLLWL
24	Crystal Palace	20	5	1	14	18	45	4	0	6	10	18	1	1	8	8	27	-27	11	LLLLWL

Table after:

	THIRD DIVISION SOUTH								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Nottingham Forest	20	14	4	2	58	17	8	2	0	38	8	6	2	2	20	9	41	32	DWWWDL		0-2
	2	Norwich City	20	13	6	1	34	14	9	3	0	20	2	4	3	1	14	12	20	32	DWWWWW		2-0
	3	Bristol Rovers	20	11	6	3	31	15	8	2	0	21	5	3	4	3	10	10	16	28	DWWWWD		1-1
	4	Millwall	21	11	5	5	39	27	6	4	0	23	10	5	1	5	16	17	12	27	DLWLLL		0-1
2	5	Plymouth Argyle	20	11	2	7	40	22	7	1	2	24	8	4	1	5	16	14	18	24	WLWWLW		2-1
3	6	Bristol City	21	11	2	8	31	25	9	0	1	20	6	2	2	7	11	19	6	24	WLLLWW		2-1
2	7	Ipswich Town	21	10	4	7	30	25	5	3	1	18	10	5	1	6	12	15	5	24	WLWWLL		1-2
2	8	Exeter City	20	11	2	7	29	25	5	1	4	14	13	6	1	3	15	12	4	24	WWLLDD		3-3
1	9	Northampton Town	22	7	9	6	31	24	5	5	2	23	16	2	4	4	8	8	7	23	WLWDWD		1-1
1	10	Reading	21	9	5	7	32	25	6	2	2	19	6	3	3	5	13	19	7	23	WWLDWW		4-0
1	11	Southend United	21	10	2	9	39	34	7	0	3	25	12	3	2	6	14	22	5	22	LWLLWL		0-1
	12	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	21	10	2	9	31	28	8	1	1	23	6	2	1	8	8	22	3	22	LWLWLW		1-0
	13	Port Vale	20	8	4	8	25	28	8	0	2	17	11	0	4	6	8	17	-3	20	DLDWWD		1-1
4	14	Aldershot	21	7	5	9	25	42	3	5	2	14	11	4	0	7	11	31	-17	19	LWWWLW		2-1
4	15	Newport County	21	8	2	11	35	34	6	2	5	28	20	2	0	6	7	14	1	18	LLLWLW		2-1
1	16	Colchester United	21	6	6	9	34	35	5	2	4	24	14	1	4	5	10	21	-1	18	LLWDWD		1-1
3	17	Torquay United	22	7	4	11	35	42	7	1	4	27	21	0	3	7	8	21	-7	18	WLWLWL		1-2
2	18	Swindon Town	21	8	1	12	23	29	8	1	2	19	8	0	0	10	4	21	-6	17	WLWWLL		0-2
2	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	21	5	7	9	26	45	4	3	4	17	20	1	4	5	9	25	-19	17	WLLWLL		1-2
1	20	Walsall	21	6	3	12	18	29	4	1	4	12	9	2	2	8	6	20	-11	15	LWWLLW		1-0
1	21	Leyton Orient	21	6	3	12	24	43	5	1	2	12	8	1	2	10	12	35	-19	15	WLLLDL		0-4
	22	Gillingham	21	4	5	12	29	54	3	5	2	16	13	1	0	10	13	41	-25	13	LDLWLL		1-2
1	23	Crystal Palace	21	6	1	14	20	45	5	0	6	12	18	1	1	8	8	27	-25	13	LLLWLW		2-0
1	24	Watford	21	3	6	12	29	41	3	3	5	14	13	0	3	7	15	28	-12	12	LLLWLD		3-3